@A2x2 This isn't my thread, but in my opinion, as I read your journal, I feel that it has lost its value from allowing big mac (aka. Jimmy Barton) to infest it. First of all, I highly doubt he is even trading with real money. I know you yourself are on SIM now, but you are treating as you would with real money. The guy posts just to be heard, and it seems that he can't get enough people to read his own journal, so he has to come here. The more critical issue though is he doesn't follow up with trades. Take yesterday, where he starts going short and adding to the position. As you can see... it looks like at least 4 contracts on the line. https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/nq-paper-trade-journal.302635/page-44#post-4370405 https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/nq-paper-trade-journal.302635/page-44#post-4370445 https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/nq-paper-trade-journal.302635/page-45#post-4370451 https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/nq-paper-trade-journal.302635/page-45#post-4370486 He says he will start covering at 2007, which we touched very briefly overnight, by no mention of exits. Then in the morning he starts getting all scared, saying the market is dysfunctional. https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/nq-paper-trade-journal.302635/page-46#post-4370855 Who knows, a comment like this might make it seem like it is real money since maybe he is feeling the pain. But do you really need someone saying the market is dysfunctional in your journal? Its bullshit, and not the type of comments you need in your head. The market is what it is. To call it dysfunctional means your entries and exits are causing you to lose money, simple as that. https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/nq-paper-trade-journal.302635/page-46#post-4370855 And then all of a sudden, he is long. https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/nq-paper-trade-journal.302635/page-46#post-4370871 Then he spends the rest of the day adding to the ES shorts. You do a good job of adding up all your trades in your journal, as it should be, but this yahoo is a loose cannon who is all over the place. Your journal is now impossible to follow since he takes up pages and pages, and its unfortunately all garbage. I find that when I read your summaries, you're already failing by not following your own advice (ie. you always say what you should do, but I'm not sure if you stick to this each time and you are far too quick to make new rules, etc.) But all of this is now lost in your journal. If you read big mac's comments as a perfect example of what not to do, then fine, there is some value there, but given how after reading your journal for a while you seem to want to be influenced by others, this is the bad sort of influence you are looking for. His trade management skills are shit, he is averaging into losing positions, he doesn't follow up every entry with an exit, etc. If you aren't bothered by all these posts then fine, but then again, if they don't influence you, then they don't need to be in your journal. And if they do influence you, then its a bad sort of influence. Just my 2 cents. There is a reason though why he had to go create another profile, and its because people more than likely got sick of all the same garbage he is spewing now.
B1S2 is baron. say anything that even resembles negative..well you can figure that out for yourselves and GOTCHa one of his minions