Same here, but apparently this makes some very angry. My hope is that a passive reader finds talk of approach and psychology (without giving away our own secret recipes) helpful and this is the real benefit of this platform.
The difference is Prado, although I often disagree with you, you are a known entity in the business -- I know people who know you therefore you have credibility as a real person and trader. Not to mention you don't make crazy claims about accuracy. This fireplace and his fear of giving up recipes ( just like the chef, Hmmmm) and avoiding providing sone evidence instead of regurgitated platitudes -- is quite telling. Posting a series of his "highly accurate" market calls ( remember he claims this ability) is not asking for a recipe, just for a sliver of evidence of support for the claims. Surf
The phony altruism is frankly bizarre but I never meta guru without it Providing a series of accurate market calls is giving away secret recipes? Sounds like an avoidance tactic instead. The only approach this alias has provided is in dozens of books, clearly a wannabe paper trader who is scared of being wrong hence ducks any challenge with more rhetoric and misdirection. Classic!!
Certainly talking about YOUR approach or YOUR pschology might be helpful and beneficial. But based on what I've read, that's not what you're doing. You're basically criticizing surf and his technique. Personally I find your posts tiring and unhelpful. I agree with Surf. If you're going to critique someone, let's see your credentials, let's see a real time trade, let's see something that qualifies you. Until then, you're just another loser on this site critiquing the guy who takes a measure of risk by posting real time trades (whether they're successful or not). OldTrader
See I told you so, fundamentalism at its best... Breaking news: The debt deal is close >>> market has jumped 8-9 pts just on the possibility of the deal. Now they are reporting the news is wrong, but that is beside the point, the market jumped/rallied as expected....
My approach is based on discipline, patience and the ability to trade a market on ITS terms not mine. I have no bias in terms of direction nor do I know the pace the mkt will trade at on any given day, that is signaled by the data that is printed in real time. And I wait for that data to align with a pattern structure that repeats ALL THE TIME. I'm sure there are other traders out there that approach things similarly in terms of psychology (only taking signals when they come, sitting on hands when they don't) and approach (multiple time frames, repeating patterns across them etc). I don't know you from a hole in the wall but essentially I can tell who trades successfully and who doesn't, NOT from live trades but rather from the way they describe their mental preparation and the way they discuss bits of their method/approach. I never followed a single trader's signals while I was coming up with something myself and, if I could do it that way, I'm sure others can as well. PS I dont criticize Surf's approach, I criticize his ego and attitude. His results speak for themselves.
Look out folks, it's another "secret pattern" proponent I thought those guys died out in the 1980's. There is nothing whatsoever new, enlightening nor even clever in these claims Discipline, patience, no bias. You must think everyone just fell off the turnip truck. The secret pattern, I can tell, its terms--- Did you graduate from the school of guru platitudes? Or did you just decide to pretend after attending a WizeTrade seminar? I couldn't write this stuff if I tried, the "I can tell,,,,," comments take the cake as the ultimate in hubris and chef ego. Go help your flock on another thread--- you are not wanted here.