After more than 40 years of trading and investing in the markets as a retail trader I have acquired real life market wisdom. I have survived with the scars to prove it and have developed winning strategies. The most important market knowledge is to understand its nature. It is not the glossy market theory taught by Universities or the neat economic theories of efficient price discovery and level playing fields. I tackle the true nature of the markets and place the retail trader in the correct pecking order. I share strategies, advice and insights, gathered the hard way. How could anyone survive in a hostile environment without understanding that environment? I started out in the markets as naive and overconfident but soon had to lean its harsh lessons. Take the advice shared in this book and keep it with you at your trading desk as you would want to refer back to it often. Know your market ecosystem and you will become a more profitable trader and you will suffer much less harm. Being vulnerable in the markets is financially fatal and if you hate losses, like I do, then even that hate will be used against you. Get to know the real market and get to know your own vulnerabilities. Then, embrace profitable and winning strategies. It is a survival skills strategy guide for retail traders, it is not a step-by-step trading handbook or a methodology manual.