To clarify, I didn't pile in in Dec, too slow to get out in Feb, Oct, but rolled and averaged down in Dec, a rookie move. By the way I checked this morning, the professionals weren't doing that well in 2018 either: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/h...but-outperform-sp-500-by-a-whisker-2019-01-08 If it is a zero sum game, someone other than the pros were making a killing.
they make a killing by getting your money in and then being incompetent at the job they are supposed to do and thus systematically fuck the entire world up. the best pro's think u need 6 not great strategies (can show the maths) of if u do a trade how do you know what sizing or when to take profit. who knows.
come on, pros are still human beings made of flash and blood, no gods made of steel what distinguish pros and amateur is that pros know what needs to be done and how to do stuff properly while amateurs wamble around, chase dreams and search for holy grails ...
Who are you? I would love to meet you tailor. In the meantime, help these kids out, best I can do is in 9 lines - can you do better? starting from first principles and without the use of calculators or computers, prove that cot 7.5 degrees = root 2 + root 3 + root 4 + root 6
: Most of us amateurs bring a knife to a gun fight, the pros bring their machine guns. The smart amateurs don't participate in the gun fight, they go to the pros' celebration party and fight.
A lot of professionals lose money. Look at a chart----it prices are trending higher, buy. If prices are trending lower, sell. Use prudent stops. Let winners run to maturity. Thank you for your time.