RelaxRay Journal

Reminder for self
who moved my cheese


monk story
scorpion nd turtle story
pig story
religious man story
piper story

believe,
work hard

"switch the vanguard with the rear and prepare to retreat"
nature and character
Very nice touch to compliment AOW training, I like Zhuge Liang alot
http://chinesewarstrategies.blogspot...-overview.html

無極生有極、有極是太極、
太極生兩儀、即陰陽;
兩儀生四象: 即少陰、太陰、少陽、太陽、
四象演八卦、八八六十四卦

The Limitless (無極; wuji) produces the delimited (有極; youji), and this demarcationis equivalent to the Absolute (太極; taiji).
The Taiji (the two opposing forces in embryonic form) produces two forms, named yin-yang (陰陽) which are called Liangyi (the manifested opposing forces).
These two forms produce four phenomena: named lesser yin (少陰, shaoyin), greater yin (太陰; taiyin, which also refers to the Moon), lesser yang (少陽, shaoyang), and greater yang (太陽; taiyang, which also refers to the Sun).
The four phenomena (四象; Sìxiàng) act on the eight trigrams (八卦; Bagua).
Eight 'eights' results in sixty-four hexagrams.

36 STRATEGIES OF ANCIENT CHINA (OVERVIEW)
"The Thirty-Six Strategies" is a a Chinese collection of 36 proverbs commented as militaristic tactics. Often attributed to Sun Tzu, this is generally rejected by scholars since Sun Tzu lived during the Spring and Autumn Period of China, while most of the 36 proverbs postdate that. It is believed by many to have been written by Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms period.
Chapter 1 - Winning Strategies

1. Strategy 1 "瞒天过海" - Deceive the sky to cross the ocean.
   1. Moving about in the darkness and shadows, occupying isolated places, or hiding behind screens will only attract suspicious attention. To lower an enemy's guard you must act in the open hiding your true intentions under the guise of common every day activities.

2. Strategy 2 "围魏救赵" - Surround Wei to rescue Zhao.
   1. When the enemy is too strong to attack directly, then attack something he holds dear. Know that in all things he cannot be superior. Somewhere there is a gap in the armour, a weakness that can be attacked instead.
   2. In other words, you may try to attack the relatives or dear ones of the enemy to weaken him psychologically.

3. Strategy 3 "借刀杀人" - Borrow one's hand to kill. (Kill with a borrowed knife.)
   1. Attack using the strength of another (because of lack of strength or do not want to use own strength). Trick an ally into attacking him, bribe an official to turn traitor, or use the enemy's own strength against him.

4. Strategy 4 "以逸待劳" - Make your enemy tire himself out while conserving energy.
   1. It is an advantage to choose the time and place for battle. In this way you know when and where the battle will take place, while your enemy does not. Encourage your enemy to expend his energy in futile quests while you conserve your strength. When he is exhausted and confused, you attack with energy and purpose.

5. Strategy 5 "趁火打劫" - Use the opportunity of fire to rob others. (Loot a burning house.)
   1. When a country is beset by internal conflicts, when disease and famine ravage the population, when corruption and crime are rampant, then it will be unable to deal with an outside threat. This is the time to attack.

6. Strategy 6 "声东击西" - Feign an attack in the east and attack in the west.
   1. In any battle the element of surprise can provide an overwhelming advantage. Even when face to face with an enemy, surprise can still be employed by attacking where he least expects it. To do this you must create an expectation in the enemy's mind through the use of a feint.

Chapter 2 - Enemy Dealing Strategies

1. Strategy 7 "无中生有" - Create something from nothing.
   1. You use the same feint twice. Having reacted to the first and often the second feint as well, the enemy will be hesitant to react to a third feint. Therefore the third feint is the actual attack catching your enemy with his guard down.

2. Strategy 8 "暗渡陈仓" - Secretly utilize the Chen Chang passage. (Repair the highway to take the crude path.) e.g., the Allied invasion of Normandy and the Pas de Calais deception.
   1. Attack the enemy with two convergent forces. The first is the direct attack, one that is obvious and for which the enemy prepares his defense. The second is the indirect, the attack sinister, that the enemy does not expect and which causes him to divide his forces at the last minute leading to confusion and disaster.

3. Strategy 9 "隔岸观火" - Watch the fires burning across the river.
   1. Delay entering the field of battle until all the other players have become exhausted fighting amongst themselves. Then go in full strength and pick up the pieces.

4. Strategy 10 "笑里藏刀" - Knife sheathed in a smile.
   1. Charm and ingratiate yourself to your enemy. When you have gained his trust, you move against him in secret

5. Strategy 11 "李代桃僵" - Plum tree sacrifices for the peach tree. (Sacrifice the silver to keep the gold.)
   1. There are circumstances in which you must sacrifice short-term objectives in order to gain the long-term goal. This is the scapegoat strategy whereby someone else suffers the consequences so that the rest do not.

6. Strategy 12 "顺手牵羊" - Stealing a goat along the way (Take the opportunity to pilfer a goat.)
   1. While carrying out your plans be flexible enough to take advantage of any opportunity that presents itself, however small, and avail yourself of any profit, however slight.

Chapter 3 - Attacking Strategies

1. Strategy 13 "打草惊蛇" - Startle the snake by hitting the grass around it.
   1. When you cannot detect the opponent's plans launch a direct, but brief, attack and observe your opponent reactions. His behavior will reveal his strategy.

2. Strategy 14 "借尸还魂" - Borrow another's corpse to resurrect the soul. (Raise a corpse from the dead.)
   1. Take an institution, a technology, or a method that has been forgotten or discarded and appropriate it for your own purpose. Revive something from the past by giving it a new purpose or to reinterpret and bring to life old ideas, customs, and traditions.

3. Strategy 15 "调虎离山" - Entice the tiger to leave its mountain lair.
   1. Never directly attack an opponent whose advantage is derived from its position. Instead lure him away from his position thus separating him from his source of strength.

4. Strategy 16 "欲擒姑纵" - In order to capture, one must let loose.
   1. Cornered prey will often mount a final desperate attack. To prevent this you let the enemy believe he still has a chance for freedom. His will to fight is thus dampened by his desire to escape. When in the end the freedom is proven a falsehood the enemy's morale will be defeated and he will surrender without a fight.

5. Strategy 17 "抛砖引玉" - Tossing out a brick to get a jade
   1. Prepare a trap then lure your enemy into the trap by using bait. In war the bait is the illusion of an opportunity for gain. In life the bait is the illusion of wealth, power, and sex.

6. Strategy 18 "擒贼擒王" - Defeat the enemy by capturing their chief.
   1. If the enemy's army is strong but is allied to the commander only by money or threats then, take aim at the leader. If the commander falls the rest of the army will disperse or come over to your side. If, however, they are allied to the leader through loyalty then beware, the army can continue to fight on after his death out of vengeance.

Chapter 4 - Chaos Strategies

1. Strategy 19 "釜底抽薪" - Remove the firewood under the cooking pot. (Remove the stick from the axe.)
   1. When faced with an enemy too powerful to engage directly you must first weaken him by undermining his foundation and attacking his source of power.

2. Strategy 20 "混水摸鱼" - Fish in disturbed waters.
   1. Before engaging your enemy's forces create confusion to weaken his perception and judgment. Do something unusual, strange, and unexpected as this will arouse the enemy's suspicion and disrupt his thinking. A distracted enemy is thus more vulnerable.

3. Strategy 21 "金蝉脱壳" - Slough off the cicada's shell. (False appearances mislead the enemy.)
   1. When you are in danger of being defeated, and your only chance is to escape and regroup, then create an illusion. While the enemy's attention is focused on this artifice, secretly remove your men leaving behind only the facade of your presence.

4. Strategy 22 "关门捉贼" - Shut the door to catch the thief.
   1. If you have the chance to completely capture the enemy then you should do so thereby bringing the battle or war to a quick and lasting conclusion. To allow your enemy to escape plants the seeds for future conflict. But if they succeed in escaping, be wary of giving chase.

5. Strategy 23 "远交近攻" - Befriend a distant state while attacking a neighbor.
   1. It is known that nations that border each other become enemies while nations separated by distance and obstacles make better allies. When you are the strongest in one field, your greatest threat is from the second strongest in your field, not the strongest from another field.

6. Strategy 24 "假道伐虢" - Obtain safe passage to conquer the Kingdom of Guo.
   1. Borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy. Once the enemy is defeated, use those resources to turn on the ally that lent you them in the first place.

Chapter 5 - Proximate Strategies

1. Strategy 25 "偷梁换柱" - Replace the beams with rotten timbers.
   1. Disrupt the enemy's formations, interfere with their methods of operations, change the rules in which they are used to following, go contrary to their standard training. In this way you remove the supporting pillar, the common link that makes a group of men an effective fighting force.

2. Strategy 26 "指桑骂槐" - Point at the mulberry and curse the locust.
   1. To discipline, control, or warn others whose status or position excludes them from direct confrontation; use analogy and innuendo. Without directly naming names, those accused cannot retaliate without revealing their complicity.

3. Strategy 27 "假痴不癫" - Pretend to be a pig in order to eat the tiger. (Play dumb.)
   1. Hide behind the mask of a fool, a drunk, or a madman to create confusion about your intentions and motivations. Lure your opponent into underestimating your ability until, overconfident, he drops his guard. Then you may attack.

4. Strategy 28 "上屋抽梯" - Remove the ladder when the enemy has ascended to the roof (Cross the river and destroy the bridge.)
   1. With baits and deceptions lure your enemy into treacherous terrain. Then cut off his lines of communication and avenue of escape. To save himself he must fight both your own forces and the elements of nature.

5. Strategy 29 "树上开花" - Deck the tree with false blossoms.
   1. Tying silk blossoms on a dead tree gives the illusion that the tree is healthy. Through the use of artifice and disguise make something of no value appear valuable; of no threat appear dangerous; of no use appear useful.

6. Strategy 30 "反客为主" - Make the host and the guest exchange places.
   1. Defeat the enemy from within by infiltrating the enemy's camp under the guise of cooperation, surrender, or peace treaties. In this way you can discover his weakness and then, when the enemy's guard is relaxed, strike directly at the source of his strength.

Chapter 6 - Defeat Strategies

1. Strategy 31 "美人计" - The beauty trap. (The tender trap, use a woman to ensnare a man.)
   1. Send your enemy beautiful women to cause discord within his camp. This strategy can work on three levels. First, the ruler becomes so enamored with the beauty that he neglects his duties and allows his vigilance to wane. Second, other males at court will begin to display aggressive behavior that inflames minor differences hindering co-operation and destroying morale. Third, other females at court, motivated by jealousy and envy, begin to plot intrigues further exacberating the situation.

2. Strategy 32 "空城计" - Empty fort. (Mental trap, empty a fort to make enemy think it is filled with traps.)
   1. When the enemy is superior in numbers and your situation is such that you expect to be overrun at any moment, then drop all pretence of military preparedness and act casually. Unless the enemy has an accurate description of your situation this unusual behavior will arouse suspicions. With luck he will be dissuaded from attacking.

3. Strategy 33 "反间计" - Let the enemy's spy sow discord in the enemy camp. (Use enemy's own spy to spread false information.)
   1. Undermine your enemy's ability to fight by allowing enemy's spy to remain within your ranks,while you feed false information causing enemy discord with his friends, allies, advisors, family, commanders, soldiers, and population. Preoccupied settling internal disputes, your enemy's ability to attack or defend is compromised and your control of him is increased.

4. Strategy 34 "苦肉计" - Inflict injury on one's self to win the enemy's trust. (Fall into a trap; become baited.)
   1. Pretending to be injured has two possible applications. In the first, the enemy is lulled into relaxing his guard since he no longer considers you to be an immediate threat. The second is a way of ingratiating yourself to your enemy by pretending the injury was caused by a mutual enemy.

5. Strategy 35 "连环计" - Chain together the enemy's ships. (Never rely on but a single strategy.)
   1. In important matters one should use several strategies applied simultaneously. Keep different plans operating in an overall scheme; in this manner if any one strategy fails you would still have several others to fall back on.

6. The 36th strategy "走为上" - Run away to fight another day.
   1. If it becomes obvious that your current course of action will lead to defeat then retreat and regroup. When your side is losing there are only three choices remaining: surrender, compromise, or escape. Surrender is complete defeat, compromise is half defeat, but escape is not defeat. As long as you are not defeated, you still have a chance.

variation tactics


Conor McGregor
"Precision beats Power"
"Timing beats Speed"

cue war show;;

king to prince: what do you need to win a war?
prince: a strong and plentiful army
king: is that all?
prince: yes
king: and what about money? do you have enough money to pay them through the campaign?

it takes more then just troops to win a war. you need to pay them, and a dragy campaign is not only tiresome but draining to resources.

time is either the greatest asset or greatest enemy to compounding %

AOW
9. Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy. Thus
the army will have food enough for its needs.

14. Hence a wise general makes a point of foraging on the enemy. One cartload
of the enemys provisions is equivalent to twenty of ones own, and
likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent to twenty from ones
own store.

2. When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then
mens weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be damped. If you lay
siege to a town, you will exhaust your strength.

3. Again, if the campaign is protracted, the resources of the State will not be
equal to the strain.

4. Now, when your weapons are dulled, your ardor damped, your strength
exhausted and your treasure spent, other chieftains will spring up to take
advantage of your extremity. Then no man, however wise, will be able to
avert the consequences that must ensue.

5. Thus, though we have heard of stupid haste in war, cleverness has never
been seen associated with long delays.

6. There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare.

11. Hence the saying: The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead; the
good general cultivates his resources.

1. Sun Tzu said: Raising a host of a hundred thousand men and marching
them great distances entails heavy loss on the people and a drain on the
resources of the State. The daily expenditure will amount to a thousand
ounces of silver. There will be commotion at home and abroad, and men
will drop down exhausted on the highways. As many as seven hundred
thousand families will be impeded in their labor.

rgds

Hi Ray

nice....

this will be last week trading of this year for me.

regards

Phil.

Hi Phil

Thanks.

Noted, Christmas shopping come early? hehe. Hopefully the weather is kind.
Have fun Phil.

Regards
Ray

AOWs

Copy and paste from thread, thought it be good to read it once and awhile.


THE BANDWAGON THEORY: A GLIMPSE AT HOW THE MARKET REALLY WORKS.

Imagine a bandwagon that is rolling forward at a quickened pace.
Music that is very pleasing to the ear is being played from speakers on each side
of this bandwagon, and a few people currently on the back of the wagon
are partying, having the time of their lives. The music, loud and clear,
starts to attract many other onlookers that happen to be idly standing on the sidelines.
These onlookers, unable to resist the sweet sounds being played, run to join the party that seems to be going on.

Progressively, more and more onlookers jump on the back of this bandwagon, and those few who were initially
enjoying the first phase of the party begin to leave.

As the crowd of new party animals on this bandwagon grows larger,
the bandwagon finds it harder and harder to move forward at the
same pace.
It slows, enabling more and more late onlookers, witnessing
the great fun, the chance to jump on.

The crowd grows even larger. Larger and larger this crowd grows, until the bandwagon, heavily laden
with the bodies of drunken party animals, can no longer move forward.

It finally comes to a complete stop.
Now that the bandwagon is at a com-plete standstill, more people jump on.
And why not? At this point, joining the fun is easy. Absolutely no work is required, for individuals wanting
to join the crowd no longer have to run to jump on board.

But the nature of the bandwagon is to move forward. Its motionless state is unnatural,
and therefore cannot last. It tries to move forward again, but can’t. The
crowd, piled on back, is much too large. It must free itself of the heavy
burden. And it does. It quickly shifts into reverse, and jolts backward,
knocking a few of the party animals off the back. The music stops. Puz-
zled faces from the crowd begin to emerge.

Before anyone figures out what’s going on, another backward jerk takes place, only this one is more
violent. Another large group of people gets thrown off the back. Now, re-
ality sets in. The fun has turned into a nightmare of epic proportions, and
panic begins to run rampant. Some decide to jump to their deaths. An-
other thrust backwards sends an even larger group of drunken, off-
balance people, hurling to the muddy ground. It doesn’t stop. The jolts
backward continue, each successive one more violent than the last. At
this point, only a few die-hard wagon dwellers are holding on, their very
lives hanging in the balance by a very thin thread.

Failing to be com-pletely free, the bandwagon angrily puts the pedal to the metal, and this
final thrust backward is so vicious that its front wheels lift high off the
ground, momentarily suspending the wagon in a perpendicular posi-
tion. The last of the hangers-on crash to the ground, broken and maimed
to no end.

At this point, a new group of onlookers emerge from the
nearby woods. They are clean and serene. Each movement they make is
deliberate and powerfully energetic, for they did not take part in the
tragedy that just transpired. Or did they? A few of the dejected souls ly-
ing on the ground take a closer look, a look that reveals something very
interesting.


This seemingly new group is not new at all. It is the same group that was seen quietly exiting the party before it came to its violent
end. An even closer examination by a few more beaten-down onlookers
reveals something even more stunning. This group not only exited the
party early, they were the originators of it! “My God,” someone exclaims.
Paralyzed, and unable to move freely, all these dejected souls can do is
watch, as the masters of the game go to work, again. No sooner does the
bandwagon’s wheels hit the ground than this professional platoon bolts
for the wagon. In a flash they are on board. Easy.

The bandwagon, now free of the larger crowd, can move forward freely and gracefully, com-
fortably carrying the more astute group with it. Its pace quickens, and
before long a smooth elegant stride is in place. After a few miles of unin-
terrupted movement, someone from this masterful group flips on a
switch, and suddenly the loud sounds of entertaining music start again.
Someone yells, “OK everyone. Here they come. Let’s do it again.” Within
moments, those who were the former victims of the backward crash be-
come interested again. The music almost calling them from the grave.
And once more, the never-ending cycle repeats.


Rgds

jack ma @ wef



president xi @ wef


very good videos, reminder for self to watch once in awhile.

cue
30 30 30
evolution


the best and the worse

honey melon grow on bitter thorns,
sweet dates grow on picky branches

brave the storm, dare to be courageous

good for understanding the FED

gather thy rosebuds while ye may


To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
Robert Herrick, 1591 - 1674

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he’s a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he’s to setting.
That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former.
Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry; For having lost but once your prime,
You may forever tarry.

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like what FTI mention, music is the best!

option n spot
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like what FTI mention, music is the best!

hi dear,
may i know why did u watch option? its silly but, could u tell me where didi u get the option price/expire? how to use it coz i'm not understand the investopedia link that u share

Invictus

BY WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

As with what FTI always says, live every day like your last, be the best you can, for one day you will be right.

Desiderata - by Max Ehrmann

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

Take kindly to the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

As introduced by the big guy.

If—

BY RUDYARD KIPLING

(‘Brother Square-Toes’—Rewards and Fairies)

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

Another one introduced by the big guy.

Gosh, I miss that guy. Hope wherever he is, he is doing great.

Cheers.

Options for the day, and/or futures can tell tales about the spot market. Sometimes, there are influnece, sometimes there aren't. It is another tool in the toolbox at our disposal.
Differential terrain calls for different approach.
"All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved."

" Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances. "

But I get the sense you did not read the thread/threads, neither TAF, nor the books provided. There is no shortcuts.

So my friend, spend some effort, and discipline to read TAF.


EFFORT + DISCIPLINE + PRESSURE&TIME = RESULTS

Lea Salonga - The Journey

Beautiful song

ah.. missed the boat early today cause I was doing painting..

but ok i wanted to do this for awhile now, and the community is just awesome here.. and i never really had an idea of how to proceed when i was starting out in the beginning until peeps helped with charts .. but there is still alot more here, and understanding the price and sensing the tempo(greeks sigma etc) as they happen in real time and reacting in real time.
anyway, hope it shed some light and how to think things..

I like a quote, or a saying. Forgot where I watch it.... it goes "If you want to win, adapt quickly, out think, out smart, out move, do so by thinking clearly with no transitional time."

eu week

eu day

eu h4

eu m30

eu m15

eu m5


uj week

uj day

uj h1

uj m15



should also mention the position of EURGBP... may be telling of moves.....