There goes the Ghost of August and hopefully it will not come back as the Spectre in September. The month of August left a psychological scar in my trading skills. There were days I looked at graphs with a blank stare bludgeoned to submission by an unforgiving market. As a neophyte trader who had just completed the Certification for Stocks Specialization Course, I found myself questioning whether I learned anything at all or if indeed such Technical Tools are useful in stock trading. Looking back, I may have misinterpreted certain signals but a deeper soul-searching revealed surprising lessons. These are hard lessons I wish to share to my fellow neophyte traders, classmates, and friends who dabble at being a stock trader especially during these highly volatile, unpredictable, and oppressive times.
