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This book may not be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of by way of trade in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published without the prior written consent of the Publisher.  \nWhilst every effort has been made to ensure that information in this book is accurate, no liability can be accepted for any loss incurred in any way whatsoever by any person relying solely on the information contained herein.  \nNo responsibility for loss occasioned to any person or corporate body acting or refraining to act as a result of reading material in this book can be accepted by the Publisher, by the Author, or by the employers of the Author.  \nThe Publisher does not have any control over or any responsibility for any Author’s or thirdparty websites referred to in or on this book.  \nTo the girl at the Bloomberg terminal  \nCONTENTS  \nDear Markets  \nPreface Introduction Liar’s Poker  \nThe Trading Floor Everyone Is a Chart Expert The Curse of Patterns Fighting My Humanness Disgust  \nThe Drifter Mind Trading Through a Slump Embracing Failure  \nBest Loser Wins The Ideal Mindset About the Author  \nDEAR MARKETS  \nF  \nක඗ඕ ගඐඍ ඕ඗ඕඍඖග I first came across you, I have been fascinated by you. I probably even fell in love with you. I was too young to know what that meant, no more than ten years  \nold. You were featured in a national newspaper – a competition of sorts.  \nI was too young to play with you, so I observed. Time was not on my side. I was born a few decades too soon to participate in trading like it is possible today. I had to go and live my early life and you went about yours.  \nWhen you went through the devastating bear market of 1973, I was just learning to walk. When you roared with anger during the crash of 1987, I was just finishing school. When you took the first steps towards the epic 1990s bull market I was almost ready. But not quite there yet.  \nSo, you sent me a message that would change my life, and I took you up on the invitation, leaving everything behind me to pursue you. I studied you at university, two degrees in fact. I toiled for hours and hours, trying to understand you through the eyes of the conventional economic thinkers, through the eyes of Nobel Prize recipients, and through the eyes of well-meaning journalists and experts.  \nI wish you could have told me back then not to bother. You are not an equation to be solved. You are far more complex than a model could ever capture. Over and over, you prove yourself to be the elusive mistress that no one every truly understands. You are everywhere and you are nowhere. Universal laws do not apply to you.  \nMy love for you was deep. You gave me so much joy. I gave you myall. You were there when I woke up, and you were there when I went  \nto sleep. You have elevated me when I was fluid, rewarded me beyond my wildest dreams when I was flexible. You have punished me when I was rigid and stubborn, taking all your gifts back – with interest.  \nAnd boy di","cbCailOFB7b0HQob","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailOFB7b0HQob","pdf",2877237,250,"English","# Dear Markets\n## Preface Introduction\n## Liar’s Poker\n## The Trading Floor\n## Everyone Is a Chart Expert\n## The Curse of Patterns\n## Fighting My Humanness\n## Disgust\n## The Drifter Mind\n## Trading Through a Slump\n## Embracing Failure\n## Best Loser Wins\n## The Ideal Mindset\n# About the Author","[{\"question\":\"What is the central message of the “Dear Markets” section?\",\"answer\":\"Markets are unpredictable and not something that can be fully captured by universal laws, models, or equations. 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