Recent content by Magickian

With that said, I make my exit from this community. Take Care.

Anonymity provides the shield to wield the sword of compulsive stupidity.

Chessman, I recommend initiating any changes slowly to reduce volatility, methodically to reduce the standard of deviation. The journal helps to manage the transition. A small change in your system may generate seemingly random or insignificant effects short-term. However, compounded over a...

Chessman wrote: I try to be a systematic trader who feels if I leave the door open to gut feel, its nothing but trouble. Not sure how to incorporate her ideas?? Give it a try, but do so slowly and methodically using a journal - that way if it adds to your edge or not at least you’ll know...

I don't know of anyone who succesfully practices magick. I don't even consider myself a 'magickian' despite the alias. Magick is only one technique that I've found useful in life as well as with my trading. Beware of anything too complicated, keep it simple. Recommended books on Magick...

Not really, loss can only be felt if an emotional attachment has formed as a result of sacrifice. Again I don’t sacrifice, I invest till the investment outlives it usefulness. I’ve noticed you haven’t responded to anything I’ve said but to a script written by someone else and a quote...

Last night I created a simple cut and paste FYI post that triggered many belligerent emotional outbursts which I proudly take responsibly for causing. The reasonable course of action for the disinterested individuals to engage in would have been to ignore the thread. Instead powerful emotional...

The Architect - Hello, Neo. Neo - Who are you? The Architect - I am the Architect. I created the matrix. I've been waiting for you. You have many questions, and although the process has altered your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you will understand...

Flies dance operas to your wisdom.

Thanks for the definition. So CTAs (hedge funds) outperform retail traders on average. But I've read (in WSJ) that in the long run: * Hedge funds really don't outperform mutuals funds by much. * Mutual funds don't outperform the broader market indices over the long-term. * Broader...

I'm new. What's a CTA? The turtle trader link doesn't work.

Obession: Reoccuring useless thoughts. Cumpulsion: Reoccuring useless behaviors. "Insanity results from doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result" - Albert Einstein

A few things I learned as an economics major: * A clear distinction exists between economic profit and accounting profit. * Economic profits that arise out of a free market economy represent anomolies that indicate market inefficiency. Accounting profit = Revenue - Cost Economic profit...

Welcome to the desert of the Real - Morpheus Levels of Reality Level 0 - Nothingness, Indivisability, The Feild of Potentiality Level 1 - Consciousness, Energy, Matter. Level 2 - Hyperreality ( the realm of simulacra and simulations, the mass produced, copies without orginals, signs that...