Stock Market Update |Simpler Systems, Better Results

Short update this week because I am travelling…

I recently had a breakthrough—not in the markets, but in the garden.

For a while now, I’ve been running an aquaponics setup at home. When it works, it’s brilliant: Fish produce waste, bacteria convert that waste into nutrients, and plants grow in grow beds filled with clay media while the water circulates through the system. In theory, it’s an elegant, efficient closed-loop.

But in practice, it kept falling apart at one critical point: the bell siphon. This one little mechanism—essentially two inverted plastic pipes—controls the flood-and-drain cycle of the grow beds. The whole system depends on it working reliably. And it didn’t.

Some days it would trigger perfectly, other days the siphon would not break and my plants would not get any water. So when it failed, my plants suffered.

So this week, I asked myself: Is there a better way than the “standard” solution?

After a bit of digging, I found a surprisingly simple alternative: just run the pump on a timer. Pump water into the grow beds for 15 minutes, then let it drain naturally for 15. No siphon, no moving parts to get stuck, no frustration. A tiny drain hole handles the outflow, and the cycle repeats. Elegant, effective—and way more reliable.

What struck me was this:

Everyone talks about bell siphons as the “right” way to do it.
But sometimes the right way is simply the conventional way, not the best one.

💡What This Means for Your Trading

There’s a direct analogy here.

In trading, many people follow the crowd: staring at charts for hours, trying to “get a feel” for the market, relying on tips, predictions, or intuition. That’s the bell siphon approach—conventional wisdom with too many failure points.

But there’s a simpler, far more reliable way: systematic trading.

You follow tested rules. You automate where possible. You remove unnecessary complexity and eliminate emotional decision-making.

And just like removing the bell siphon, it makes your trading more consistent, less stressful, and far more effective and reliable.

So if you’ve been doing things the “standard” way and it’s not working… maybe it’s time to re-think your setup.

👉Where in your trading could you remove complexity and just make it work better?

Sometimes the breakthrough isn’t about doing more. It’s about doing less—with more clarity.

Please reply with your thoughts on this one – it would be great to assemble some ideas from everyone that I can share back with the group

On the Homefront: Holidays!

I am still on holidays’ so I will update you properly when I get back

But if you are in Singapore – I am speaking live at the Market Insights Trading Festival on 19th July. Register now and we can meet in person! Click the registration link below:

https://marketwiseasia.com/mitf2025

I appreciate you – thanks for reading.

Remember – You are only one trading system away!

Adrian Reid
Founder – Enlightened Stock Trading

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