I know the picture above highly resembles a stock image that you might find as a default page layout on just about any website editor, but this is not the case. I chose this picture because it represents a perfect mental image for a quote that I believe sums up successful trading:
"Do not be set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless -- like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or crash. Be water, my friend."
-- Bruce Lee
While this quote might seem extremely abstract to some, think about what it means relative to trading. When trading any market, the only definitive information we have is the price. Prices flow. Learning to flow with the price is vital to successful trading.
"Do not be set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless -- like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or crash. Be water, my friend."
-- Bruce Lee
While this quote might seem extremely abstract to some, think about what it means relative to trading. When trading any market, the only definitive information we have is the price. Prices flow. Learning to flow with the price is vital to successful trading.