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    Acceptable Max DD?

    i haven't been able to dig up any long term performance reports either. i think part of the reason they're so hard to find is that there are actually so few of them that have managed to stay around for more than 10 years. size just seems to kill them off.
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    Acceptable Max DD?

    i agree. although i think that with the shorter term strategies, a 12 year performance record can be quite meaningful. especially if you know something about the strategy.
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    Peter King goes to far..

    i think this guy must have been using my posts as a guide to getting along with people... :D what a moron... so france disagrees (wrongly, imo) with the US position on iraq...ok fine. the last time i checked that was permissible wasn't it? i don't the differences of opinion get...
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    The Nasdaq bottoms today

    what are you talking about? deadreader called the OCTOBER 8 bottom.
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    Acceptable Max DD?

    you know, that doesn't really tell you a whole lot... THREE YEARS! it's nothing! show me a TEN YEAR (min) track record and i'll get excited...
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    FYI -- Terrorist Attack

    maybe some errant airliners?
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    Kill the uptrend, Georgie!!

    hilarious. libs are the greatest.. lol :D
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    I need career advice. Degree in Computer Enginerring?

    i like the saying, (paraphrasing) "in times of great change [which is basically all the time], it is the learners that prosper, whilst the learned find themselves beautifully equipped for a world that no longer exists"
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    importance...

    dg, i regard all those as very important. imo, you need to develop the ability to be aware of those factors at the same time. for me, any decisions i make generally are as a result of the combined analysis of all those factors, not any one particular. although i hold them all as...
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    What Time Frame Do You Use For Day Trading

    the wrong one! :mad: wil i EVER pick a good time to take lunch? sheesh. this starting to get up my nose. (u know, you hang around, nothing happens; you leave, and ---) lol
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    Worldco Do I really have to put up money?

    i heard they are now demanding capital from everyone...
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    (BD) Le'Ferve; Reminiscences

    yeah, i know dude, i was agreeing with you (essentially).. . (relax! can't a man post without being accused of ballbusting? :D) i just wouldn't have put it as "stocks cannot be manipulated"... cos by manipulating the perceptions, you are manipulating the stock... well, at least that's how i...
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    (BD) Le'Ferve; Reminiscences

    which, when you think about it, is actually the stock itself being altered. cos, let's face it, the stock doesn't actually have a life of its own, and neither is there such thing as "the market"...sales are just the outward manifestations of the particpants hopes and fears..
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    (BD) Le'Ferve; Reminiscences

    yeah, that's something i don't get. for all the wise old advice he gives, it's almost unbelievable how he didn't realize that "hmm, the market's telling me it's going up -- time to lay it all (and more) on the line" isn't that great an idea... and were those trades he took in reminscences...
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    What part of your subconscious motivates you?

    Harrytrader --> motivated by Conspiracy "your defences are on red alert at all times. everyone is out to get you (especially your system). you trust nobody. you have a deep seated desire to help your fellow man avoid the ravages about to befall humanity. ...must not rest until job...
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    What College courses to Take?

    african american studies and greek history.
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    The toughest trading year for veteran traders

    i haven't been trading since '00 (so i'm not a vet), but imho: 2004 (yep, ask all the folks that were crying and bitching about '02 -- they'd love to have it back.... shit, ask the folks that were bitching about '01, the'd LOVE to have it back...)
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    Good bet? im winning!

    no qqqs trades?
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    What part of your subconscious motivates you?

    it means you're the Loser type personality :D
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    The Nasdaq bottoms today

    dude, wake up! the man DONE it!
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