The Circle of Control in Trading: Focus on Your Actions, Not the Outcome
Last updated: 2026-06-14 · By Spencer Li, CFTeThe circle of control in trading means spending your energy only on the things you can actually control, your process and…
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Do not take profits until there is a good reason to do so
The Chicken parable
Do not count your profits until they are realised
Accept that you will have to give some profits back to the market
Do not become complacent or greedy after a…
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Mental Agility in Trading: 5 Rules to Stay Objective With Open Positions
Last updated: 3 July 2026 · By Spencer Li, CFTeMental agility in trading is the ability to drop an opinion the moment the market disagrees with it, even when you are…
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Prior to the launch of the program, I ran it through some friends and volunteers to get their feedback, and this provided me idea on how to tweak and improve the program to cater to both complete newbies and experienced traders. For now, I have yet to release this program to the public. Feedback “This […]
Discipline ‘key to success in trading’ Last week, I was interviewed by Teh Shi Ning, one of the reporters from the Business Times, to share my trading journey and his success story. “Having spent over 7 […]
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Photo with Lee Lung Nien, COO of Citibank Singapore This year, it was once again a gruelling tough battle at the Citbank Forex Challenge. There were over 300+ teams, and only 48 made it to the finals. I am proud to announce that 4 of the 8 teams from my round that made it to […]
Today, I was invited as a guest speaker to give a talk at 2009 AGM of STATS (Singapore Technical Analysts & Traders Society) on the “Strategic Outlook for 2010”. Before the talk, there was a poll, and it seemed that the general consensus is for a correction in the medium term. Here also some of […]
This event was held in SMU, and saw professionals and student flying in from all over the world to attend talks and networking sessions with a variety of renowed industry speakers. After 3 days of talks and workshops, the event culminated in a memorable networking dinner and social drinking session in a professional setting. It […]
