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Nice series dealmaker :thumbsup:

If you are like most of us, you will attend a workshop or two, read a few books, fund an account and come out guns blazing. After you fall on your face, you can either blame the "random" markets, the "big boys", HFT, algo's, etc etc or you can realize that you have a long way to go and begin the...

I could do 80-90% also...if I were willing to get blistered on the other 10-20%.

"The harder I work, the luckier I get." Samuel Goldwyn

"Fortune favors the prepared mind." Louis Pasteur

Largely true but even as a purely technical trader, I wouldn't claim it's the only way to trade.

No lack of Yin/Yang in trading :D

I practice Chinese martial arts, not to be a bad ass, but as a personal challenge and discipline to operate at higher levels, physically, mentally and spiritually if that is ones bent. I approach trading with similar mind set and use a mantra which I adopted from the excellent Mihaly...

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Ditto but I do stay flat in front of a FED announcement.

I imagine Bezos needed a brick and mortar infrastructure for his food delivery biz. WF has made some mistakes but they are known for quality and tasty foods which positions Bezos nicely in the space.

Having your account wiped out is only one scenario amid a Black Swan event. Another is you are positioned WITH the move, there is also a strong possibility you are flat waiting for an entry signal. Another possibility is the exchanges break all the trades.

...or a chorus of anonymous posters.

Amazon has the capital. They also recognize no boundaries with regard to expansion.

Kroger took a hit on the news.

Yeah...14 billion dollar valuation, what losers. I remember when they were a single health food store in Austin.

"He who knows others is wise He who knows himself is enlightened" Laozi

I keep a journal of all my signals AND all my takes during each day. While trades may tend to take longer to eventuate during certain times of the day, I find no W/L differential. If I did, I would adjust but the other posters are correct....study YOUR stats.

Had them about 20 years ago, terrible feeling. I went to the ER and was told that they were panic attacks and I could go upstairs and wait to see a shrink. Knowing that I wasn't about to die was half the cure and made an appointment with my Internist that week who prescribed Klonopin. I took...

If your system has a positive expectancy, the more qualified and defined signals you take, the more money you make. The only time I step away is if I am feeling out of sorts or just tired and distracted or just in the mood to go do something else.