Who cares what is "normal" to you. You do not know everything, despite the circle you claim to run in.
I've heard whites say all blacks look alike. I've heard browns say all whites look alike. And here we have Brother Surf saying that two long-term successful traders look alike. Hmmm...
ROTFLSHMSFOAIDMT!!! BARON: If you're not paying Surf to post, please do! You can't afford to lose him as long as he keeps posting gems like this.
Stop feeding the ANTI-TA trolls.. this is getting ridiculous This guy clearly can't trade and is an analyst/content provider. The gimmick is simple, he's going to post his calls on his blog, never trade at all, hope to gather a following and up his CPC/CPV rates. Simple; when was the last time you heard of some guy who came up with a truly revolutionary method to trading just to argue with people on forums that his methodology is the best and TA is nonsense? Oh right, surfer does. If your "trades" are held for more than a day, they aren't trades anymore, they become investments. FYI
That's 100% true and documented throughout 2012 on the surf report special situation journal. Look for yourself. . You can't dispute the facts.
I think I'm going to start a thread entitled: "Why I don't Believe in Marketsurfer". Or maybe: "Why I don't believe in Price Drivers"
It's your contention that she was not a successful trader for 15 years and that she was hired by this hedge fund for reasons other than her trading skills?
OK stop. Knock the anti-TA crowd all you want but when you start calling EOD traders "investors", that's going too far.