gekko- if you spent half as much time doing research and developing a trading plan as you do jacking off here on ET, you'd be a better trader for it- sheesh- and you wonder why you lose $$$$.......
Gordon, You made a prediction and you got it right. It isn't like you guessed the lotto numbers and got that right. If prediction "for fun" amuses you that much, why not just sit on the couch flipping a quarter all day and guessing what comes up next? Otherwise, you recently posted a thread in the trading section that was a cry for help. Now you are here screaming at people because of something YOU set in motion. There is no such thing as making predictions for "fun." You did it for the attention -- admit it. I have no idea what is going on in your mind right now, but I sincerely suggest you lay off ET for a few weeks and spend all your energy looking for a job. If you keep up this wild ass fantasy of being a master trader without putting sincere effort into it, you're going to end up like that guy living in a van down by the river when you are 35. Get off your ass and start getting real with yourself.
ok, it is time to unleash the power... guess who #1 Trader is? ..........Gordon Gekko!!!!!! how many times do i have to tell some of you people that i'm not a newbie trader!?!? i just have no freaking money! but this is going to change soon! http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=19280
dude, i will tell you flat out. you can know how to trade, but just have too small account. i have said this numerous times and i will say it again: a trader better than i COULD grow a tiny account like mine, but i am not that good yet. by the time i started to really improve, i was already down to peanuts. plus, i've been living off the account, so it is just too difficult for me to grow such a tiny amount. as i've said, i'm going to get a job and most likely sell my car to help start my comeback. in so many ways i see how i've improved. i can already see it in the way i enter and exit now. i'm totally seeing where i used to enter/stop out/exit as a newbie and i'm finding myself doing the OPPOSITE of what i used to years ago. this has to be a good thing. for example, where i used to get stopped out, i now see why that was so stupid and i'm more likely to maybe ENTER at that point now. also, even just on daily movements. in the past, i probably would have thought today was going to be a down day because of yesterday's action, but now i see why it might go the other way. NO, I AM NOT ABOUT PREDICTING. i just think very differently than i used to. one more thing.. i have seen nitro make this similar statement and i am really starting to see that it is true, although in the past it scared me and i did not want it to be. the way i operate is very very strict. i like everything to have order. but it is very difficult to have exact rules that apply every day. i hated the thought of having no exact rules for everything (not to say that that can't be done). but as nitro has said, you eventually learn to get a feel for things. yes, i do have some methods i start with, but then i just keep them in the back of my head and watch how the market moves during the day. if things go how i thought they would, then i'm just really confident. if things start to not look right, then i think my original assessment may be wrong and may consider going the other direction. i'm done rambling...
BWAHAHAHAHA THANKS FOR LAUGH GORDIE CONGRATS.. YOU'VE GRADUATED .. TO AN "EXPERIENCED" LOSING TRADER WAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! WEEEEEEEEE HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!