Real World  |  JAN 2003

Survival Of The Fittest by Don Bright

Survival Of The Fittest by Don Bright What do we do now? A new era in the market has dawned, and we have to figure out how best to adapt to it. Take a look around. The market bubble has burst, and we must learn how to adapt to the new era of trading the markets. There are new trading platforms, new ways to access the markets, and new products such as single-stock futures (SSFs) and narrow-based indexes. Traders must adapt to the new climate to remain successful. As a species, traders face the same dilemma that many of our ancestors did: we must adapt or become extinct. Although the penalty for staying locked into a nonworking strategy may not be as severe as the fate of the sabertoothed tiger, poverty is a close second. We must constantly be on the lookout for that edge.

by Don Bright