Recent content by hermitage

A combination of 1) Not caring about the results of individual trades I.e. Proper trade sizing AND 2) Believing (correctly) in your edge. Personally, I think this is the big one.

I revisited this today for the heck of it. I would add "NoDoji" and "lescor" to the list.

if you're for real, which I kind of doubt, don't spend a dime of that $ and don't sell the houses. go to college, and probably go get a job. treat your inheritance respectfully...don't blow it trading.

check your math..

wrong.

i found this thread. thought it deserved a bump. i think the hard part in all of this is over-optimization...this point was raised earlier in a post in this thread. but i remember seeing somewhere that they (QIM) do at least start with a plausible trading methodology and then test it...

that just FEELS like something that someone in the insurance industry would do.

ditto BB&T

best approx. indication of if you could handle CFA program is your SAT score. if you got below, say, 1200, you're in for some tough sledding.

coming from you?

a big wad of money with an unproven strategy and an inexperienced trader. i mean no real offense, but tread very carefully.

atticus you crack me up!

i was searching fios vs t1 on google and i found this. i only left verizon for comcast to begin with because they didn't have fios in my area back then.

wow that really is fast.

i've got comcast with powerboost. plugged into my router, i'm getting 31 megs download speed. wireless drops to 5, though.