A cautionary note for enthusiasts of Anekdoten's monster thread:- AHG - Profitable Strategy for Struggling Traders For balance, please also read:- suspicious .... fake trade?? Anekdoten?? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=236585 The above thread created by Pigksy suggests that Anekdoten used multiple accounts using different aliases. Which casts doubt on whether the original thread should have ever have been included in the ET HOF. I will leave it up to the reader to decipher whether the method proposed by Anekdoten is still valid. To settle the debate once and for all would require Anekdoten to return to ET under his original alias and post trades in real time... Somehow I don't think that is going to happen...
It was already up to the reader to decide whether the method proposed was valid, so nothing has really changed in that regard, unless someone decided to blindly follow a method and that's called "foolishness" in my book. Somehow I agree, ain't gonna happen unless he needs to stroke his ego, which considering his achievements .. nah.. don't hold your breath.
I can state for the record that I am NOT Anekdoten. On a separate matter, we seem to be missing OPTIONS trading related threads in the HOF. Perhaps fellow posters could suggest a few of the better ones? This is one I stumbled across so far:- Writing options for a living http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5303
Not an options trading thread, but one discussing the housing market in 2005 prior to the bubble bursting:- housing crash http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43224
Sorry about that, and thanks for pointing out. Should be:- Writing options for a living http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53037 Note this thread is mostly pre-financial crisis, I guess a lot of the option sellers got taken out in 2008.
Trading taking its toll? Take five.. Jokes http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9799 Jokes2 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=93321
Haven't looked through this in a while. Great stuff. Thanks again for creating it benwm. The best thread of all as it links to all of the other great threads and got so many of us involved.
Thanks for the kind words BCE. I like compiling lists! However, I'm wondering if we should take this thread in a new direction, freshen it up a little. I realize that there is still a ton of useful info in the archives that could be dug up, relating to options theory, historical tales, etc. Perhaps a greater emphasis towards automated/algo trading ... Well, I found an options thread that appears educational:- Vertical Spreads for Aggressive Growth http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=63020 This thread is interesting until the last 20 pages:- How to research and verify trading ideas http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=181368 The next thread is a Q&A with a former poster, Gnome, who claimed to have made $100 million (this will get a few clicks I'm guessing!):- 25 Years & $100 Million Profits... A to your Q's, Today Only http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=113113 For the Acrary fans out there:- Acrary is a genius! http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=126416 And in light of the MF Global "alleged" fraud it is interesting to refer back to an earlier broker failuire:- Refco Account Security http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=56831