I am a big fan of redundancy. It usually doesn't happen this fast. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=98206&highlight=traders+secretive
It is disgusting that all of you did not respond to this flagrant act of plagiarism. stand up. say you are fans of plagiarism and that you do not have an original thought in your bones.
I cant remember who it was in Market Wizards that said he could publish his entire method on the front page of the NY Times and Wall Street Journal and it would not effect the profitability of it because people would not have the discipline to follow it. So true.
all the knowledge is found in books. but loser traders can't be taught cause they are gambling addicts and don't care to learn.. they want somebody else to do the work and give them trading tips for FREE
"This is simply not true, because trading is not a zero sum game... this is true even for derivatives such as futures and options..." um, false. stocks are NOT a zero sum game. futures and options are. that is inarguable, and is a structure question. there is no opinion required. it's also largely irrelevant to whether a trader can (and does make) money.
"I cant remember who it was in Market Wizards that said he could publish his entire method on the front page of the NY Times and Wall Street Journal and it would not effect the profitability of it because people would not have the discipline to follow it. So true." absolutely. in training traders, teaching discipline, business plans, money management, risk management is more important than the underlying methodology. cause w/o discipline, the best method in the world will lose money.
To the OP, Yet another thread that puports to know what successful traders do or do not do to attain their success. If you spent 10 times the amount of time you spend blogging and creating repetitive threads studying trading and all thing associated with it, you would know what successfull trader do ... and you would know why they most definitely wouldn't tell you. Good trading, Jimmy Jam