24 pages and counting! Impressive indeed. And here I thought that my (much) earlier appearance was going to have its usual and merciful effect of winding down this thread (or any other, for that matter). However, upon closer inspection, Sire, I note that you yourself have contributed a Herculean effort in keeping this fine boat afloat with post after consecutive post of your own. How splendid! Now that your place in history is assured, you may wish to attach a moniker or title to your name that students of history will be better able to remember you by. For example, we had Alexander the Great, Richard the Lionhearted and so on. May I propose...Hypostomus the Preposterous? (P.S. All in good fun, I assure you.)
...the thread was saved only because you mercifully decided to stay away. I cannot take credit for the prolixity (and nay, may I say it, the incomprehensibility) of the postings, for I am only emulating my beloved mentor. As Ogden Nash once ended a doggerel verse: Preposserous! Edited in P.S.: with over 4000 views (and I myself have admired my own work less than 2000 times), it is clear that ET is desperate for diversion during RMH. I am seriously considering starting a surreal time chat filled with gibberish and bullshit to keep the masses opiated while they Jack-Off in the markets. Consider these looooong consolidations. I am so bored that I have recoded three of my systems and invented two new ones, all the while insultingly answering the PM's of those timorous enough to approach the Preposterous One seeking explanations of his oracular pronouncements.
Actually, hypo, I consider you a worthy successor to Tampa. I'm surprised, though, at how many people don't "get" this thread. But then perhaps I shouldn't be.
...as always, you are the perfect gentleman, even when duelling with Jack, or in this case a Jack sycophant. But I could never even aspire to be as good as Tampa. His domestic humor makes me hoot so loud that I hate him. A pity his life isn't even more dysfunctional, or he could keep us all in stitches continuously. As far as "getting it" goes, if you get it, that's enough for me. Jack talks about NLP pictures, but being an NLP auditory, I deal in dialogue. Think Bill Murray in Caddyshack crooning to his gopher nemesis. Therefore the insanely convoluted polymorphous sexual perversity of Miss Price, Mr. Open, Mr. Wop, Mr. Hod, Mr. Lod, Mr. Prem and my many other imaginary market playmates ease me through the trading day. Thanks for your kind words.
Hmm. I do believe that ET already has one of those. However, if you plan to go ahead anyway, do be sure to follow the KSF (Key Success Factor) of the currently reigning chat room. Specifically, be sure not to have a moderator. This will ensure that the bullshit flows freely and omnidirectionally. Why reinvent the wheel, eh?
Back in my AOL days about ten years ago, I knew a wordsmyth. Unfortunately, when I abandoned AOL, we lost touch. Until I stumbled upon Tampa, there were no others ('tis a rare breed, after all). And now there's you. A huzzah to you.
...exactly. But WTF have you contributed to the subject? Are you a Jack-of-All-Trades? Do you believe as fervently as I do? Has your trading been as enriched as mine by his ideas, or has only your broker? I just this very day accepted the truth of another Jackleg, that of the index future/underlying index stretch or squeeze. Now I LOVE to be stretched, and even BETTER to be squeezed!
Hypo, We can all see that you are a master of lightning system development, application, and analness! You have certainly permitted all to see what the cutting edge of infinite wisdom can produce when it comes to profitable traders, however, as I'm sure you are aware there are so many here who Soooo Looooong to find a system which is easily followed to improve their limp and hanging equity curve. Oh masterful Hypo, could you under take to inflate the poor members most important concern, getting their smallness to rise rapidly, and remain so for a Looooong time ? I do however realize it would make you famous, and I can tell you seek neither fame or fortune as you already have both. But if you would so choose to do so, you could simply name your new system VIAGRA FOR YOUR E-MINI !!! Thanks in Advance. :eek:
Why, I am contributing my attention, of course, despite there currently being a deficit in that particular account. But then, as we all know, deficits don't matter, as Dick Cheney was quoted as saying. Do I believe? I most assuredly and resoundingly do. In what, I as yet have no idea. As for Jack, I really do not know who he is. I don't believe that I have ever read his posts. I try to stay away from threads that propose specific and fully detailed trading strategies. I generally find them as exciting and useful as a market consolidation in progress. For some reason you continue to harp on the relationship between the equity index futures market and the underlying cash index. Kidding aside, I truly believe that very few people in this world can make real (as opposed to theoretical or even imaginary) money by looking at the "premium" between these two items. The rest of us are doomed to keep following this particular imaginary oasis into the desert until our accounts and dreams run dry. Of course, I see this eventuality through the eyes of my own, and very real, limitations. But hey, whatever makes you and your broker happy, right?