Askesis
Skill in judgment, forged on real data.
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Askesis (ἄσκησις) is Greek for practice or training. The verb askein originally meant working raw material into form: a smith forging metal, a carpenter shaping wood. The word came to describe the discipline of athletes and, later, the philosophical exercises by which Stoics such as Epictetus trained their judgment.
In trading, the raw material is our own perception and reactions.
Askesis is a workshop for sharpening your raw potential. Through deliberate practice with real market data, we learn to see more clearly, to discern the real from the false, and to make better decisions under uncertainty.
You can study history; you can study principles. You can understand them intellectually. But understanding is not skill.
Skill comes from training.
Welcome to Askesis.
What Askesis is, the markets it has, and how to get from signing in to your first chart and your first trade: the getting-started guide (PDF, 8 pages). Every part of the desk, step by step: the full manual (PDF, 57 pages), and the keys on one page (PDF, to print).
For TradeCraft students: the TradeCraft supplement (PDF, 22 pages).
If you have a Norgate Data subscription, Askesis Link lets your Askesis use any market from it while you practice: type its Norgate symbol (&NQ, MSFT, GBPUSD) as you would any other. It runs on your own Windows computer beside the Norgate Data Updater and only sends what Askesis asks for, while you practice. Nothing from your Norgate is kept on our server after your session.
Your code, good for 30 days. Keep it to yourself: it lets a program feed data to your Askesis.
The markets Askesis comes with (&ES, &CL, &GC, AAPL, EURUSD) stay Askesis's own, whatever your Norgate has. Norgate's data is daily, so it isn't used for intraday sessions.
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