OMG! I wasn't aware that clowns were a corrupt organization. They always look so happy and everything. I guess looks can deceive.
Leaving the other 95% of course. Thanks for helping me think.
Your comment triggered a new thought for me. The only thing a viable system has to outlast is the life of the currency that it earns. So if the...
Interesting comment. I believe that the first sentence is mathematically true but the conclusion doesn't follow. What you are saying is that...
Gee I like this. Alexander Elder talks about AA meetings in a similar bent.
Nope, without the 95% there would be no 5% (in a zero sum game) so take a loser to lunch and encourage him to try again. I take my money from...
Lucias, why not get your friends to write in and vouch for you. Using logic like yours - you don't exist either because we haven't met you. So far...
Well there goes my edge ......
It is a great question and answering the right questions can make you a ton of money. Have you looked at your premise about high vol in rising...
Your point is valid. However, remember that you are trading signal in noise and the noise dominates at too small a level.
Isn't the solution obvious? Divide your account into 50 - 10K accounts. In short order you will have every dollar ever made with the FED supplying...
Because, like lotteries, hope feels better than reality. Almost everyone thinks they are the smartest in the room.
No. The reason is one of a) manipulation b) the FED is buying all the SPY to hide how bad the world economy is. c) Obama's friends...
Exactly and this was the precise point of the excellent post of NP not equal to P that people couldn't understand. Chess is like that also. I...
A true story: I submitted several months of trades to a fellow who offered to coach me to get better. He analyzed them and did a tremendous job...
I am not sure how to score this. My capital has steadily grown since trading well was always the objective, never having the most capital or...
Perhaps we can all start by treating people better on these forums. We share one thing, no matter what - we will all end up the same. That can be...
We agree for the most part. I am curious about your thoughts on the reason alpha is there. Market makers trade differently from most of us...
Thanks for the information. I can't say much more without getting into a true edge in options (some things I know, that are not generally known)....
Ahhh, but haven't the market makers taken the same test and have already priced in this tiny inefficiency? (Sounds like an angels on pin heads...
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