10. 0 My First Technical Jabber

Contrary to what I expected, there was no Strategic Trading Game (STG) after our Technical Analysis Module. My dissapointment was shortlived as I realized that our professor was indeed right in saying that the STG will not bring out the best in us in analysing stocks technically. Because it only involves play money, participants risk attitude and analytical
thinking will not be tested realistically. Instead, we were required to submuit a technical jabber which to my pleasant surprise did challenge me more than the STG.

9.0 Day Traders

The PSE-Ateneo Certification for Securities Specialization Course is now on its Core Course Modules. Everybody in the class are relieved that the Introductory Modules have all been completed and we are finally going to learn the very two subjects that we all paid and came here for - the Fundamental and Technical Analyses. I was expecting that the Stock Trading Game (STG) would come after these two subjects had already been discussed. We were surprised however when it was announced that the STG would start right after a subject on the Stock Market and the Stock Exchange. Given my elementary knowledge on Technical Analysis, I almost protested but had to suppress it as I was also curious how I would fare against my equally knowledge-limited batchmates. Well it turned out not everyone is on same level as me and the rest. Few of our batchmates are actually either already working as traders or had already attended seminars on technical analysis somewhere else.

8.0 Back to School

The Certification for Securities Specialist Course officially started on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 and I was officially kind of disoriented. To find myself studying again and leafing thru pages of course materials seemed to me like an unusual dream sequence in "Inception". I felt like pinching myself to wake up but then again this is my new reality, my here and now, for me to become a full-fledge stock trader and investor. This is my choice. There is no escaping it.