Sunday, June 21, 2026

What it REALLY takes to WIN at trading

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EWdwteWNW0&t=1135s

Risk of Ruin Calculator

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Friday, June 19, 2026

凡尔赛的账本:特朗普3000亿金融局如何重写中东

 6月中旬,这位美国总统在法国凡尔赛宫签署了美伊双边框架谅解备忘录(MoU),这里正是1919年一战战胜国确立帝国分赃秩序的终局之地。几乎在同一时间,马斯克(Elon Musk)旗下的航天与人工智能巨头 SpaceX(股票代码:SPCX)正式在纳斯达克挂牌上市,开盘即以2.1万亿美元的恐怖市值打破全球IPO历史纪录。


这两场共振不仅向全球展示了美国资本市场强悍的统治力,更为凡尔赛宫那份备忘录中最核心的谜底——3000亿美元的“重建与发展基金”(Reconstruction and Development Fund)——提供了最冰冷的注脚。

这笔庞大资金的出现引发了国际舆论的撕裂:有人将其视为华盛顿对德黑兰的变相战争赔偿,亦有人将其嘲讽为海湾阿拉伯国家向美国上缴的最新一笔保护费。然而,如果用《华尔街日报》或《纽约时报》评论版特有的地缘经济学眼光去剥离政治迷雾,就会发现这根本不是一笔政府财政拨款,而是一场典型的、将商业地产开发逻辑运作到极致的“地缘金融总包局”。

“总包商”的无钱之境:特朗普的企业版“马歇尔计划”

“我们不投资,我们不掏哪怕10个美分。”特朗普在G7峰会上的这句大白话,直接撕下了外界对这笔基金的温情面纱。

根据最新公开的14点备忘录内容,这项由美国总统特使威特科夫(Steve Witkoff)与女婿库什纳(Jared Kushner)幕后操盘的3000亿美元大盘,其底层逻辑与1947年美国掏出真金白银无偿赠予西欧的“马歇尔计划”截然相反。它完全由国际私人投资者和跨国企业出资。目前,超过1500亿美元的份额已被全球私人资本签署承诺,出资主体涵盖了美国石油巨头、海湾阿拉伯国家的传统主权财富基金,以及日韩、南美和非洲的跨国财团。

这本质上是把一个坐拥全球第二大天然气、第四大石油储量,拥有9200万人口却因数十年制裁导致基建干涸的超级市场,改头换面包装成一个面向全球资本的“特许开发大盘”。一旦最终协议签署、二级制裁取消,这些投入的私人资本将通过伊朗境内的油气开采特许权、港口与机场总包合同、石化工厂股权等等领域获得长期的商业反哺。

然而,作为“总包商”的美国,一分不掏却拿稳了全盘的“阀门”。正如美国副总统万斯(JD Vance)在接受CBS采访时明确强调,这笔钱是一个“履约挂钩基金”。资金被锁在多方监管的专属账户中,在接下来的核谈判期内,只有当德黑兰切实执行“就地稀释高浓缩铀、拆除核心核设施、接受全面核核查”的物理动作后,美国才会分阶段、分批次放行相关领域的投资项目。

在这场重建中,所有的项目计价、设备采购、资金往来全数必须以美元计价和结算。美国仅凭提供合规许可证和二级制裁豁免权,就成了这场3000亿盛宴的“绝对发牌人”,不着一字便将德黑兰未来的技术标准与经济命脉死死扣入美元结算的网络中。

“威慑的护盾”:战场重估后的现实主义刹车

如果说3000亿基金是美国诱使伊朗重返国际市场的商业诱饵,那么伊朗在过去数月冲突中展现出的反击硬实力,则是迫使华盛顿精英放弃“战争选项”的真实护盾。

在这场博弈中,必须辩证地看到,德黑兰之所以能换来全面解禁的曙光,并非由于对美军事妥协,恰恰相反,是因为伊朗通过前期的防御对抗,让华盛顿清晰重估了与一个中东大国全面开战所带来的系统性地缘崩塌风险。

伊朗拥有伊拉克与阿富汗所不具备的战略纵深、现代工业体系以及锁死霍尔木兹海峡的绝对物理能力。前期战事胶着导致的国际原油价格飙升与国内通胀警报,极度威胁到了特朗普政府最核心的国内选民基本盘。在中美大国博弈的宏大叙事下,美国早已没有在海外同时卷入两场消耗战的战略预算与财政冗余。轻易开启全面战争,非但无法根除什叶派的核决心,反而会彻底激活中东能源咽喉的战火。

正是这种“不可承受之重”的硬实力威慑,打破了布鲁塞尔和华盛顿建制派“用战争重塑中东”的幻觉,迫使傲慢的西方权力最终回到了追求现实利益平衡的谈判桌前。

“双轨宇宙”:解禁后的多极化资本版图

然而,把持了3000亿基金的阀门,并不意味着华盛顿能如愿将解禁后的伊朗彻底驯化为西方的地缘附庸。资本的本能是逐利与避险,而在当今的多极化地缘格局中,全球资本市场事实上已经在围绕这个全面松绑的能源高地,自发分裂成了两个平行运转的轨道。

第一条轨道是受美国政治许可证严格约束、以美元计价结算的“3000亿美管基金”,它服务于西方跨国公司卡位优质地缘资产、同时作为华盛顿反制和监督伊朗核动向的政治筹码。

而第二条轨道,则是以中国等非西方国家为主导的主权战略投资大盘。这一板块的体量同样惊人,但其运作完全独立于布鲁塞尔的ESG教条与华盛顿的合规审查。非西方资本的注入,聚焦于长周期的能源安全、全产业链输出以及“一带一路”沿线的战略互联互通。他们拒绝接受美国的二级制裁和政治干涉,更倾向于使用本币(如人民币)建立直接的结算网络。

对于全面放开制裁后的伊朗而言,利用自身的能源潜力同时向这两条轨道伸手,在美元总包与非美平行资本之间维持战略平衡,才是其迎来真正经济爆发的护身符。

特朗普的这笔资金安排之所以能在务实层面上获得成功,恰恰在于它抛弃了冷战后欧洲建制派那种“用意识形态驯化世界”的教条傲慢,转而承认了冰冷的多极化利益现实。他用跨国资本的贪婪代替了轰炸机的防线,用一个全球商业利益共同体作为锁死地缘冲突的引信。在这个由高科技IPO、石油本位与硬实力威慑共同交织的2026年中东棋局里,商人的账本,最终比将军的导弹更早地算出了和平的真实价码。

在这场地缘与金融局中,以色列是最大的失败者。但它们绝对不会甘心如此!

AMD stock low float or not

 AMD is not a low float stock. [1]

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has a massive public float of approximately 1.62 billion shares, making up about 99.6% of its total shares outstanding. Because it is a heavily traded, large-cap stock, it is not prone to the high volatility typically associated with low-float stocks. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Key characteristics of AMD's float include:
  • High Liquidity: AMD frequently trades tens of millions of shares daily, making it easy to buy or sell without causing extreme price spikes from limited supply. [1, 2]
  • Low Short Interest: Only about 2.72% of the float is sold short, so it has a very low risk of a short squeeze. [1, 2]
  • Broad Ownership: The stock is widely held by institutional investors, hedge funds, and retail traders, which distributes the supply of shares broadly across the market. [1, 2]
Let me know if you would like to look into AMD’s current valuation metrics, its short interest trends, or compare its float size to other semiconductor stocks.

AMD stock | D chart | April 3 to June 19 2026

 


Mark Douglas talked about Control emotions during wins and losses 如何执行

 马克·道格拉斯(Mark Douglas)在《交易心理分析》中的核心观点是:情绪的波动源于对结果的执念和对不确定性的抗拒。 想要控制赢钱时的“狂妄”和亏钱时的“痛苦”,核心不在于“压抑”情绪,而在于建立概率思维,做到完全接受风险专注于过程 [1, 2, 3]

请参考以下指南执行:
一、 赢钱时的情绪管理(放下“证明自己”的执念)
  • 停止庆祝单笔胜利: 赢钱后感到激动,是因为你在潜意识中把盈利等同于“自己很聪明/很厉害”。这种自大会导致你在下一笔交易中放松警惕,忽视风控(如过度交易或重仓)。 [1]
  • 把大赚视为概率的奖赏: 认识到单次盈利只是你所执行的交易策略在这一轮概率中的一次正常体现。它不代表你的自我价值,只是大数法则在发挥作用。 [1]
二、 亏钱时的情绪管理(视亏损为“经营成本”)
  • 预先接受风险并设定止损: 在每一次进场前,必须明确且在内心接受该笔交易如果失败,你愿意亏损的具体金额。这是消除亏损带来心理冲击(如震惊、愤怒)的最有效方法。
  • 视亏损为“学费”: 亏损是交易系统运转的正常成本,是向市场支付的客观反馈。就像做生意的租金一样,亏损不能证明你是错的,只能说明此时市场的买卖力量与你的方向不同。 [1]
  • 切断报复性交易的引线: 亏损后如果感到愤怒或沮丧,不要立刻寻找下一个入场点。道格拉斯强调应立刻离开电脑,停止当天的交易,让情绪归零。 [1, 2]
三、 如何在日常交易中具体执行?
  • 遵守“无限次”法则(思考概率): 市场结果是随机分布的,没有任何人能预测下一笔交易是赢还是亏。将眼光放在接下来的 100 笔交易上,而不是眼前的单笔盈亏。 [1, 2, 3]
  • 建立“无感”的复盘系统: 交易结束后,不要去算今天赚了/亏了多少钱,而是问自己这五个问题:
    1. 我是否制定了交易计划?
    2. 我是否严格执行了计划?
    3. 我的风险是否在可控范围内?
    4. 我是否按照系统规则离场?
    5. 在这个过程中,我的心理是否保持了客观平静?
  • 最终目标——进入“心如止水”的无畏状态: 当交易变得像每天刷牙一样枯燥、重复,没有任何情绪的大起大落时,说明你已经接受了市场的不确定性,掌握了客观执行的精髓。

If You’re Serious About Trading, Watch This (Mark Douglas)

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If you’re truly serious about becoming a successful trader, this is a message you need to hear. Mark Douglas revealed that trading success is not about finding the perfect strategy—it’s about mastering your mind. In this video, you’ll discover the core psychological principles that separate profitable traders from those who stay stuck in fear, doubt, and inconsistency. Learn how to: ✔ Control emotions during wins and losses ✔ Build unshakable discipline ✔ Think in probabilities instead of predictions ✔ Eliminate revenge trading and hesitation ✔ Develop the mindset of consistency The market rewards discipline, patience, and emotional control—not hope or impulse. If you want long-term profitability, your mindset must change first. Watch until the end and start thinking like the top 1% of traders. #MarkDouglas #TradingPsychology #ForexTrading #TradingMindset #Discipline #RiskManagement #TradingSuccess #profitabletrader

This video, featuring insights from Mark Douglas, argues that trading success is not about discovering the perfect strategy or indicators, but about mastering one's own mind. Most traders struggle because they approach the market as an intellectual problem to be solved with certainty, rather than accepting it as an environment of probabilities.

Key Concepts for Trading Mastery:

  • The Probability Mindset (3:22 - 9:02): The market is inherently uncertain and indifferent to the trader's needs. Successful trading requires shifting from predicting outcomes to focusing on consistent execution of a system over a large sample size.
  • Managing the Emotional Brain (11:44 - 13:06): Neuroscience explains that when a trade goes against us, the brain often enters a "survival mode" that triggers impulsive, fear-based decision-making. Traders must learn to recognize this physical response and implement a "pause" before acting.
  • Redefining Discipline and Losses (14:34 - 19:18): True discipline is not an act of willpower, which is a finite resource, but an outcome of deep, internal belief in one's edge. Similarly, losses should be viewed objectively as data points in a statistical distribution rather than personal failures or threats to identity.

Practical Exercises for Consistency:

  1. The Pre-Trade Audit (22:25 - 24:00): Before entering a trade, ask: Is this trade within my rules? Can I accept the loss if it fails? Will I remain disciplined enough to take the next trade?
  2. Emotional Journaling (24:12 - 26:00): Track your emotional state at the moment of entry to identify patterns that lead to impulsive or high-quality executions.
  3. The Probability Mantra (26:01 - 27:37): Use simple affirmations like "Anything can happen" and "I don't need this trade to win" to act as a pattern interrupt for the emotional brain.

Mark Douglas concludes by emphasizing that the most valuable investment in a trading career is the internal work of aligning one's beliefs with the reality of market uncertainty.


What does the roulette story show?


The speaker uses the story of the man at the roulette wheel to illustrate how a trader's relationship with uncertainty can mirror a gambler's search for patterns in random events. The story demonstrates that, like the roulette wheel, the market is indifferent to a trader's logical inferences, past results, or personal expectations (4:01 - 5:42). The account highlights the danger of 'negotiating' with the market or expecting it to behave according to one's need for the world to make sense, rather than accepting that every event is independent and operates within a distribution of probabilities (5:42 - 6:41).


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