The Post You Bookmark and Come Back To
I've been writing educational content a lot this year, and I wanted to collect the key pieces in one place. If you're new here (or missed a few along the way), this is a round-up of the posts that dive deepest into how markets actually work and how to think about trading systematically. They're all designed to help you operate, not just observe, and to avoid the expensive mistakes I made early in my career. Collectively, they're long, around 3–4 hours of total reading if you tackle them all. So I guess, treat this like a toolkit - save it, return to it, revisit when you're stuck or in need of perspective.
From Zero to Hero Series
From Zero to Stock Hero (Part I) I wish someone handed me this when I started out. It’s a roadmap covering how stocks actually move, why index structure matters, how sentiment and positioning distort price, and the traps I see traders fall into over and over. If you've ever felt lost watching your stocks diverge from the market or got chopped up around earnings season, this will help you build a framework.
From Zero to Stock Hero (Part II) If Part I was the map, this is the manual. Here I cover how one should actually operate day to day: setups, execution, sizing, portfolio construction, volatility regimes, and the mental game that separates professionals from gamblers. I break down how to scale into winners and build a repeatable process that survives more than one good idea. If you want to stop spinning in circles and start trading like a professional, this is the one…
From Zero to FX Hero This is my comprehensive guide to how FX actually works. Not just the textbook theory, but how we think about currencies, volatility, options, and capital flows in real time. I cover G10, emerging markets, interest rate differentials, exotics, forwards, REER, seasonality, and more. If you've ever stared at a currency chart wondering why it's moving, this will help you see the market in layers, not just candles and prices on a screen.
Mastering Your Mind Trading is fundamentally a game of probabilities, but we consistently sabotage ourselves with fear, greed, revenge trading, and overconfidence. I've seen brilliant guys blow up because they couldn't handle the psychological pressure. This post covers the mental traps that can ruin good trades and walks through the tools I use to stay grounded, including journalling, emotional detachment, visualisation techniques, and managing volatility and stress. If you've ever destroyed a decent position because you panicked or got cocky, this will probably feel uncomfortably familiar.
Drawdown Psychology Every participant faces periods when their equity curve feels like it's punching them in the gut repeatedly. I've been through several myself. This post covers the psychology of losing streaks, what makes drawdowns so mentally brutal, and most importantly, how to prevent a temporary dip from becoming a catastrophic blowout. It's tactical stuff: maintaining trade-level versus portfolio-level perspective, managing decision fatigue, avoiding sunk cost traps, implementing circuit breakers, and building systematic recovery plans.
When Stories Trump Fundamentals Time and again, I've watched narrative completely override fundamentals until reality eventually reasserts itself. This post breaks down how stories drive markets and the traps that catch even experienced money managers.
Have a great weekend,
Fed