Upon reflection, all other things being equal, wouldn't you rather trade the most reliable signals? If not, independence in your case equals pride.
If you are using a poor strategy, it does not matter how much you BElieve in it. You will be DOing poorly and consequently you will HAVE losses.
Easy is preferring his own beliefs (ie. "I" can do this). I do agree with him. What if circumstances for Franz changes and activity was suspended for an interim or extended period of time. Granted there are resources there that actually teach and allow one to do as opposed to follow. Building a reliance on someone who is doing the fishing for you is very different than fishing to catch your own fish. It's the whole swimmies no swimmies. Swimming is very different with and without swimmies. I just like to promote successes whether they be of your own accord or otherwise. It definitely helps to have someone point down the straight path as opposed to all other paths which eventually lead back to the optimal one. For me it is matter of how far you wish to go (ie. marginally or all out)... What Chicken says is also true. This is why debriefing is so important. Figuring out what went wrong and then what the solution was to what went wrong is often harder then to just pass it off. On the other hand, debriefing stops the pitfall that Chicken points out. I admit, it is very tough for me to debrief simply because it often requires alot of time. Just part of the process to excellence...
Ive never found any signals more reliable than my own. If my living depends upon these signals then, if I am depending on something other than myself, my living comes to an end if something happens to my signal giver. I cannot base my future on something as uncertain as that. edit. I now see that Mak said pretty much the same thing. As far as the consistency thing goes we can get lost in semantics. Of course you can be a "consistent" loser, yadayada, but I would think most of you would understand that I am talking about sticking with a methodology, devising a plan and staying with it for a long enough period to gather enough statistics to see if it is viable or not.
You make it sound like it's one or the other -- it's not. These aren't mutually exclusive options. If your signals are less reliable than another's, then why not use the better ones until and unless they are gone? Can't you always go back to what you've already been doing? Seems like a no-brainer to me.
realtor Im trying to be civil but whats it gonna take to get you to hawk your wares elsewhere? This thread is devoted to another type of trading.
You show up on threads across the board for weeks now, singing the praises of your guru. boss, self, whoever he is and expect us to believe you are doing it out of love and gratitude. Give me a break.
Jack hasn't posted anywhere for nearly five days. Don't you CARE? Don't you WORRY? What a hideously self-centered little thread! The Buddhist scriptures tell us that in the last decade of his life, Siddhatta wandered unrecognized amongst the "faithful", suffering to hear them question the very veracity of his existence. Shame on you if you haven't PMed Liz and inquired solicitously about his health!