You are sounding like a real dick-- no need for attacking personally-- if anything, scat is being very humble-- Scat is telling the truth. I have no reason to say this other than its the truth, as I dont' believe TA has very much value--- but truth be told, Scat's accomplishments speak for themselves. surf
I concur with this. TA simply does not make sense---common or otherwise. They use a 5 minute bar because it is what "THEY" the market gives to them----- sad but true. surf
Purely my greed and wanting to push things to the limit all the time---- it's totally my flaws this time. surf
Surely that is the reason for majority failure rate, it's not low win rate in whatever method's being used, but again relaxed money management.
Tight money management has slowly blown many accounts, especially in post HFT-epoch futures intraday trading.
Marketsurfer, Here's the truth of what makes it easy for you to gather an antagonistic nature in public forums. You don't respect the method of other traders because what became possible for some, was impossible for you; you found profitability with your own non TA methods and that's great. Chances are I will never learn Price Drivers, whatever the fuck they are since you don't comment on them, but do I need to bash them because I use TA? That's just selfish and mean which is precisely how you act towards TA.
I really don't care. The surfer persona on this forum has enabled me to gain great traction in this biz-- not bad for an unconnected hick from pburgh-- not to mention lifetime friendships and a beautiful bride to top it off. Remember, for every person who feels @antagonized" others are agreeing. So if what you are doing is working for you, by all means keep at it. Theres tremendous value in voicing your opinion and ideas in ways i couldnt imagine not so long ago.
You should care, because sometimes you insult fellow traders that don't deserve such treatment and as traders themselves, they deserve respect. It's a brave thing to become one.