p2: Many of the ones who make it are the ones who have nothing to fall back on. :) My dad has told me "have something to fall back on", I...
Technically, I guess he is right... But his scenerio borders on the paranoid. What he outlines is a typical bubble, which happens with or...
The only way I believe a computer could out-do a very skilled discretionary trader is with highly advanced artificial intelligence. The system...
I wondered if anyone knew of any good excel spreadsheets or stand alone program for accounting out there designed with traders in mind? Right...
The gamblers fallacy is important to be aware of when considering your individual trades... (If your last 5 trades are losers, your next trade...
Sorry... Me again. :) You probably wont see a bell curve, but rather the right half of a bell curve. (1 day will probably have the highest...
Just a little addition... Once you have the data, just use the "frequency" function in excell to sort the data so you can chart it. You most...
This is a rather easy study to perform using excel. It doesnt take a academic researcher to do it. ;) I'm not the sharpest guy when it comes...
Swoop: Just out of curiosity... Why did you name the thread "over educated". :)
I cant believe so many people praise cable for not being able to loose a connection. What the heck is wrong with my providers local connection?...
Greatballs... Dont take the saying 100% literally. Some profits will, and should turn into losses. If you make a penny on a trade you dont...
I have AT&T and I am getting sick of it. Sometimes it is off for 5 minutes at a time, sometimes 20, sometimes an hour, sometimes all day! When...
I believe that if you are a beggining trader and you find yourself consistently buying tops and selling bottoms, you can probably be cultivated...
Huby: Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach him to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.
Bullets somehow allow you to short on a downtick. I read it explained once but I didnt really understand it. They are not an option for retail...
Praetorian2 hit on another reason why many won't make it... Like him, it also took me 3 year to get emotions in check. Most people dont have the...
You should always choose a stop point purely objectively... Then size your position to fix in a percent loss. Example... Lets say you...
I agree with rtharp... And I also honestly think it would have been better to take the large loss earlier and learn from it. The fact that...
Thanks again for the help so far... Now that I think about it, I may choose 256megs ram instead of 512. But I have a question... What kind...
neoh, For starters, I'll be running E-Signal, have 2 spread sheets open (one small, one kinda big), IB's traderworkstation (installed, not...
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