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All the opens are matched up to the prior close, so I would say that chart is right up your alley, Jack.

Since you are the biggest cheerleader here, I think it's appropriate that you should get funded by this firm. Or is it getting a "job" with the firm, as Mike the owner emphasized that the combine is a job interview. Moreover, I think you should be given a waiver on the combine thing. Your...

Why would you ass/u/me that the person would never pass the combine outside of the strategy I suggested? Of course my strategy is intentional. It is based on how the stock indices operate and focused on the goal of getting funded. I make the assumption that a person paying for the combine...

I know you are in competition with him, but this is not about Surf. LOL I don't want to personalize it so that's probably why you think I'm not answering your question. Let me try again. You keep bringing up the purpose thing. What purpose does it serve to fund someone and just send him...

That is a null hypothesis. Surf did get knocked out. He got knocked out by the rules of the game in place. Therefore, I cannot answer your question of what he does when he goes live. I can, however, respond to the underlying assumption that you make, which is that a person who gets "lucky"...

No, man, we aren't arguing different things. You are saying that a person can meet the objective criteria (profit $3500, within loss limits, etc.) and you support Patak denying funding to that person based on nonobjective criteria. I'm saying that's not cool and makes the situation ripe for...

Say what??? I went through college cramming for exams and forgetting it all. Am I "uneducated"? LOL. If not for the possibility of funding, why pay for a combine? To learn how to trade? LOL No doubt the people profiting from the combine fees would love for that meme to take hold. A...

Michael, I'm not following you. Maybe I am missing something about the combine rules to get funded. The objective is to meet the profit target of $3500, correct? If a person can do that in a couple of trend AM sessions, what is the problem if he washes to avoid risking the met objective in non...

The combine is a game. A straightforward plan to win would be to hit $3500 reasonably quickly and then just do wash trades the rest of the days. There are no bonus points for exceeding $3500. Since 30 days are allowed to trade 10, and off days need not be announced in advance, one strategy...

I thought the profit target was $3500 in 10 days with a $50,000 account. You almost had it yesterday.

Current bid on Romney is 500@2.30 and offer is 2@2.33. If I'm reading the percentages right, a "5 banger" would mean that Romney would win the election. It ain't looking too good for that to happen.

She is cute. I don't understand the bounty, though. She is evidently already married to a man.

A lot of useful things helpful to trading can be learned from nontraders: computer hardware, software, programming, nutrition, physical fitness, relaxation, etc. Some knowledge about trading can be learned from people without regard to their trading level: order types, margin changes, new...

I like to group trading with other nonphysical, skills-based activities. With sports, a person can have an elite insider's understanding of how to play the game but be unable to play it physically. Success in sports is ultimately about physical performance. With trading, the game is entirely...

I suspect that a lot of the "educators" come from this group. They know enough to talk a good game but are not good enough to sustain themselves by their own trading.

I doubt that more than 1% are extracting their lifestyle needs from trading, and it is probably less than 1%, maybe 0.5% or less. The 5% figure is bandied about but I'm fairly certain that is way too high. True, for any given day/week/month/etc. 5% or more may end up profitable, but it is hit or...

Sorry, I won't be attending. I was just there in May and already made the rounds to various drinking establishments, including the Carnegie Club. Fabulous weather then and I was wearing my usual attire: jeans, tee and sneakers, and I was asked at the door if I had other shoes. My friends were...

Got it. Thanks for the clarification.

My dear Surf, When a writer specifically addresses a person in the message, it is normal for the person addressed to read the message as intended for him. This paragraph is meant to serve as an example. Regardless, I will still attend a Surf fest in Vegas if you decide to hold it there in the...

Perhaps I misunderstood what's going on here. I admit I skipped a chunk of posts in this thread. I saw that the combine was being offered to ET at large and wasn't aware that the offer was directed at a particular segment of ET.