Deep Thought is a computer that was created by the pan-dimensional, hyper-intelligent species of beings (whose three-dimensional protrusions into our universe are ordinary white mice) to come up with the Answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. Deep Thought is the size of a small city. When, after seven and a half million years of calculation, the answer finally turns out to be 42, Deep Thought admonishes Loonquawl and Phouchg (the receivers of the Ultimate Answer) that "[he] checked it very thoroughly, and that quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you is that you've never actually known what the question was."
I hope this helps someone. It took me YEARS to understand what OP was trying to say and I finally get it. Here's a parable: On Sept 20, 2000 the SEC settled a stock fraud case against a 15 year old high school student named Jonathan Lebed. His strategy was to buy up large portions of the floating supply of a penny stock and then post 100's of positive misleading and bogus messages all over Yahoo Finance and other stock trading forums. All the messages caused a next day buying frenzy, and Lebed would sell his shares to the duped buyers at astronomical prices. He made close to a $1M before the SEC stopped him. Jon Lebed was no pioneer. Wall Street's best have been doing this same thing for 100's of years. If you go to stock trading forums looking for stock tips and trading advice, you're no better than the people duped by Jonathan Lebed. This is what OP was trying to say. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY TRADING YOU HAVE TO CONTROL THE MARKET LIKE JON LEBED. OP even mentions CONTROL as some bullshit acronym to give you a hint. THAT IS IT. It's about CONTROL. You don't guess the future, you don't predict the future, you CONTROL the future by attempting to dupe people into buying what you already own at a higher price (so easy a 15 year old can do it). Why is this not obvious to the majority? BECAUSE 99% OF PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS. STOP TRADING YOUR MONEY AWAY DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MANIPULATE. IT'S ILLEGAL! DO SOMETHING BETTER WITH YOUR LIFE
The OP asked me to reply, so I will. NY said, you are not correct, but you got some of it right. That is it. J_S
4 Well J_S... 1) the obvious is simple ✓ 2) it is because it is so simple that the majority will never discover it ✓ 3) it is so simplistic that, once revealed, it will be instantly dismissed ✓ 4) it is different to what the majority try to do ✓ 5) the risk on every trade is always nearly the same ✓
TO namesake.. 1) Correct. 2) Not 100% correct, as it will never be revealed, but if it was the majority would still not see it. 3) Correct, if it was revealed. 4) Correct. 5) Correct. J_S
The only person that you really have to be honest with is yourself. The only principle that you really need to uphold is honesty. J_S
http://repository.law.umich.edu/articles/118 "But recent New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") data reveal that trades by individual investors represent, on average, less than 2% of NYSE trading volume for NYSE-listed firms. There is no question that U.S. securities markets are now dominated by institutional investors."