After awhile, none of that mental stuff affects you. I trade personal and combine alongside one another in CL, never give it a moment's thought about either except for the difference in trade window's application. As for the angry = cynical men? They haunt every message regardless of topic. I see the same personalities in hunting, fishing, shooting, bodybuilding message boards as here. Anywhere you gather men together, you have the same dynamics at work.
Use your browser's zoom function. These are already way too big for a normal laptop screen size, ET really needs to fix this - taking screen resolution in consideration when displaying images, I'm tired of blocking austinp's screenshots.
"Their leader"? If she claims that, then fine by me. It sounds to me more like an emotional statement but I might be wrong. A 10-day sample is not even a start, one can easily lose money for that period while making a "killing" quarterly, never mind annually. Most avoid it as they have nothing to prove to outsiders. With a solid methodology, one really does not want any attention regarding that - it's pure risk with little potential reward that is most likely just mental masturbation. I'm more interested in you now from a psychological aspect (persistent obsessive denial).
LOL....C'mon, man, I asked a simple question regarding a reply that you posted to me earlier that I didn't understand at the time. Let's not get all philosophical about how posting on this site is wasting time. Of course it's wasting time, but it's the middle of the night and I'm up anyway. My sleep has been crap tonight; I've been waking up every few hours to check on my overnight hold. I know yesterday was day 1 of the retrace in the indices and I should be feeling pretty good about it but I have an uneasy feeling about this one...can't explain it...it's just a gut feeling. In any case, I'm sure you know what you're doing with the combine thing and have considered all the angles on the funding aspect. The whole concept is new and also very interesting, and I did take a bit of time tonight to read the website. However, I have no interest in it for myself, and, as you say, it's a waste of time to consider it further. I agree. Best of luck to you.
Can't speak for everyone, but I started posting here since 2005, before was even consistent, so ET is kind of social habit among other things, such as the many great people I met here during these years.
So, whether TA has merit or not depends solely on what NoDoji does and says, according to you. People post here for a variety of reasons, I do it mostly for entertainment purposes and the occasional piece of Wall Street news which may or may not be relevant. Traders who trade a methodology do not want to reveal anything about it, giving out timing methods is as good as making it public. The market is quite constrained for liquidity, especially nowadays. (Possibly) giving up one's edge for 15 minutes of ET fame is a bad trade in every aspect.
No, but it's a step to separate the hyperbole from reality. I don't disagree that the test is too small and not revealing a working method. However, as a mentor who makes extraordinary claims, requesting that those claims be tested in a controlled environment isn't outrageous. As you say, if the method is so good, why mentor others about it? There's a disconnect here. Surf
You folks really are living in the land of delusion. If you could consistently post 20% per year returns, you would be ranked among the top money managers of all time. ALL TIME!