One trade this morning - a "Plateau" long in the YM. I took profits of +5, +10, and +11 points on three contracts. The trade can be seen under "Chart of The Day" at: www.cciblog.com
...I am such a bad, bad boy. But it's nice to see that someone got that one...a person has to stop and think about a lot of the crap written here...
"a person has to stop and think about a lot of the crap written here..." Now we know why woodies followers don't get your humor. (CCI chatroom rule: no thinking allowed, for those that haven't been there.)
Boys and girls, we gotta talk⦠We all know that this isnât a ârealâ journal in the sense that it chronicles an exact accounting of my day to day trading activity. And it may surprise you to know that I have no idea of the direction it will take from day to day â I just kind of go with the flow. A little background, if I may. A couple of weeks ago, I poked fun at one of the moderators in Woodieâs CCI Club on my âblogâ. It was relatively harmless, and I didnât dwell on it. Unfortunately, the individual, known as Gio, is a pompous, humorless woman, and when she found out about the post, she blew a gasket. That, in a round about way, got me thrown out. I ,of course, have mercilessly carried on about the whole episode because itâs funny â and I know itâs driving the Woodsters nuts. OK, thatâs the background⦠What I didnât expect was the vehemence, both here, and on my blog where one can post anonymously, towards Woodie, the room, and poor olâ Gio â MERCY, you folks really got a hard on for that crowd! Some of it is coming from disgruntled former members, who have been shown the door â thatâs understandable. But most of it is coming from CURRENT members! I, as we all know, am a professional trouble maker. Iâll jump on anyone or anything if I can make the target squirm, and amuse you guys. But here is my question: Why do you frequent a chat room that you hate? Why do you follow a moderator who drives you bananas? What is the whole chat room thing anyway? Iâm just about done sticking a fork in the crew at Woodieâs, and would really like to explore the chord I obviously struck with you guys â will you humor me, and answer some of these questions?
Tampa, You are not gonna get any good "fodder" from me, sorry. I put on my "I love Woodie" hat and listen to the CCI Club all day with rapt attention as I rake in the dollars. I appreciate greatly the help from the members. And I contribute to charities in gratitude for all this help. Here comes a ZLR and I gotta go trade.
Why do you frequent a chat room that you hate? Why do you follow a moderator who drives you bananas? Answer: 1. Misery loves company and, 2. Losers need to commiserate with one another and, 3. It's free.
(...sound of open hand slapping forehead) ...geesh, for a guy as smart as I am, how could I be so stupid? So stupid to expect current room members to speak freely. ...duh, that's why my "blog" is full of anonymous comments. Sometimes I just don't think, you know what I mean? I wasn't trying to get anyone in trouble, I was just curious. Chat rooms abound - and it seems that many of the people who use them are the VERY ones who bitch about them - the method, the moderators, the way the room is run. I find that curious, and worth exploring. But I am a rebel, probably speak too freely for my own good, and I guess I expect others to do the same. Oh well, it seemed like a good idea - at the time.
People are basically good, and never has that point been driven home to me then in my exile. Hundreds of e-mails have flooded my inbox- current and past Club members offering best wishes and comfort. But none more hopeful than the following: Deer Cheez. Dontfeel real aful bad aboutgetting kicked out of the room. Woody kicked meanda lot of utter guysout be for. We got a groupof kicked out guyswho meat o help each outher over thehard times and talkabouthow bad the VA treats old vets and how Woody shouldnot kick people outalllthe times. Yoir frend olmikey (You had to have been there to understand this one â but some of you will)