I am up 19.77% YTD and still don't know what my edge is!

Discussion in 'Trading' started by tonyf, Jul 29, 2022.

  1. MKTrader

    MKTrader

    Your latter definition is more formally known as alpha. That's the ability to outperform an index on a risk-adjusted basis. Discipline is a good trait, but you can be disciplined in following the worst trading system ever. Discipline alone will never make anyone profitable.
    Alpha in Investing: Definition, Formula, Uses (businessinsider.com)
     
    #21     Jul 29, 2022
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  2. A rare stonk pimp by me a week ago . And pimped multiple times on the way up

    its $290 now . Yes. 290 . Thats edge, aint it ? Help me out here, genyi


    fact: no one on this board in 20 years has come even close. except Jack Hershey, my mentor

    ps, edit $300 print , I sold it all there

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    #22     Jul 29, 2022
  3. mikeriley

    mikeriley

    This is absolutely the best post I've ever read on this Forum.
    You need a so-called edge to make money in the markets
    like you need to be an auto mechanic to drive a car.
     
    #23     Jul 29, 2022
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  4. 335 , sold too soon as expected. congrats to all zero of you who bought

    dont want to be there for the rugger
     
    #24     Jul 29, 2022
  5. hilmy83

    hilmy83

    discipline is not an edge since you can automate a strategy. unless you trade some subjective approach that depends on random interpretation of data, then ......in that case you're just lucky lol
     
    #25     Jul 29, 2022

  6. 370 now. yes 370 . Now I feel badly, wiping my tears away with the 100 bills
     
    #26     Jul 29, 2022
  7. ps, I knew about this one yesterday at 15

    hard work pays off

    is this edge. 19% for the year ? how about 50% for the day on the bankroll
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    #27     Jul 29, 2022
  8. god help us
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    #28     Jul 29, 2022
  9. Downside halt now at 313

    I have a long history of being just a little ahead of the move . I see it coming. Just like you . lolololololoolol
     
    #29     Jul 29, 2022
  10. ElCubano

    ElCubano

    SOES was an edge back in the day.
     
    #30     Jul 29, 2022