on the point that those counselors do not seem to make a trader profitable (and whatever someone else tries to tell you, isn't profitability the...
sorry if it came across as being cocky. I mentioned my profession for the sole purpose of underlining some of the claims I made in my previous...
Oddiduro, a simple answer that you might hear a lot is:" Because many people let their emotions get into play. If they were to trade a system...
seems we define technical trading differently. The hedge funds (some of which you mentioned are actually no hedge funds but regulated alternative...
this is absolute BS about your tax idea. I don't know what drives some of you to criticize Buffett, but let me ask you something: Even if you...
point well made. I think you are right when saying that people draw different conclusions from the markets but I still think its right to assert...
Where in the world is the USD strong??? I see an absolute weakness in the USD or are we living on different planets? I see my points made in the...
FYI, many big foreign firms in countries such as China sell their USD against local currency not in the open market but to their central bank....
........in the sense that the current account deficit is worrisome. And that is why the administration is in talks with especially China to work...
for my taste, your longer post in this thread is by far the best and most honest one. I 100% agree with you. Saying that 90% fail is a quite...
I am trying to make a point that trading systems is not profitable over the longer term. I am not trying to convert those who stubbornly refuse...
I have read most serious studies on commodities and therefore think what you are talking about. But I will also check once I get home. So far, not...
your post was funny in a sense that if I traded ANY GIVEN system during certain periods in time I would have gained huge profits. I could have...
here you have it: I was asking for highly successful traders that exclusively trade technical systems. Per definition, Stat. Arb. and other...
the guys you listed must be the Who is Who of trading......although I and my colleagues have never heard of them. Have they ever worked at a big...
the "professional traders" Schwager interviewed are the ones among hundreds of other professional traders. And they all together in sum are a...
as a SENIOR MEMBER (whatever that means except that you spent lots of time posting here on ET) you could start trying Amazon.com. I have no idea...
JT47319, I need to congratulate you. For sure you belong to one of the VERY few users on ET who read well-researched and edited trading...
As far as I know this free month is offered by all other brokerages using Xtrader as well, isn't it? At least I heard such thing about Advanced...
hypostomus, it seems that you 100% identified with my description of some system-traders. I did not say that all system-trading is losing in...
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