A wonderful relationship between trade and art
I enjoy appreciating paintings and occasionally go to art museums.
However, I’m by no means an expert on paintings in general.
I wonder if there might besome hints in my work? that can be found.
I go in search of inspiration.
Although I don’t have much knowledge about that painting,
Vermeer’s paintings, the techniques, beliefs, and way of life that enabled painting to be possible
are very worthy of awe, and my trade and everyone else’s trade
can surely learn from them as a lesson!
I have come to this conclusion on my own, albeit arbitrarily,
and I would like to share it with all of you.
It will be lengthy, but I hope that after reading it you may gain some kind of hint as well.
The techniques and approaches of Vermeer contain a great deal of practical insight for traders’ minds, analysis, and methods.
I believe there is a synthesis in Vermeer’s approach that can be applied to trading.
Here are practical hints I could imagine from Vermeer’s paintings.
1. Trading should be based on facts and entered based on evidence, not imagination.
Vague feelings that something will rise or fall or baseless impressions
and entering on vibes will not yield a proper trade.
It's dirty!! Everyone knows a losing trade.
Prices, volume, and deviations from moving averages
must be traded based on numbers and facts alone.
Vermeer’s observational eye when painting is astounding (the magician of light).
He depicts facts rather than impressions.
The reflections of light and the gleam of particles,
not from creativity or intuition,
but with a scientist’s level of meticulous observation, he carefully gathers light grains and lifts them up
and thus produced the highest caliber works.
2. Before entering a trade, envision everything and build a disciplined plan
before taking a position.
A trade without such planning is not clean but dirty.
That is a trade you must absolutely avoid.
Before entering, outline the risk, reward, and entry price
and then proceed with the proper mindset.
Vermeer calculated the space and then arranged the composition, and balanced it.
His body of work is highly composed.
Many works feature light coming from the left, grid patterns on the floor,
furniture and curtains up to the smallest details,
and through advanced perspective, the viewer’s gaze naturally moves toward the main subject as if by magic
because Vermeer calculated it to perfection.
A trade lacking proper composition is a dirty trade!!
I want to trade as cleanly and as neatly as Vermeer’s works.
3. When you cannot find trading opportunities or the market is turbulent, never touch the market!
That kind of resolve must be upheld.
It is a philosophy of preserving tranquility.
Indeed, it is the mindset of guarding quietude.
Vermeer's paintings express and evoke the quiet moments of everyday life—pours of milk, quietly seated, or reading a letter—moments of everyday life that move me by their stillness.
Quietude is the heart’s stability; it is the best opportunity for trading.
What am I trying to say?
Calm your mind, wait. It is the most effective attitude for trading.
If you are jittery, anxious, and continuously positions, you won’t catch the exact moment of stillness that can give you a precise moment in time.
I want to become someone who can observe the calm before a major move.
4. The technique that is important to us should be firmly based on what we are good at.
If you don’t understand your method, adopt purchases based on high ratings of indicators without any rational basis,
and keep taking positions where you cannot feel the rationale, your consistency is gone.
Know that you cannot win with such trading because the market is not that forgiving.
Learn this once: your strength should be your own decisive approach and stick to it.
Finding and sticking to your strength is the only way to become a lasting, genuine trader.
Vermeer reportedly favored and cultivated his own color, Vermeer Blue.
He selected materials carefully and maintained his own form.
Using Vermeer Blue, a pigment derived from lapis lazuli, which was extremely expensive at the time, he reportedly used it freely and effectively.
Back then it was considered more valuable than gold as a rare jewel.
I believe he was not exactly wealthy (that’s my imagination).
He did not compromise, using his reliable materials lavishly.
In other words, a trader should not scatter resources aimlessly.
They should select and deploy abundant capital only in situations with high certainty for their chosen method.
Everything else should be ignored!»
This long discussion about Vermeer’s painting techniques is something we can learn from, I believe, which is why I posted it.
This post is by no means an introduction to Vermeer (just kidding).
It seems you’re in very good health after reading this!
See You!
A smart approach is to wait patiently until a chance arrives.
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