trader's fast!

a trader was losing in the market

daily!

he tried every indicator

but lost!

he then opted for tips...

that too didn't help!

on someone's advise

he then took to astro-trading

and

started losing more!!

he was fed up!

he surrendered!!

but he simply couldn't digest

that he had lost!

"there must be a reason!

i will not quit till i get a satisfactory answer for my repeated losses!"

he went to the veterans of the market

and experts

and successful traders

to know the reason

why he failed!

--

but everyone he met

wasn't happy with

his or her own results!

dejected

he stopped eating!

--

one day went past!

his frustration didn't subside.

he was dead hungry

but he didn't eat!

another day came

and went.

by now

his fast had extended beyond 48 hours!

his anger had been blunted

and so had his hunger

but not his resolve

not to eat till he got the answer to his question!

--

he continued his fast!

one more day passed

then one more...

he went very weak

but only physically!

--

on fifth night

well past midnight

the goddess of stock market appeared in his dreams!

his dimming hungry eyes

were suddenly lit with a spark!!!

he got the golden chance he was looking for!

"ask me anything, son! i am happy with you!"

"but you are not happy with me inside the market, mother!"

the goddess was taken aback at the blunt question!

"yes, i am not!"

"why mother? that's the question i started this fast for! why am i constantly losing?"

"why don't you ask me something else, child?"

"no, mother, if you are happy, give me the answer, tell me the secret!"

"well, then listen!

every trader in the market

is out to BEAT THE MARKET!

this makes me very angry.

nobody out there

wants to

BE WITH the market!!!

i fulfill the wishes of those who do!"

--

saying these words

the goddess disappeared!

--

the ecstated trader broke his fast

and started waiting eagerly

for the monday morning!