Congratulation Bob Bright ....

Discussion in 'Professional Trading' started by lolo24ca, Jun 9, 2005.

  1. Athletics and trading are not that similar. If BB uses a non-discretionary mechanical system then there is no reason why such a system cannot be taught and replicated by other Bright traders (which is the point stock777 was trying to make I believe). Tiger, on the other hand, could try to teach you till he was blue in the face and you still could not replicate his performance.
     
    #41     Jun 16, 2005
  2. I would dis agree and say that I could show 10 traders the exact same set up or pattern with a 70% probability of success and after a month they would all have very different results!
     
    #42     Jun 16, 2005
  3. A pattern does not a system make.
     
    #43     Jun 16, 2005
  4. You get the point !

    The Turtles where a perfect example, some did well and are still doing well and others flopped.
     
    #44     Jun 16, 2005
  5. Missed the point of the thread. Congrats to your brother, Don. May Bright have many more years of success.
     
    #45     Jun 16, 2005
  6. Then it is either the case that the system had objective components or the traders simply ignored the rules that they were given.

    My point remains that trading and athletics are not analogous. You can be taught to trade well, there is no amount of training that would allow most of us to run a 4 min mile.
     
    #46     Jun 16, 2005
  7. You can train with Paul Tudor Jones and not be able to comes close to his results too so, let's just agree and say they are similar but different in varying aspects.
     
    #47     Jun 16, 2005
  8. 3rdocagt

    3rdocagt

    Played Baccarat for 4 1/2 yrs in LV. It certainly can be beat.

    I paid $ 5000 for a system developed by a group Isreali math professors. The system included a simple count , trend analysis and pattern recognition.

    Almost 40 hopefuls bought the system and sadly I was the only one who achieved any success with it. (including the developers who could not perform it in real time)

    It took me 6 mths to be able to properly impliment the system. For you card counters out there you can imagine the difficulty of count down 8 decks ... and that was just one of three factors !

    That said, with a lot of practice it was doable and profitable ($400 K over 4 1/2 yrs).

    But once you "Trade" size and are a consistent winner...C-ya ..86...Bye Bye... the casinos will not tolerate professional winners.

    If I was to do it again it would be Texas hold'em .
     
    #48     Jun 16, 2005

  9. WTG that's a huge achievment.

    I play a lot of Texas No limit and your dicipline skills will be very beneficial for you if you make the transition.

    I will warn you right now though that No Limit takes as much LUCK as it does SKILL.
     
    #49     Jun 16, 2005
  10. 3rdocagt

    3rdocagt

    TY Samson ...but I've had enough of LV for now...getting into FX... and loving it ...I can never get too big the this market..and they will never throw me out!
     
    #50     Jun 16, 2005