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Henrique M. Simões trades futures, stocks and writes fiction about the people who do.

He has spent three decades on trading desks, brokerages, hedge funds, and prop firms — long enough to understand why intelligent people make predictable mistakes, and honest enough to have written several books about it.

His work sits at the intersection of markets and human behaviour. The fiction is set on trading floors. The psychology is drawn from life. The characters are composite, which is to say they are accurate.

He reads widely and collects vintage watches — two habits that share more than they appear to. He writes for X with the economy of someone who has learned that precision and brevity are the same virtue.

He is based in Porto, Portugal. He has b
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A Very Interesting Trading Process

Brett Steenbarger described a very interesting trading process in his book Trading Psychology 2.0. I will share here a few pertinent excerpts:
"When I had the opportunity to watch Maxwell trade live, I realized how he was so consistent in his performance. He sat and sat and sat for good amounts of time, waiting for the market to set up."
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“An average trader loses money, so in this profession, you need to be way above average to make consistent money trading the markets.”
Henrique M. Simões, Trading Course: How to Become a Consistently Winning Trader

“In order to win as a contrarian, you need perfect timing and the perfect size.”
Henrique M. Simões, Trading Course: How to Become a Consistently Winning Trader

“The best traders have trading habits, daily routines they repeat day after day.”
Henrique M. Simões, Trading Course: How to Become a Consistently Winning Trader

“In order to win as a contrarian, you need perfect timing and the perfect size.”
Henrique M. Simões, Trading Course: How to Become a Consistently Winning Trader

“You will never be a greater risk-taker in the markets if you approach life with a completely different attitude.”
Henrique M. Simões, Trading Course: How to Become a Consistently Winning Trader

“Testing trading ideas is like digging for gold or looking for crude oil in deep waters. The more trading ideas you test, the better your chances of finding patterns that can be traded profitably.”
Henrique M. Simões, Trading Course: How to Become a Consistently Winning Trader

“The best traders have trading habits, daily routines they repeat day after day.”
Henrique M. Simões, Trading Course: How to Become a Consistently Winning Trader

“An average trader loses money, so in this profession, you need to be way above average to make consistent money trading the markets.”
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