uh besides that assent is out of business...or do i stand corrected?
One more thing, ALL prop firms will try to convince you to use strategies that are either A. volume excessive or B. capital intensive (so they...
PS im done for the day 1.5% return on buying power thats 16% return on equity for the day. all opened and closed today.
i agree when you are building yoru method and honing your discipline..a certain amount of hour are probably necessary....when i built my trading...
gee funny i just read that story in "4 hour work week" perhaps you could quote sources when you "borrow" stories...but i am on board with your...
Yes absolutely. sorry i just read this now but you should have called your firm and they should have eaten the loss in excess of your buying...
thanks..my point is why try to 'catch up'....did everyone here who was profitable by hand now fail and automate and now is profitable to that...
i just don't really have any statistics on making versus not making it verses automated making it verses hand trading (for lack of a better term)...
trading wasn't difficult in 2007 2008 or 2009 for me, nor was it difficult in 2002, 2003 or 2004 or 2005, i started in 1999, it was difficult for...
dude it wasn't "easy" back then. if this forum was up back then, you would hear talk of high commissions not covering trading costs (im pro...
When a man looks into the abyss, and he finds nothing looking back at him, that's when he finds his character. Does any of this drivel in this...
pension funds do certainly sell short....i don't know where you came up with this gem...but you are incorrect. certain ira accounts cannot be...
trader taxes are simple.....get k-1, file schedule e, list reasonalbe unreimbursed partnership expenses (which are usually very small), the...
Pareto's ratios were not just 80/20, thats the minimum. In nature and human performance there are other ratios that are also common : 90/10,...
well put....i agree completely....i am trading well and don't have much time to read or post....i focus on honing my skills and expanding the...
i just came across this...wow..you hold retreats? like the kind where we go to the mountains and sing songs by the campfire? i am trying to...
if you don't exercise then your blood/body gets old period. has nothing to do with looking at a computer for work. it matters what else you do.
Well thanks. don't worry...the "oh shit" trades will happen even when you get up to speed. Today, an "oh shit" trade took 1/2 of my profit from...
I like the thread. The weakness is your belief about age and trading performance being inversely related. You haven't traded for 10 years,...
great post. thanks for putting this up
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