I should have clarified -- OCPD may be the issue with some traders (which is different than OCD). From the Merck Manual on OCPD: "In patients...
Wow -- this was really insightful. Glad you got through that period. I have come across others who have no awareness that their OCD is...
Remote: Going back to your original post, the evidence that you set forth is a sign of excessive speculation -- I agree with that. I just think...
Both! LOL! My view now -- after trading through multiple market conditions -- is that there are always "markers" before a market tops out in a...
Can you elaborate?
I agree with most of what you said but there are ways to have get a pretty good idea of what's going on. It took me a long time to figure out...
I think a lot of people have a negativity bias so they are always looking for the top. The bear case is always rational, the bull case often...
Wasn't 2003 a market bottom and a rally that lasted 4 years?
The top isn't in yet from what I can tell. It took me a long time to figure out how to determine whether the market is risky or not and so for a...
What you did well each day; What needs improvement; How you will implement that improvement in the future.
Hey -- I'm human. I'm far from perfect. I make mistakes. I'm may not exercise the right level of discipline. I don't always trade what I see...
To Niner / Farmer, etc. What tayte said. I could post my primary big picture indicator that went into sell mode on 1/31/2020, went into buy...
"Be curious, not judgmental" - Walt Whitman
Boom! Uninformed, unmotivated or so biased in their thinking that because they can't figure it out, there can't be a way.
FarmerJohn keeps saying that no indicator could predict Covid. I agree with that statement BUT he's making the assumption that no indicator could...
People believe in "black swans" like the Covid-related sell-off of March 2020 because they don't believe that there are clues to potential market...
The market was showing signs of technical weakness despite the S&P 500 making a new high in late Feb (the virus was known then and people like...
It wasn't a black swan. Some folks were warning about it in January 2020 and technically there were a number of warning signs that showed up in...
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I will daytrade any of the indexes / sectors I mentioned if I see the right set-ups, usually a 4-hour / 1-hour indicator combo or support /...
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