Recent Content by John Merchant

  1. Arthur Deco Mentors ET Noobs

    Dr. Deco, do you have a trader self-assessment quiz similar to the one here: http://www.tradersstateofmind.com/questionnaire.html I am...
    Post by: John Merchant, Feb 3, 2011 in forum: Psychology

  2. Arthur Deco Mentors ET Noobs

    I believe that you can teach me how to backtest in a day, but how will you teach me to overcome my fears and take the system signals?
    Post by: John Merchant, Feb 3, 2011 in forum: Psychology

  3. Arthur Deco Mentors ET Noobs

    Dr. Deco, I see over here http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=214607 an offer to teach me to be a better trader by...
    Post by: John Merchant, Feb 3, 2011 in forum: Psychology

  4. Arthur Deco Mentors ET Noobs

    Dr. Deco, do you remember me? I was one of your students at the Collin County Community College? The new "Course on Intercourse?" Where all you...
    Post by: John Merchant, Feb 1, 2011 in forum: Psychology

  5. Information theory, Communication theory in trading ?

    Anybody wanna guess the next question? "Has anyone used XYZ theory in trading?" I vote for XYZ = "quantum chromodynamic theory." Feel...
    Post by: John Merchant, Feb 24, 2009 in forum: Strategy Building

  6. Information theory, Communication theory in trading ?

    Same answer we gave to your question about DSP ("Digital Signal processing in trading?"), putz! You need to put a little communication theory to...
    Post by: John Merchant, Feb 24, 2009 in forum: Strategy Building

  7. The Twelve Steps on ET

    Hello. My name is John Merchant. And I am an ET assoholic. This afternoon I read Prechter's advice to cover all shorts and used every last penny...
    Post by: John Merchant, Feb 24, 2009 in forum: Psychology

  8. Trading as a Soap Opera

    I respectfully request that you all show a little Christian charity for those less fortunate than you who suffer from MPD.
    Post by: John Merchant, Feb 18, 2009 in forum: Psychology

  9. Trading as a Soap Opera

    It is a common enough hebe name. And not all of us are bald and freaks. At least not simultaneously.
    Post by: John Merchant, Feb 18, 2009 in forum: Psychology

  10. Trading as a Soap Opera

    Indeed, JJ, one could easily confuse a Donchian channel with the sorts of improbable things one sees in sleazy dives in Juarez.
    Post by: John Merchant, Feb 18, 2009 in forum: Psychology

  11. Trading as a Soap Opera

    The whole cast is snickering that Miss Price got drunk and slept with the entire Bollinger Band!
    Post by: John Merchant, Feb 18, 2009 in forum: Psychology

  12. Range bound intraday trading

    NQ closed the RMH session 4 ticks away from the midpoint. Feel free to consult me any time.
    Post by: John Merchant, Feb 18, 2009 in forum: Chit Chat

  13. The Abecedarian Trader

    If you aren't an abecedarian trader, the thread isn't meant for you. I'm sure you can recognize a flag without any geometric or goniometric help.
    Post by: John Merchant, Feb 18, 2009 in forum: Strategy Building

  14. The Abecedarian Trader

    Q.E.D.
    Post by: John Merchant, Feb 18, 2009 in forum: Strategy Building

  15. Range bound intraday trading

    I am going to open my big mouth and offer that all my market internals indicators say it ends as a narrow range day with the close near the midpoint.
    Post by: John Merchant, Feb 18, 2009 in forum: Chit Chat