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I recall on another forum Alexa going into detail about her Asperger's Syndrome and autism. I suspect its possible whoever was writing this part was possibly being at least partly truthful. Because it seems to me there was no rational explanation for such effort, so a psychological /...

I like the reply you put up setting out how you looked at what had been going on up to that point. But on the basis of this new information, would she have been banned if she had not left voluntarily?

I don't have any hard data on the duration of trends but its very much my concern as I only run trend-following trades. Do you have anything you want to share on your observations of trends?

You could substitute "skiing" for "retail forex trading" and save many more lives and far more misery.

How strange. So many hours that must have been spent typing the longest highly detailed well drafted posts here, at T2W and at BP. Weird.

Not necessarily, alexaherself hasn't posted on T2W for over 2 years. I don't know when he profile there was updated (if ever since she subscribed), she doesn't use T2W now.

You're technically correct about holding the US stock indices. But the reality is most people in short-term trading have only modest or even extremely little capital, and short-term trading is a way (they think) to maximise its potential. So long-term buy-and-hold isn't a viable way for them to...

Draw your own conclusions.

I don't do that. (except by accident I suppose, if an entry order triggers and I get caught by a massive reversal which hits my stop the same day)

He must have wanted to make Market Wizards different to every other trading book then on the shelves. Which he succeeded in doing.

I never trade penny stocks. I never trade intra-day. The return on the risk of disclosing your strategy is a bunch of traders telling you where its going to go wrong and another bunch traders telling you how it could be made to work better. Both of which can be helpful.

That was an astute book marketing decision, rather than a strategy confidentiality issue. Anyway, so many successful traders of that calibre actually have disclosed their strategies, both before and since. But I might be flattered you imply I'm in that peer group..........

I don't care if someone copies what I do. It doesn't damage the strategy, it doesn't subtract from my gains. I suppose, if such a thing were important to me, I would feel flattered by being copied. I also, like you, don't feel the need to offer evidence to prove my credentials as a trader.

I have given two reasons why traders should disclose their strategies. One, which is important to me, is that other traders then critique it so I can strengthen it. I also gave the second reason, which is that it proves your credentials as a profitable trader. Of course, some traders also get a...

I have balls, but this isn't something I do.

I don't post my trading statements and have never asked anyone else to either. But what I have done and what I ask others to do is post their strategies. Then anyone who's interested enough can check for themselves if its a sustainable profitable strategy. Actually, I never check other traders'...

I will fondly remember Xela, as I have followed her most intelligent and useful posts on two other forums before coming back to ET. As for destriero, what shows he's a liar?

Nobody knows for sure. However, as the S&P, Dow and Nasdaq100 have been in modest uptrends, my bias is to the long side. So, if all these indices go up I would like to be long, and if they don't all go up or if some or all go down, I will remain in cash. A better chart to the down-side...

Whether you believe in the usefulness of TA or of FA, both these "orthodox" approaches to trading / investment have rational bases. Please, what is be the causal link between an eclipse and the price of anything - currency, commodity, stock, bond, whatever?

Yes. No doubt, when I land on another strategy or significantly modify what I'm using I'll post it again.