Why Is The Obvious Not So Obvious?

Its a pity that TO's recent eloquent descriptions of JH et. al. have been removed, they were very sharp and I fully agree.

Unfortunately the mods seem happy to allow JH and his followers to engage in forum bombing, because lets be very clear, that is exactly what this attention seeking bastard up to, to annoy, to be a nuisance and to infest threads with his verbal fog.

The simple thing for him to do would be to post here a link to those threads that he has created, so that anyone interested could visit those instead. But the concept of curtousy doesn't seem to be within his mentality.

Probably this thread has now been killed off.

 

I agree. I like the term "forum bombing".
It's actually very strange. I don't understand why he & his followers just started posting in this thread like all of a sudden it's the Jack Hershey thread. Why not just start an actual Jack Hershey thread?

 

TO

Something that set in a few months ago after reading some stuff RN and TO wrote was that only "I" can teach myself to trade. Im working on becoming more profitable and refining my system (me). The sentence I just wrote sounds so stupid when reading it, but there is so much more to it. The best way to describe where I am now relative to learning to trade would be the following. If no one can predict the market, how do you trade it? I trade the way I see price and the way price respects it's current boundary. It would be almost impossible to have someone trade exactly like I do because you would need my brain. As RN says, there's an unlimited number of "edges". Knowing every detail of your own plan from pre-start to finish has become crucial. With that said, I would still like to see the video you posted. I'm not looking for an answer in there as I don't believe there is "one" answer. People will search for an answer to a question they don't know. Ive done it for years without realizing. I could be way off track, but like the market, it's just where I am right now.

I would like to politely request the password. I hope all is well by the way.

Thanks as always TO and RN

 

My name is really Ted. And it is true I got torn up a bit at the BoSox home field. But everything is going down the drain now so its okay.

I never really tried to get a job, but I have been around. I do not keep money, since it is always avaiable.

I "left the scene" around '87. Before that I did handle jobs for others in need. In that process I worked on the cutting edge most of my life. My two specialties are organic chem and quantum phyicis.

Everyday of your life, things I did affect you.

PL 92-500 Interference tables in APHA standards (organic esp)

EIS this got through NEPA without the legislative branch realizing it. Justice Douglas christened us the "Green Mafia"

Replacing lead in gasoline with alcohol. I'm the originator of continuoous fermentation.

I represented EOP when NCAT was set up; by a flip of a coin I was elected chm of the original board. Iam on Sheriff Arpio's hit list (I tried to introduce reading education in his prisons)

It is true I do not file my IRS long forms under the name of the person with the lien; we need to not bust the myth though. It is also true that most of my life I have had difficulties with the IRS and the SEC. there is no way I can found a 501 (c) (3). there is no way the SEC can understand how I trade; I will ALWAYS appear as an insider trader to the SEC.

When I type here i do not review it except for spelling (later). I just do run-on copy. I am trained to "write for publication". Academically, I have 7 letters after my real name.

I do believe my brain is wired differently. In terms of behavior, I have grown very accustomed to being different than most people. So there are lots of "reactions". I believe most people use themselves as a standard against which to measure. Kuckily one of the divisions of the UCSC was a behavioral science division; I got to be a long term guinea pig for them. they primarily examined my behavior in think tanks of that period.
To have an idea addressed and interaction among its creators is a good way to find out how a person ticks. Naturally, I spent time at IA and gaming formal organizations. Now we have the computer but then, there was what became known as terrorism and anti-terrorism.

I caught PTSD along the way; luckily, my handlers (psychiatrists) were able to do an excellent permanent workaround.

The process of forwarding compromise is now done by IA and subsequent training of the participants. I did this at EOP and later as a civilian in FT.

Temple Grandin is someone I can identify with quite easily and on several fronts.

At one time, I had to get involved with medicine. I wound up being a "pumper" in trauma settings. They suggested that I could size up complex contexts in very brief periods of time. years ago I chucked keeping current and I stopped my medical mal-practice insurance; unfortunately I am still exposed to litigious types during emergencies.

The best advice I ever got came from my handler at EOP: "Never tell anyone everything you are involved in."

So what I usually wound up being was "unbelievable". That will not change and the psychological assessments figured out by others is the way it will always be. Tests usually do not work because of scaling limitations.

 

You've mentioned her a few times. Do you have high-functioning autism as she did?

 

inception guys - rmb that movie when reading this thread

 

I don't know why you continue to use that inferior platform. If you get the global salesman involved, I'm sure that the most complete library can be attained with sierra charts.

 

Focusing on profit sure sounds key, even noble… it ain’t

Golfers, like snipers, and archers must be target fixated (aim small, miss small…, one shot one kill… be the ball)

Tuning out all distractions, focusing on the goal / target, then executing the shot – is paramount to success

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otoh

There are literally only a small handful of things I, as a trader, can control

When I enter
Share size
The direction I enter
When I exit
How much I lose on each trade (subject to slippage, spread and commish. of course)
My demeanor


I can not control;

When price moves
Which direction price moves
How much price moves
How quickly price moves
How long price moves
The amount of profit, if any – each trade elicits


Best I focus on what I can control

I appreciate and respect this


RN

 

XB

Recall the last real email I sent you, part of it dealt with understanding and accepting uncertainty... and how important that was

Clear out your head and rebuild


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Something to ponder Sir

We can do everything (including placing a trade(s)) perfectly, and still fail to get the response we seek (or the trade(s) to win)

You have got to get a handle on uncertainty


Then the crap I spout will start making sense, as will trading




eta

Yes; YOU must teach YOU to trade - it ain't stupid, it is FACT...

And it does not mean you can't use other's stuff to augment your teaching....

It does mean you must take control of your teaching and own it completely...

Then follow it without exception - period


RN

 

But it would seem to me that depending on your trading method you may be able to almost disregard how much you lose on each trade. A daytrader has an automatic stop-loss which is the end of the day.

Perhaps somebody has a method where they take 1 trade per day & hold it until the day is over, win or lose. They may only focus on finding the very best entry they can find & let the end-of-day stop loss take care of itself. Therefore the focus in all on winning.