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    the Managed Futures mirage

    Neat article. I agree more with the skill orientation. The article didn't mention how CTA's acquire skills, though. Same situation in this thread, I guess. My interest in trading OPM was the swap for their professional time (20%, usually). Staying amateur under NFA was also a...
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    Leave stop loss and target or exit early?

    You make several good points from your point of view. Your first point deals with KISS and your cloaking for KISS is to the point. Lowering the barrier for others is a great idea. We all should do it. Trend analysis is THE thing to do. Trends only do three things: 1. Continue, 2...
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    Scaling in/out: Crutch for the Weak

    So you're saying you may be an average person who doesn't have his feet in his mouth. Ambulate and be fleet of foot. Warmup gabfly for us.
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    DJIA Depression pattern?

    Their scalar measure is incorrect.... lol what they did is a "hope chart".
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    Top 10 Basic Math Indicators

    Answer: The kind of indicators that deal specifically with each of the five decisions a trader could be called upon to make. I suspect that the most used indicators corrolate with the most used decision. If you are doing a study, then you may want to go into detail on what kind of trader...
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    Scaling in/out: Crutch for the Weak

    So what you're saying is that you are an average person. Should we post the trades for you ahead of time? How far in advance do you need to know to be able to execute? Does your trading platform have the capability of posting the trades' locus by locus? If the answer is yes, then you can...
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    Price Action Traders

    Exup.... explained it well in his aircraft related definition. Therefore, PA trading will never be elegant. You all probably know when PA became a buzz word in recent years. To measure the path to elegance in expert trading could be done. It would be best done in terms of using...
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    Finding stocks with large limit orders!!!

    There are four basic games being played. In each each gaming strategy there is a legitimacy in the given order or, surprise, set of orders. After you have finished you teen years, you will mellow out a little and realize that in markets a person cannot put up unwarranted orders that are...
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    backtesting is stupid

    Wipe off your screen ALL the way down to its surface. Just mark the end of the running with a China pencil. 28 that's really getting squirelly
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    Trader's Mindset

    There are two general themes: coherence or incoherence. The CW is a good check on when the coherent theme is at its limit. Coherence is a result of a routine based on knowing that you know at all times. When you do not know What Must Come Next (WMCN), a set of incoherence feelings comes...
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    Scaling in/out: Crutch for the Weak

    So what you are saying is that you are an average person.
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    If you want to fail as a trader, study TA

    Here is a two fractal annotation the faster fractal moves are in green;the slower fractal moves are in pink. Only RTL's are shown. As you see there are FOUR slower fractal completed trends. Look at the 4, 5, 6, and 7 x axis notations. The chart is a mess as far as the display and...
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    If you want to fail as a trader, study TA

    Whoever gave it to you needs to learn what non stationarity limits are. At least he put volume on the chart.
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    Scaling in/out: Crutch for the Weak

    What you are saying is that you are an average person.
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    The Documents by Jack Hershey

    How to know you are learning something wrong or that is incorrect Break what you are doing down into pieces and find the pieces that are difficult. Look at why you are making them difficult. Most times it is a belief you already have that will not fit into the assembly line of getting to...
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    The Documents by Jack Hershey

    As far as utilizing my stuff (in its many forms) plan on several passes as you go through the helix of gaining skills and knowlege through experience. The helix is illustrated on page 6 in putting the pieces together. The Dr. Hu document explains the process of how the mind becomes...
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    If you want to fail as a trader, study TA

    To explain the formula. both cash and index are big numbers. Their difference would just look like volume on a chart (meaning all the bars would stick up from an axis.) By taking out (subtracting) the Premium, the bars can appear on either side of a horizontal neutral. Coloring the...
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    The Documents by Jack Hershey

    Tiki, Thanks for facilitating getting information to others. regards, Jack
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    If you want to fail as a trader, study TA

    You put up a pane which has bars on it. they have balck for long and red for short as an expression of sentiment. There are five horizontal lines. Since symmetry exists, the center line has Zero value. going away from zero are two levels on each side of Zero. they represent various levles...
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