Trading is concrete...

Hooray for me! I'm taking two online trading courses. The instructors have made trading a science. Remember, this logical brain of mine could not comprehend the abstract thinking that trading seemed to be? Trading has a lot to do with analyzing trends and "reading psychology of behaviors". Now, that I can do. Trading isn't so baffling anymore.



People are still wanting to know, "If the weather sucks, will the markets go up or down?" Bob tells me, "If the President takes a good healthy s***, the markets may go up or down. You need to analyze the news with a grain of salt."



My new career title is technical analyst. I've evaluated many of times test results and their meaning; I can do this concrete chart analysis too.

And the dilemma goes on...

I'm still debating in my head about giving up my life's passion of education verses making money. What a debate, right? I've been in education for so long, and I'm good at it. Heavens, I have an Ed. D. Of course, I know a lot. However, what educator makes a lot of money. Some do; however, there are 100 times that many that don't. The saying goes, "If I wanted to make money, I wouldn't be a teacher." Or, "I want to teach children to learn. I'm not in it to make money."

So...my entire life doesn't have to revolve around teaching. I can still teach my online class. I can still tutor. I can still consult. I can still write.

There...my debate is done. Time for a full-out career change.

I've been studying still to take the broker's test. By listening to Bob talk to clients, asking him lots of questions, and taking a four week online class that is teaching trading, I'm getting closer to being able to take the test.

Bob is continuing to recover. We are in the process of planning the details of our wedding. I think he has cried everyday about it. Joyful tears. Of course. He is such an emotional person. He's so sweet.

An expert is right under my nose...

When it comes to trading commodities, Bob is so good. Every time I predict the markets to move one direction, because of the weather or something else in the news, news we get before the rest of the world, the market moves the opposite direction. However!, however!, when Bob predicts a move direction, he's right - dag-nabbit! I guess I'm still learning. I should pay attention to the expert right in front of me; instead, of trying to do what the gurus are saying on the Internet.

T and I will be a good team someday. :-)

logical sense....

This trading commodities idea is baffling. However, I had an email from a reader, who has traded for thirty years, give me a good analogy. He said that wondering what the markets will do each day is like a dancer anticipating what their partner's next move is going to be. Now, since I was a ballroom dance instructor for ten years, I can relate to this comparison. You see, in ballroom dancing, the male partner is the lead. He decides what the next dance move will be. I, being the follower, had to decipher his signal and move how he wanted. You do this without saying a word.

Same for the markets. I'm learning to decipher the charts: watching the prices, number of buyers and sellers, and the news, then, following their lead.

There my logical mind just made sense of an abstract concept!