"When prices continue to rise, traders begin to feel euphoric" Not driven by greed? Not sure what that means.... If you're not getting...
"Given that it's probably life in prison for both, is it stupid *not* to try to escape?" Maybe, but first I doubt they will do a long stretch...
"I think that trying to bring Raines and his cronies to task would draw to much attention to the malfeasance with the company and tank the stock,...
Good points LU Trader, but..... The flip-side of the argument is: What made these guys worth so much money in salary and bonuses if all they...
Or a bear market. What's the diff...?
"I've always been confused as to why they thought they could get away with it. " Hubris. People who "get to the top" can be the most...
"There is a whole other world out there that none of you are qualified to comment on...including myself..." In other words - "You just don't...
I used eSig for a while. Abandoned them after they had a few FOMC days where the data was delayed 5 min or more because of traffic congestion....
What is you max adverse excursion threshold? If you are already past it, you will need to find a new one. Is it 5K more? Is it 10k? You can...
$10K for a trading course? I'd want to see verifiable account records from a reputable broker before forking over any money. And even then I...
The average age of those guys in Market Wizards when they were interviewed was in their 20's?????
Not positive, but I don't think one copy of the OS can be distributed to other PC's on your net - otherwise how's Bill going to make his next...
So our "service economy" is producing accountants to help us figure out our taxes and lawyers to sue each other with - services that we don't...
A few of the booths had pretty girls... And the screens are getting pretty big... Some guy tried to hard-sell me on his account service. I...
"Do we get, what we Deserve?. Probably." Ed Seykota in Market Wizards said "eveybody gets what they want out of the market." Probably true....
"As a person you might be a completely weak nervous f**k. Getting all of that sorted out, if ever, will not turn you into a successful trader. "...
"Trading psychologists/coaches are primarily focused on making the few successful traders/speculators more successful" Perhaps - but "focused...
"For what it's worth, limiting losses is much more important than your method/system" I would believe that the method you use to limit your...
I am a bit confused on the "Trading Psychology" schtick.... I've seen tons of articles about not trading against yourself, or not being your...
The attitude I had after a while was - "Get used to it... It seemed to me that there were only a few outcomes when taking a trade. 1) You...
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