Yoga, futures trading.
The Sanskrit word Yoga has become widely familiar to young people since Master Xuanzang was first transliterated into "yoga". Nowadays, yoga refers to a kind of martial arts that emphasizes the harmony of body and mind. When practicing, fully stretch your limbs, like a bow and an arrow without self, leave the object that your body can feel, reach the other side of your heart, fully enjoy the most primitive pleasure, and finally show your own existence. When I think about it carefully, I realize that in the financial market, especially in the financial derivatives market such as futures and options, do traders not want to show their existence?
Some people will say what does yoga have to do with futures? As everyone knows, the word "yoga" is really magical. It actually covers all aspects of financial transaction behavior. It means: wearing the yoke of a horse and ox; application; strategy; opportunity; combination; diligence; profession; spiritual concentration. That is to tell the trader's position, whether the trade is appropriate, trading strategies, trading opportunities, futures and stock portfolios, hard study, professionalism of trading and mental concentration when trading. I believe that yoga is not only a form of physical training, but also a guiding ideology for engaging in financial transactions.
To achieve eternal existence, ancient Indians believed that they would either leave this world in yoga or donate their bodies on the battlefield. In the market, we don't need to die, but we want to enjoy the most primitive trading pleasure. As Wall Street investment guru Larry Williams said to participants in China's Robbins Cup-Zhongda Futures Cup Futures Portfolio Investment Championship: "The freest profession in the world is financial trading. If you want to stay away from other people's troublesome lifestyles, you can only do it through financial transactions. You can live freely and be showered with wealth."
The essence of yoga is to pursue the suppression of changes in the heart. This is certainly not about making thinking activities dead, but about thinking in moderation that is free of external interference. Futures traders 'operating ideas should also be free from external interference. Yoga is a practice of the trinity of body and mind. It must be organically combined through different methods to achieve the goal of liberation. For example, eating, doing good, practicing practice, breathing and even chanting scriptures must all be combined. If these methods are separated or even abandoned, then practicing yoga is just a form rather than a mental exercise. If futures trading also separates some necessary preliminary preparations and rigidly analyzes what indicators and applies what theories, it will not be easy to reap the good fruits of success. Futures trading extends to the entire financial derivatives trading. It is based on strict pricing theory, flexible trading mechanisms, mature and prudent investment mentality, and self-discipline behaviors that are not easy for ordinary people to achieve. Similarly, yoga also emphasizes self-discipline and self-study, promotes meditation, and eradicates worries.
What is trouble? The Yoga Sutra cannot make it clearer that ignorance, self-obsession, fascination, anger and greed are the five major troubles in life. I think this is also the top five worries for futures traders. There is no understanding among them (that is, if you don't understand but you invert your understanding. In trading, he does not learn classic basic theories, does not learn from masters such as Williams, and implicitly recognizes that he is a knowledgeable person.) He is the devil of the other four major troubles. The five major worries play a profound role in both visible and invisible places futures traders can see. At the least, it destroys personal assets and reputation; at the most, it endangers the construction of financial markets. Of course, whether it endangers lives is unpredictable.
Wise people believe that everything in the market will change. The past will be repeated, but it will not be simply repeated. Investors need to avoid future risks, not immediate risks. Because they are busy avoiding immediate risks, it is too late to study. The seer has been passing on risks to the unwittingly, and the unwittingly has been taking on the risk of being hedged. If excellent futures traders can direct our advanced sensory insight into subtle hidden and future tradable signs, then we have actually gained a deep understanding of these signs. (Internship Editor: Yan Lili)