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oldtime
 

Registered: Jun 2011
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08-05-12 03:30 AM

here is a sample of one page

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Gunther, Max (2010-01-20). The Luck Factor: Why Some People Are Luckier Than Others and How You Can Become One of Them (p. 116). Harriman House Publishing. Kindle Edition.

well, I can't get it working, but another astute poster reccomended this book to me, and it is just like he said, "Better than all 400 other trading books I bought."

be forwarned, there is another newer book with the same title written by somebody else.

the one you want is by Max Gunther written in 1972

it disusses all the things that have ever perplexed you about luck.

you can buy it for 2 bucks on kindle for pc

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oldtime
 

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08-05-12 03:38 AM

www.amazon.com/gp/product/190665949...ader_1906659494

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RCG Trader
 

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08-05-12 03:29 PM


Quote from oldtime:

www.amazon.com/gp/product/190665949...ader_1906659494



I was always told that luck is when preparation meets opportunity. Is he saying anything differently?

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oldtime
 

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08-05-12 03:34 PM


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I was always told that luck is when preparation meets opportunity. Is he saying anything differently?

yes, he discusses all the ideas about it in a very rational but open minded way.

Especially randomness which is always discussed by mathmaticians.

He interviews common people, stock traders and gamblers, and justs asks them their opinion on luck.

There are some outlandish stories (one of which I have already proved to my own satisfaction is a lie.)

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Eight
 

Registered: Mar 2009
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08-05-12 09:40 PM

I know people that are consistent winners at everything they gamble on. Two of them were at a bingo game, I was there, out of a hundred or more participants they won more times than they lost and even got the door prize. One of them wins a few hundred every time we go to the slot machine places. She only plays for fun and only plays when she feels like it. I've watched her play the slots, she follows her intuition. I will have the same intuitions but I won't follow them like she does.. her personality type is the rare INFJ...

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pennystocker
 

Registered: Sep 2007
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08-06-12 04:03 PM

Just bought it. I want a little understanding of why I am so unlucky.

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