{"id":10563,"date":"2011-03-28T11:04:51","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T15:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=10563"},"modified":"2011-03-28T11:04:51","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T15:04:51","slug":"no-excuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/no-excuses","title":{"rendered":"No Excuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am too tired to rip through charts.<\/p>\n<p>This market is too hard.<\/p>\n<p>This market is too slow.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s too nice out to stay for the close.<\/p>\n<p>I have to meet some buddies for drinks.<\/p>\n<p>I need a faster computer.<\/p>\n<p>My platform sucks.<\/p>\n<p>My firm doesn&#8217;t care.<\/p>\n<p>If only someone taught me (fill in the blank).<\/p>\n<p>I am not smart enough to trade.<\/p>\n<p>The markets are rigged.<\/p>\n<p>HFTs make trading too hard.<\/p>\n<p>My tickets are too expensive.<\/p>\n<p>I am not feeling well today.<\/p>\n<p>This stock makes no sense.<\/p>\n<p>This market makes no sense.<\/p>\n<p>I will do it tomorrow.  <\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"349\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/obdd31Q9PqA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/obdd31Q9PqA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am too tired to rip through charts. 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