Confessions of a successful trader

Discussion in 'Professional Trading' started by StLouisTrader, Sep 10, 2009.

  1. LOL

    Who cares about proof ?

    If the guy was selling you something then ok but he's just shooting the breeze.
     
    #31     Sep 11, 2009
  2. gedward3

    gedward3

    So whats the point in him gloating.

    Like a bird having big tits and not showing anyone.
     
    #32     Sep 11, 2009
  3. Confession #7, the longer I've been without a real job, while making more cash than I could if I had one, the less I care what anyone thinks about me, especially some poster on an internet message board.
     
    #33     Sep 11, 2009
  4. No confession there. I got really, really lucky and know it.
     
    #34     Sep 11, 2009
  5. bespoke

    bespoke

    i often trade from the toilet....
     
    #35     Sep 11, 2009
  6. I confess that it has been decades since I felt any real guilt about anything that I have done or said.

    I have taken joy in guiltlessly expressing a certain meanness by being as politically incorrect as I can possibly be.

    I think the inability to feel guilt is what probably allowed me to remain a profitable trader.

    I do not give a twit if I leave profits on the table. Leaving profits on the table is part of profitable trading. I think it was Baron von Rothschild who credited his success and his fortune with always selling too soon.
     
    #36     Sep 11, 2009
  7. Confession#8. I reshorted aig today in double size after being smoked out for a large loss earlier in the day. The second trade almost never works for me yet I did it anyway.
     
    #37     Sep 11, 2009
  8. Be careful how you position your shorts.
     
    #38     Sep 11, 2009
  9. ElCubano

    ElCubano

    I read "in touch" mag ...gotta keep up with celebrity gossip.
     
    #39     Sep 11, 2009
  10. ttonca

    ttonca

    Confession #1: Practice makes almost perfect

    Confession #2: You will make much more and lose much less money trading with a team

    Confession #3: Invest in yourself and your personal trading education, because no one is going to make you a successful trader.

    I am not a grizzled veteran like some of the other folks i have seen on here but i have been at it a while and these are honestly the best lessons that i have learned thus far from a broad point of view.
     
    #40     Sep 11, 2009