Happy Traders make the Best Traders

Happiness goes a long way.  If you have ever been to Thailand you will see many smiley happy people.  Furthermore people will be generally relaxed in situations that would result in unhappy and angry people in Western culture.

Take driving for example, you are constantly swerving in and out of traffic, have oncoming traffic going the wrong way, people "cut you off", traffic signs are often ignored, and yet there is this calmness.   "cutting someone off" is even the wrong expression here in Thailand.  It's not that you are being cut off or cutting someone off, it's simply traffic.  No negative thought goes into the situation.   Whereas in Western countries one would be angry, shout, signal obscenities, and blood pressure would surely boil.   Here in Thailand it just is not so.  It's not interpreted as a negative, therefor there is not negativity bouncing back.

There is a saying that a man's character is determined in times of adversity.  One goes as far as to say that if you can find humour in a bad situation you have conquered the bad situation.

My dad always said smile and make everyone wonder what you're so happy about.
In Yoga the instructor will tell you to smile in the most difficult positions. 
In Boxing you will actually feel less pain or no pain if you smile.

Happiness is not just your path in life, but it is your path to successful Forex Trading.  If you are unhappy you are likely to react with your emotions.   And fellas, that goes especially for all you men, and less so for the ladies.  The funny thing is that man will have less emotion than a woman, however when it comes to money, men will experience more emotion than women.  And not that we don't have feelings, for example we feel hungry, haha. But seriously now if you are happy you are going to be able to stay cool and make coherent trading decisions opposed to emotional trading decisions.

Reacquaint yourself with the obvious choice

So here I am on my 2013 Europa Tour, having just visited Moscow and Prague, I'm on my way to Milan Italy.  The last time I was in Italy, in Venice to be exact was when I was 18 years young, with my father.  Now that I think about it, it was one of the best  trips.  Great weather, warm friendly people, great food, and beautiful Italian girls with smiles a young man would dream about at night.  Here I am many years later and I suddenly realize that Italy is one of those places I should have and must visit more.

 

 

      

 

The language sounds like music, and people speak with pleasant emotions.   And I dont remember an Italian ever getting mad, upset,  or being rude or disrespectful.  I'm sure those Italians exist but overall I can only recall pleasant memories of Italy.   Milan was a nice re-introduction to Italy and after a quick day of sight seeing I was off to Rome.   Great history and culture. Reminds me of my hometown, a former Roman town (Vindebona) now called Vienna.  It was sold to the Habsburgs hundreds of years ago and while uniquely Viennese and Austrian, Roman influences and history prevails in Vienna also.

But Italy... I could live here.     Warm weather, great food, friendly people.   A language that I will have to learn, perhaps next year I will stay here for a couple months in summer.

When it comes to currency trading the Forex Market you can also find yourself rediscovering a strategy or system that worked gangbusters.   Then you wonder, why didn't I do this sooner...    Lesson learnt is that sometimes you have to do a review of your tradidng progress and revisit what has an has not worked.   The best approach to more profitable trades is often to revisit ones past and learn from your mistakes and successes.  In other words, don't get stuck.  Get out there, start exploring.

Prague is beautiful they said

Funny how many people talk about Prague, some of them have been there, and they are in love with Prague and think it is the most beautiful and romantic place in Europe, perhaps the world.   Don't get me wrong, it is a nice city but in my books it's an average European city. 

 

Nicer than Paris I would say but then again I am not a big fan of Paris either.   Call me biased but I believe Vienna is far more beautiful, romantic, and has more history.  Then again I was born and raised there and know all the places to see.   There are lots of them, it will take you a week just to see a glimpse of a third of them.   Prague is nice but after a couple days you will run out of interesting historical and breathtaking things to see.  Better beer than Vienna I admit, but then again Vienna has better food, albeit with a bohemian influence.

 A few snapshots of Vienna...

 

 

Vienna, Austria

The hidden jewel of Europe

When it comes to trading currencies you will also encounter the die hards with oppinions of what currency pairs are the best to trade.  You know, the Kiwi Traders or die hard Cable traders.  You know while some traders swear they do well with those pairs, I have absolutely no interest in currencies like the Kiwi, Suisse, Aussie, or Cable.  Also don't care much about Silver or Gold but will trade Oil on occasion.  

So who is right?   YOU!   Profitable currency pairs are in the eye of the beholder.   Only you can determine what currency pairs are your favorites, and your most profitable.  Forget what everyone else says, just review your trading history, and follow your gut. Or get an independent unbiased expert to coach you along the way.