How I began Share Buying and selling on the JSE…

How I began Share Buying and selling on the JSE… Consciousness and Journey

“By no means cease studying, it’s a reward that may at all times reward you…” – Vernon Chalmers

Herewith an extract of the training / motivation that began a 20-year private curiosity in share and derivatives buying and selling on the Johannesburg Inventory Trade (JSE), South Africa:

“I’ve been investing in shares and buying and selling derivatives for greater than 20 years. To start with I invested by the normal paper-based stockbroker system (as much as the early 2000’s) and after the introduction of on-line share buying and selling I began buying and selling through a web based JSE-accredited and direct-linked buying and selling platform.

It began at first of a semester lecturing my first Economics class throughout the mid-1990’s when a pupil requested me to clarify a selected ‘monetary concept of inventory market funding decision-making and threat administration’ in additional sensible phrases. That very same afternoon I phoned a neighborhood stockbroker and positioned an order for my first share buying and selling transaction. For the remainder of the yr we analysed and tracked the corporate’s share efficiency on the JSE.

It was an intensive hands-on studying expertise with and thru my college students. I nostalgically retained the shares for a few years as I curated and developed my first share portfolio.“ (Vernon Chalmers)

‘From Analytical Training to Artistic Coaching’ – as revealed on my Psychological Well being and Motivation web site.

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Article Supply: Psychological Well being and Motivation ‘From Analytical Training to Artistic Coaching’

Monetary Concern and Greed Influence on Psychological Well being

In inventory market funding and buying and selling through Technical Evaluation (TA) we [also] apply the steering of the ‘Concern and Greed Index’ to help in figuring out the ‘absolute – possible right time’ to purchase or promote a particular firm’s shares / derivatives. This can be a psychological / monetary human behaviour indicator in deciding when a share is overbought or oversold (collectively).

Shopping for an oversold share / or promoting an overbought share (in any transaction) may at occasions be difficult choices and TA is barely steering (of varied earlier actions / transactions) to help the educated and or skilled investor / dealer.

A few of these choices are at occasions executed too early, too late or in no way – which may result in sudden (leveraged) monetary loss – particularly for the inexperienced investor / dealer.
Common losses can add to high-functioning nervousness (and / or extended stress) ought to the share / derivate preserve its present place (in opposition to the unique determination taken) – and never change as indicated or ‘forecasted’ throughout TA. Particularly if it’s a frequent incidence (with varied corporations) / or when the market retains on shifting in the other way for sudden durations. Particularly for the inexperienced shorter-term derivatives dealer.

For minimising this threat we additionally use Basic Evaluation (FA) the place total macro market, particular company / business metrics and different strategic monetary administration indicators of an organization are evaluated in assist of TA. FA info is freely out there from any inventory trade listed firm’s web site below Funding Relations (as prerequisite of a listed public firm on any inventory trade i.e. JSE), varied required publicly out there company media releases and public monetary analyst media reporting.

Concern results in Greed / or Greed results in Concern, therefore a significant motive or determination why a selected share is purchased or bought – collectively wrt the TA at a particular time. The (perpetual) final result of the collective market decision-making is dynamically replicated in real-time analytics.

This goal / quantitative knowledge is an efficient analytical indicator for evaluating the collective psychological sentiment of consumers / sellers (of a selected share / derivatives as it’s purchased / bought in real-time).

This efficient-market speculation (EMH) interpretation is predicated on the collective motion (and share value) – observe: there may very well be different underlying the explanation why explicit people / establishments are shopping for or promoting a particular firm’s shares / derivatives at that specific time. The general collective shopping for / promoting statistics may very well be within the second, day, week, month(s) or yr(s) – relying on the utilized funding / buying and selling technique on the time.

Contemplating software of EMH concept (with all out there company / monetary info factored in) the dynamic market / value statistics depicts the ‘worry and greed’ mind-set / sentiment of the median (common) of the market collective (at a selected day / time) who’s shopping for or promoting a selected firm’s shares.

Correct TA (and FA) due diligence not solely reduces the monetary threat (in offering extra up-to-date info) in funding / buying and selling (derivatives) decision-making, but additionally provides perception(s) right into a holistic strategy in the direction of the psychological (private and or institutional consumers / sellers) monetary choices at a particular time. (Vernon Chalmers for the Psychological Well being and Motivation web site)

Vernon Chalmers JSE / Buying and selling Replace

“Vernon Chalmers gives a singular synthesis of psychology and monetary decision-making, particularly inside the context of the Johannesburg Inventory Trade (JSE). His background in schooling, methods pondering, and behavioral commentary equips him to view buying and selling not merely as a numbers recreation, however as a psychological journey. By way of his emphasis on emotional regulation, cognitive consciousness, and steady studying, Chalmers exemplifies how psychological mastery can improve buying and selling efficiency.

In a market pushed by uncertainty, the dealer’s strongest instruments might not be present in charts or knowledge feeds, however in their very own thoughts. As Chalmers’ insights counsel, success on the JSE – or any monetary trade – requires not simply analytical talent, however a disciplined and emotionally clever mindset.” (Supply: ChatGPT 2025)