Good you are learning - but you are not treating this like a business. You are doing it for thrills. That is the problem Ripley.
There you go - you have a Moving Away from orientation. But no Moving Toward orientation. You move away from losing when you have the imminent...
Yes to your comments. I still think expert emotionally balanced discretionary is the most profitable system however - thats what I am aiming...
Spike Wow. What is your indicator programmed in - what does it display in? Did you invent it from scratch or did you get significant ideas...
Partridge and the bull mkt comment have little or nothing to do with candlesticks confirming trend turns.
Sounds good Spike. I find it hard to believe any trend indicator can not be lagging and cause whipsaws though. I use coincident indicators,...
Best thing is to trade a paper account, and write and develop your plan (the key) as you go. And read the posts here related to your current...
Big fan of Jim Rogers. I have read all his books. Why do I like and respect him? Because a) he has done what I want to do, both personally...
Ripley Futurestrader71 and Nihabashi are two of the smartest traders on this forum. Heed their advice. Your worst comment was saying you...
4X I think you've got it. Congratulations on arrival.
They wanted what they wanted and didnt really want to learn.
Yeah, Jack's posts have helped me a lot also. Jack (I know you are listening) - the focus on sports memory, reversals, wash trades, and...
Yep. For what it is worth to newbies, I'll note that I've gone back to bars, as I like to see the left to right continuation of price (open...
Niha, great post. I agree with you. After two years of backtesting I learnt backtesting was great for seeing if your theory is roughly right or...
Merchant "wasted your time" - or do you mean "I learnt from the master and am now making millions"?
Ohhh - war!:(
What? I agree with you: re systems, but you are saying discretionary also? So you say NOONE makes money trading SIF intraday? Bollicks.
Jack - good advice re: getting more senses involved. Some people may think your stuff is weird, but they are probably not making a lot of cash:)
Kicking, why are you trading during a GDP report? One gets what they want out of the markets.
The quote above is perfect.
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