AIMLESS

(This e-book is exclusive for TDS only.)

PHILIPPINE COPYRIGHT, 2022

by

Traders Den PH
 AIMLESS

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No part of this book may be reproduced
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Published by:

Traders Den PH
 FOREWORD

You joined TDS to learn stock trading. You were excited to go

through all the ups and downs of being a TDS for you know that
success is your ultimate destination.

6 months later and you are still doing the same ups and downs
without any result.

You lose less now yet you’re still not earning.

You feel like you just wonder aimlessly.

Are you just wondering aimlessly?

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 I. Since You Were A Kid
You lived your life having a plan with to everything that you
do.
You watch Barney when you were young and there is
always a plan or direction in every episode. There is always a
problem, then Barney and his friends will come up with a solution.

You watched “DORA, the Explorer” and there is always a

plan and a sense of direction to whatever she does. She even has
this map.

“I’m the map! I’m the map! I’m the map!”

You go to school as an elementary student and the goal
since grade 1 is to finish the school year and advance to another
level. You do everything you can to accomplish it. You attend flag
ceremonies. You pass all the projects and assignments. You try to
pass the exams. You have this goal that you need to do the things
needed to move up another level. Even if you failed, you know right
away that you failed. The teacher will inform you and your parents
kung magiging grade 2 ka ba or magrerepeat ka ng grade 1.

There is always a destination. The goal is always clear.

Summertime comes and you know you will be playing and

enjoying it with family and friends. You will go to this relative one
week then to this friend another week.

Your life even as a kid had purpose and direction.

You and your parents always know what to do next.

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 II. High School
Pagdating ng high school ay may konting independence ka
na. You are still under your parents’ rule but may little sense of
independence ka na.
You can choose which friends you will hang out with. You
can choose what sports you want to focus on.

Nagkakaroon ka na ng konting “crush.”

You dress a little better. You talk a little better. You are more
refined sa ways mo.
Despite some changes sa environment mo ay ganun pa rin
ang life mo. You have this sense of direction.
Papasok ka sa school every start ng school year at gagawin
mo lahat para magmove up.
Sa end ng school year ay successful ka kapag magmomove
up ka and failed ka kapag magrerepeat ka the following year.

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 III. Adulthood

After high school ay pipili ka ng course at college school

then gagawin mo lahat ng makakaya mo para makapagtapos.

It’s quite difficult dahil andaming pagsubok mula sa school,

friends at environment na pag di ka nag ingat ay madederail ka sa
goal mo.

After mo ng college ay maghahanap ka ng trabaho.

The plan is simple. Get a job and start getting paid.

Nung nagkatrabaho ka na ay may next goal ka na naman.

Bibili ka ng sasakyan at bahay. Magpapapromote. Magkakaroon ng
family.

Whatever man ang plan mo ay defined lagi ang success at

failure.

You know if nagsuceed ka and you know if nagfail ka.

That was how your life had been since you were a kid.

That is over two or three or four or even 5 decades of having

a direction.

Then you meet stock market!

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 IV. Stock Market

Pag pasok mo ng stock market ay dala-dala mo yung sense

of “plan” na nakasanayan mo na since you were a child.

Your plan was maglagay ng pera para palaguin.

You save up and buy some stocks.

Some are winners yet some are losers.

Few months into trading/investing ay narerealize mo na

parang walang pinupuntahan ang ginagawa mo.

You know kasi all your life ay alam mo ang success at failure.

Alam mo ang direction.

You try to join some programs and mentorships with the

hope to have a sense of direction and result sa trading/investing
journey mo.

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 V. TDS

One day, you heard about TDS and how amazing the
feedbacks are.

With no hesitation ay sumali ka.

You were given a set of requirements.

You passed them all.

You were hoping na just like sa life na if you do all that is

required gaya ng mga projects, assignments, at exams ay
magtatagumpay ka.

Why would you not think that eh yan ang kinalakihan mo

all your life.

You were enthusiastic sa bawat task. You watch all the

movies. You watch all the videos. You buy every book available.
Some nababasa mo. Some di mo pa nababasa. You pass
assignments regularly.

You do all that is needed.

Sinabe na need mo eh keep losses mo small so yan din

ginagagawa mo.

Sinabe na magfocus ka sa strategy so yan din ginagawa mo.

Sinabe na gamitin ang checklist so yun din ginagawa mo.

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 One day you wake up and realized na you did all that was
asked but unlike sa nakasanayan mo all your life ay parang wala
kang direction.

“I did everything, nasaan ang result?”

“Sa work ko kapag nag overtime ako lagi ay tumataas sahod

ko at napopromote ako.”

“Bakit sa trading wala akong result?”

“I spent hours and hours and hours doing everything that

was required pero bakit ganito?”

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 VI. Losses

Nagdoubt ka na ba sa self mo?

Natanong mo na ba self mo bakit parang wala kang

progress?

I took the time to make an e-book kasi I think some of you

are reaching the point of self-doubt.

I will explain to you bakit ganyan ang nafifeel mo and I will

be very honest about it.

Bago ang magpatuloy ay may itatanong ako sayo.

If you were winning now, would you have any self-doubt? If

every trade mo nananalo ka ng 20 percent, magkakaroon ka ba ng
mga ganyan na katanungan?

No, right?

So, it’s the losses.

Nakukwestyon mo ang progress mo at results ng ginagawa

mo dahil sa losses.

You did all you can pero you keep losing.

That’s not how your life was built.

If you put in effort, dapat may maganda na result diba?

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 Alam ko ang mga kasagutan sa lahat ng tanong mo at alam
ko din ang nararamdaman mo kasi just like you ay nandyan din ako
sa shoes more than a decade ago.

It’s not enough for me to tell you na it’s the losses.

Di sapat na sabihin ko na losses ang dahilan bakit ganyan

nafifeel mo.

“Yeah, losses…so?”

Let me give you clarity sa next chapter!

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 VII. You Are Not Alone

Let me show you something na tinatago nila.

I will stick with facts.

You will be able to verify everything na sasabihin ko.

I won’t add anything. Straight facts.

MUTUAL FUNDS
2019-2022

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 2021-2022

Source: https://href.li/?https://www.uitf.com.ph/top-funds.php

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 What does that picture tell you?

Mutual funds have a lot of fund managers, technicians,

researchers, analysts, etc.

Yet, they are on a loss.

Mas malaki pa nga siguro loss nila in percentage sa last loss

mo.

Given na yan na mas malaki BP nila.

Try to soak that information in.

Hindi lang ikaw ang natatalo.

Hindi lang ikaw ang at loss ngayon.

I remember reading an article sa news noon na nagsasabing

maglalagay ng 400 million pesos ang SSS on top of their other
investment sa Tech na stock.

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 That was when TECH was in 50 pesos.

Now nasa below 3 pesos ang TECH.

ALL OF US

You are losing and nafifeel mo walang napupuntahan ang

effort mo.

Guess what? We are all losing.

Di lang ikaw.

Di lang ikaw ang nakakaranas ng ganitong market

condition.

Feeling mo lang yan kasi wala kang idea sa performance ng

iba.

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 VIII. Stock Market

Nasanay ka sa life mo na kapag nagtry ka hard ay may

result.

Kapag nag aral ka mabuti, mataas ang grades mo.

Kapag nag OT ka lagi, napopromote ka.

STOCK MARKET does not operate like that.

Iba ang rules ng stock market.

You deal with results na bigay ni market.

You don’t create the result.

You have no say sa result.

Whether you quit or not has no value or effect kay market.

Umiyak ka man jan or matuwa ay walang effect kay market.

You have no control over the market.

You just live with whatever results ang ibigay niya.

That concept is really really really hard i-digest.

Most cannot comprehend that.

The next question will always be “Eh kung ganun maam

paano magdeal sa stock market?”

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 Since day 1 ay tinuturuan ko na kayo paano magdeal sa
market.

Wala kang ibang choice but to keep your losses small.

Yan lang ang only way.

Yan lang ang way na magpapanatili sayo sa laro.

Market is supreme. Siya nasusunod. We are in a bad market

condition now but this will not last forever.

You need to still be here when things start to turn around.

Kaya keeping your losses small is our play.

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 IX. I Survived
Magtanong ka sa kahit sinong veteran na may over 15 years
of experience kung paano sila nanalo and they will tell you about
survival.

Walang skilled sa kanila.

Walang magaling.

They survived lang.

They manage to persevere and survived.

A decade ago andaming “magagaling” na stock traders sa

PSE.

Wala na sila ngayon. Kung nariyan pa man ay nasa forex,

crypto, NFT or kung ano pa.

They did not manage to survive PSE.

They will tell you na walang “liquidity” or “boring” ang PSE

but PSE has always been what it is mula pa nung wala pa sila sa
trading up to now na iniwan nila ang trading.

Your skill, research, knowledge will only get you so far.

Para makasurvive ay kakailanganin mo ng matinding

perseverance, mental toughness, emotional toughness at patience.

Keeping your losses small removes a lot of mental and

emotional baggage of losing.

It will help you survive.

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 X. Mababawe

Lahat ng losses na nakuha mo ay mababawe mo.

You just need to keep going.

Para makapagcontinue ay kailangan mo ikeep losses mo

small.

There is no way na hindi magrerecover ang market.

No way!

Pandemic lang ito.

Dalawang World War ang nasurvive ng market.

Mas malala yun. Mas grabe ang death toll.

Ang tanong lang ay kung kaya mo ba manatili until

magrecover ang market?

Kaya mo ba tiisin ang losses?

Kaya mo ba magpatuloy?

If ang sagot mo sa tanong na yan ay yes then I promise you

na I will do everything I can para iguide ka.

Never lose faith in your goals.

Lahat talo ngayon.

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 Ang difference lang ng magsusuceed sa hindi ay pag
give up.

Same market condition. Same obstacles. Same self-

doubts. Same uneasy feeling.

Ang kinaiba lang ng magsusucceed sa hindi ay

willing sila magpatuloy no matter what.

Market will do what it wants ke nag aagree ka or not.

Let the market do what it wants.

Let the losses come.

Take losses.

Persevere!

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 Final Note
One day masasabi mo ang nasabi ko when I was a newbie.

“I’m glad I never gave up!”

One day when you start earning over some series of trades
ay magpapasalamat ka sa sarili mo for not giving up.

You might even buy yourself an iPhone or a car.

That day will come.

Para makarating sa araw na yun ay kailangan mo muna

pagdaanan ang mga obstacles na binibigay ng market.

Persevere.

If di mo kaya mag isa ay hihilahin kita. Aakayin.

Just persevere.

You deserve to see what is out there after all the losses.

You deserve to see what recovery is like.

You deserve to see this journey through.

I have a great faith in you.

Have faith in yourself.

Salamat sa pagsupport ninyo sa mga books ko. I appreciate

that a lot.

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