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If You Talk The Talk, Then Walk The Walk

Parent to child; “You must study hard, spend 6 years in primary school, 4 to 5 years in secondary school, 2 to 3 years to get a diploma and another 3 to 4 years to get your degree before you can consider a professional job. Life is not easy and there are no free lunches. […]


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Random Update … Wed 14 May 14 @ 20:13

I’m sitting at home. After 60 agonising hours of being warded at Singapore General Hospital, I am finally at home and temporarily untortured. But the ordeal is not yet over … In November 2011, I had an operation done to remove a gouty tophi from my right foot (big toe). It had become so huge […]


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Taking A Long Break

I am tired. And I need a break. I also need time to regroup and reorganise. My health has taken a beating and I need to slow down. The demand for the tutorial has also slowed significantly. Thus, I don’t see the point in pressing on too hard while I should be using this time […]


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WPODT: Book Launch – Kuala Lumpur & Penang

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WPODT Launch – What A Party!

Thanks to Soon Ghee for the great shots!!


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Happy Lunar New Year 2014


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Goals & Success

Here’s an excerpt of the final part of my new book, “Winning Psychology of Defensive Traders”, so that it gives you something to be motivated by while waiting for its release in January 2014 … In closing, allow me to share some personal experiences that have seen me through the toughest times of my life […]


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A Choice

~~~~~ To have lost and gained or To have gained and never lost ~~~~~ I asked this simple question on Facebook and got quite a few responses in a short time. The responses were varied and even creative. There were a couple that delved deep into the psychology of the poser. Other’s backed their choice […]


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Dear Conrad …

Here’s an email from one of my students which is typical of the kinds of emails and queries I frequently get … When it seems like there is no hope, when it seems like you will never get out of the shit you are in, when it feels like the end of world, when everything in […]


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Weekend Food For Thought – 23 Sep 2012

During my recent Candlestick & Breakout Patterns workshop in KL, I noticed by taking a poll, that hardly any one these days plays those strategic games of old such as “Risk” and “Battleship” or even “Monopoly”. No wonder so many of my students these days don’t know how to strategize, plan and manage their trades […]