Why Is The Obvious Not So Obvious?

Discussion in 'Risk Management' started by nysestocks, Jan 25, 2009.

  1. nysestocks

    nysestocks Guest

    Holy shite, milktruck better load up the cart:D

    Please mention how many words for each letter, just for clarity.
     
    #621     Apr 16, 2009
  2. nysestocks

    nysestocks Guest

    Whilst I "dig out" my advanced gann matrix, please read the following and, if you like, mention what one you think is the most important.

    This course was first delivered in 1923:eek:

    THE objects of this course are: (1) To alter your mental attitude, and (2) To direct your thoughts into those channels which lead to success, achievement, health, happiness and perfect good; (3) The arousing of the inward POWER, and (4) The overcoming of bad habits; (5) The building up of character, and (6) The discovery and development of the creative faculty.


    This might help - or maybe not:confused:

    FIRST. You must, in habit of thought, separate yourself from "the crowd." You must shut out their pessimistic-belief-in-circumstances--weak-failure-low-lewd type of thoughts altogether, and live in an entirely different world--the inner world of your own creative thought. If you meet a noble or inspiring thought--and later you will be the recipient of a continuous stream of the finest thoughts the world has ever known--let it in.
     
    #622     Apr 16, 2009
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  3. nysestocks

    nysestocks Guest

    I wonder how many will "see" what I am really talking about here?

    All is never as it seems!
     
    #623     Apr 16, 2009
  4. nysestocks

    nysestocks Guest

    Again, this was written in 1923:eek:

    "The Secret" me arse:D

    It just shows, again, how the majority are easily fooled by the minority - remember, it's a mugs game, only if you are a mug:D

    THERE has been a lot of nonsense written and spoken about the Law of Attraction. People have been solemnly taught that all they need to do is to adopt a certain mental attitude, think thoughts of success and abundance, and then to sit and wait for abundance of all good things to drop from the skies at their feet. The folly of it is seen when we find that these teachers of "abundance" and "opulence" have themselves to work for a living, by teaching the very thing which, if true, would save them from all necessity of working.
    Supposing it were true, then what is possible for one would be possible for all, and if all adopted this method of getting a living then who would till the soil or make our clothes? Would everything we need. come from the skies?
    Even if these were true and man could draw all that he needed by the power of thought from the blue vault of heaven, then no one would have anything to do, life would become stagnant, and the race would perish from inaction.
     
    #624     Apr 16, 2009
  5. nysestocks

    nysestocks Guest

    And the "last one" for today:D

    Does Mr Madoff, and his like, come to mind:D :D

    There is no such thing as getting something for nothing. The principle of the "square deal" runs right through life and the Universe. A business man who tries to get something for nothing, who, in other words, fails to give value for money, finally finds himself without a customer. Those who try to evade this law by creating trusts and combines will find that their ill gotten gains will be confiscated by a power greater than themselves. The "square deal," reasonable profits, fair wages, honest straight-forward business integrity, all these will succeed and continue to succeed, as long as there remain people to do business with; but the "ring" or "combine" or "trust," squeezing its swollen, dishonest profits out of the life and blood of the common people, can only do business so long as the community allows them to. All who read history know what has been the fate of tyrants in the past, and there is no reason for believing that the profiteers and extortioners of the present day will fare any better.

    Thus..

    The principle of 'the square deal" runs through all life and the universe. Should an artist conceive a picture and be content that it remain in his mind, can he rightly expect payment for his creation? Would it be right if payment were made to him for a picture that existed only in his imaginative mind? No, because he has not rendered any service to his fellows, he has not given value for money. Let him therefore put his picture on canvas and thus bring joy and refreshment to many, and for his service payment will be made, and the greater his conception the greater will be the reward.

    And, as we now know!

    MANKIND is divided into two types, positive and negative. Let me try and describe each to you.

    Positive man is magnetic, attractive, courageous, happy, cheerful, healthy, energetic, is full of vitality, power and ability to succeed. He never doubts his ability to win, he never worries when things go wrong; he does not complain when things are not smooth. If he meets with a temporary set-back he becomes the more determined to succeed. He does not lay upon other people the blame of his own mistakes, but instead learns a lesson from his temporary failure which shall be a guide and beacon in all future undertakings. The positive man can always find people to believe in him and to finance his operations. He never lacks friends, for just the type of people he wants are always anxious to be his friends. Consequently men, and with them, opportunities, are always coming his way. He is an optimist, but is not foolish or blind in his optimism. He is above being petty or mean, or selfish or cruel; neither does he let hate or anger sway him or influence his life or business. He inspires confidence, compels attention, is a leader rather than a follower, and literally exudes an atmosphere of success.
    A negative man is, of course, the antithesis of this type. He is fearful, given to worry, apt to look on the dark side of things. Is afraid to act too much on his own responsibility and seeks the help and advice of other people. Has difficulty in making up his mind, and when he has made it up he often changes it. He lets others pass him in the race of life and then worries because he fails to get on. He is never much of a success in life, no matter what he achieves he might have done very much better. He seldom realizes that his failures are due to his own failings but, instead, lays the blame upon other people's shoulders or ascribes his troubles to chance or ill fortune. His company is not cheerful and is not sought by other people, except one or two as miserable as himself.


    Remember - sometimes all you need to do is "ask" the right question:)
     
    #625     Apr 16, 2009
  6. nysestocks

    nysestocks Guest

    OK - I know this is the wrong section, but it is important, so I will continue.

    Like "The Secret", we must always be aware that "information" just does not appear out of nowhere into someone’s head!

    There is always a reason, or basis, for the information.

    Very few will take the time to research back to the origins of the information, as it had to start evolving at some point in time, and even those that do, sometimes can not put the jigsaw pieces together.

    For example - what led to the "New Thought" era, which led to radical thinking, which led to "assumptions" that the mind can easily be told "what to do"?

    If you but go back and look, you will see that the "assumptions" are just that, and that they are not based on fact!

    So, when trading, it is wise to consider why "price" is now turning away from a certain level, and what are the "real" reasons for it, as, all is never as it seems, and that is why the "obvious is not so obvious" to many, but a small few:D



    The new age began in part as a reaction
    against authority in favor of individualism and
    the right to test belief by personal experience.
    By acquiring the right to think for himself in religious
    matters, man also gained freedom to live
    according to his convictions. Inner experience
    came into its own as the means of testing even
    the most exclusive teachings of the Church. The
    seat of authority was found by some in human
    reason, by others in what the Quakers call the
    inward light. Thus inward guidance led the
    way to another and more spiritual phase of liberalism.
    The Emersonian idea of self-reliance is
    an expression of this faith in the light which
    shines for the individual within the sanctuary of
    the soul. After the mental-healing movement
    |had been in process for half a century its devotees
    saw in Emerson a prophet of the ideas
    for which they had been laboring in their own
    way, each within the sphere of his experience.
    This emphasis on inner experience is a sign of
    our age, but it took us a long while to read the
    signs.
     
    #626     Apr 16, 2009
  7. nysestocks

    nysestocks Guest

    OK - time to go back to work, it is close to T-60!

    My last bit of "rubbish":D

    What we shall understand the new age to
    mean in this the spiritual sense of the word is
    this shining of a new light which cannot be accounted
    for by reference to anything external.
    To try to explain it by studying the tendencies
    of the age as matters of material or intellectual
    history would be to try to explain the higher by
    the lower. All real causes are spiritual. New
    leaders appear when they are needed. A new
    work begins in the fitness of time according
    to the divine providence. To understand the
    causes we need a measure of the same enlightenment.

    The true verifications are those of experience.
    Unless you are willing to seek light
    and test the principles in question for yourself
    you may not expect to understand. The new
    age bids us go to the sources for ourselves.



    And..

    "Can a theory be found," Mr. Quimby asks,
    "can a theory be found, capable of practice,
    which can separate truth from error? I undertake
    to say there is a method of reasoning which,
    being understood, can separate one from the
    other.
    Men never dispute about a fact that
    can be demonstrated by scientific reasoning.
    Controversies arise from some idea that has been
    turned into a false direction, leading to a false
    position.
    The basis of my reasoning is this
    point: that whatever is true to a person, if he
    cannot prove it is not necessarily true to another.
    Therefore, because a person says a thing
    is no reason that he says true.
    The greatest evil
    that follows taking an opinion for a truth is disease.”
     
    #627     Apr 16, 2009
  8. RainMann

    RainMann



    There are trendlines and there are trendlines. A trendline that touches price a few times is a clue to everyone that price may touch it again, we all know that. But there is a rationality behind the use of certain trendlines developed by a Gann expansion that makes them special, and that is that some of them are slightly "invisible" to the trading public. Invisible meaning that they only touch price "one" time ( at the root ). Since these trendlines can't be seen, they are tradeable with an absolutely miniscule stop, right? Who doesn't like that.

    Please don't infer that I am trying to give lessons, I'm just explaining what I thought was unique about an expansion chart in the first place. The truth is, I mostly have no clue why the price chooses to touch the line at "this" point and not at "that" point unless it touches it really close to one of the time expansion lines. Other than those times, it's a complete mystery. Maybe that is where you come in.
     
    #628     Apr 16, 2009
  9. RainMann

    RainMann

    To evaluate your spanking new trading system, you need to have:

    Code:
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    #629     Apr 16, 2009
  10. RainMann

    RainMann

    Regarding the word-o-gram.

    I've enhanced the spacing so that the word count is clear.

    The words to the right are clues to the words on the left. My plan was to add a few letters to the clues every few hours so that it doesn't become tedious.

    Should your earlier words be finished before these?

    I'm still waiting on "EVALUATION"
     
    #630     Apr 16, 2009