Private threads. A popular trend is "ghosting" where I talk with someone then suddenly they cease answering. Interestingly that usually happens *after* I get to tell them about the markets and strategies I work with. I'm on this forum since 2-3 years (I think) and I then like now you mentioned the importance of trust and that you have a strong tendency towards not trusting people. Initially I thought this is exaggerated but after several years of interactions with random Jonnys from other continents I realize this is the only sane approach: the presumption of innocence doesn't apply in this branch.
Put a little box where all the degenerates gamblers are on the chart and stretch them as far as possible out.
Unless someone is being what I consider to be insulting to me in some way, I don't vanish to other posters. But if I run out of chat on a particular post or idea, why continue if not else to discuss. Plus, am at a stage in my life I don't want to know how others trade, often times they write me and ask for help to make it better and I have to say no as I lack enough time to do my own stuff, do you think they going to pay me $4k an hour on their system, and I certainly not going to give them what I am working on now, you get what you pay for in life. This is how I think but also my experiences of those who can't trade and they start selling whatever they can steal. There are very very few vendors that offer good material to purchase and I have bought tens of thousands of dollar of good material but ten times more of fireplace starters to get the fire going, in other words-something that will never test out well for me no matter how much risk management rules I put into it. I can assist with some ideas to those who post and if they seem to be working toward solutions, but if they looking for some fast track-I don't help. There is no fast track to doing many years of study to do well. They all want to jump over learning about charting and learn it is not just a few patterns, it is breaking down swings of any timeframe whether a year or by the minute, trading is about risk and keeping stats that offer least amount of risk based on the past, and it does hold knowledge for the future. It is like learning to tie your shoes, if it never worked in the past, why waste that time in the future. There are other traders who "get" trading pretty fast and I applaud them, but I am not the type to trade anything any more unless heavily back tested to understand what the future might hold as far as stats. But projects am working on now, only my trusting buddy knows of systems I have made. There is no reason to share cause then whoever I showed it to would trade against me for best price, so in a way, they become an enemy within confines of trading, and if that someone is not a retail trader but a hedge manager, he can really hurt my future. The only way to succeed in this business is trust very few. But when I was growing up, didn't need lawyers much, a man's handshake was good enough.
>> Unless someone is being what I consider to be insulting to me in some way, I don't vanish to other posters. I wasn't. Based on past experience and current reflections, I may have just oversold: http://dilbert.com/strip/2009-06-25 >> There is no fast track to doing many years of study to do well. As I've done 12 already, I'm just *guessing* my 13'th won't be the lucky shot. And at this point doesn't matter no more anyways. I'm changing strategy and the reflection of it on this forum is that my posts for the next foreseeable year will be in the "Chit Chat" forum. Heck, wish I found it 3 years ago!