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Hmmm. In my former profession, I got some degree of recognition and people knew who I was. At first it was charming, and I soon learned that I was therefore always "on". It gets to be a nuisance when you can't eat your meal though because people want to talk to you, but it's nice that you have...

Thanks for the observation. My point was that successful women write articles about the fear of success. I found that interesting. Successful women, or men for that matter, while not being labeled fearful of success, may be battling other fears, nonetheless. Everyone has their demons. All in...

I was at the mall the other day and took a look at folks walking around. When will the "girlie" magazine have an article on the apparent fear of being in shape? Just kidding... but, seriously, these writers who write these articles, like the one about "fear of success". They come from little...

It's not an obsessional need, speaking for myself. mm stated some time ago to the moderator that he earnestly wished to discuss his methods. Rather than posts about hair, I've tried to honor that request, 'cause, who knows, maybe there's some something somewhere in him that would be good to...

No, I didn't overlook that. Never have. Same compounding truths hold true for all. We're all compounding as we go along. You still have no great returns, by comparison. Why do you feel the need to brag about such paltry returns? If you didn't have some need to, you obviously wouldn't. So...

Do you only consider the pretty girls you've kissed, or do you factor in the others... and don't say that you've never kissed anything other than a pretty girl. Assuming that you're being upfront about your trades, you're considering only the closed trades, but a total portfolio should factor...

Foremost, if you are found to be engaged in fraud, a business entity won't protect anything. Secondly, banks and financial institutions will probably require you to personally guarantee loans/notes despite their intended use by the corporate entity anyway. Thirdly, I suspect that if you file for...

Try: http://www.prophet.net/explore/sectorrankings.jsp

From another site, I quote: Here is the "Messenger Ad" fix. I use Windows2000 so hope this also works for you. Right click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE In the left pane, select plus sign to expand SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS. Then click SERVICES. Doubleclick the MESSENGER SERVICE in...

Would be about 100 years old.

A few people raised this point previously on what is now, (I think) a deleted thread. The 'Opportunity Lost' factor. If mm's methodology finds more winners than losers, as he claims, than instead of riding a position down 29% (or any such large loss) and waiting for recovery, a stop at a...

If the price opens above your profit target, and you believe your system's odds make it advantageous to follow the system and exit, yet you see the position still gaining... then nothing prevents you from using a small trailing stop to ride it up somewhat more before saying goodbye.

What happens if someone's dollar-at-risk-tolerance (let's term that "DART"), which is what you've described, far outweighs (or underweighs) the risk vs reward possibility for any one position? Wouldn't that be a poison DART if it's subjecting the account to unnecessary risk?

Metaphoric more than a metaphor, but it was extremely beneficial to my blood pressure to adjust my mind not to see wins/losses as anything more than 2 different outcomes, rather than as money. To harrytrader: yes, "the word is not the thing".

Wouldn't you have to look at more than just 10 current positions to make a determination on a method? So, have you ever looked into your method's MAE of losers vs gainers?

I'm getting lost in your explanation: How would you apply this concept of money velocity to long term position trades, vis a vis the concept of "letting winners ride"?

So, if you find your system profitable, I take it that those positions that did not "come back" are not enough of a loss to dent your gains enough, which is of course a personal comfort decision, that you are concerned about further performance or cost of opportunities lost. Therefore, wondering...

Yep. Crashes my system too. I was told to defrag then reinstall the latest version. Haven't done so because now my defrag stalls. Anyway, here's a great free program that constantly updates the latest database of known hijackers/popups/flash miscreants, runs in the background of your browser...

That would be a paraphrase of the thread originator's question if his question was, "Does the average *trader* make a living?" By asking if the "average guy" can make a living at trading, he's asking if someone along the mean in skills, smarts and resources can have what it takes to trade for a...

I read a study once citing that overall, markets don't move dramatically between the week's close and the week's open (Of course, if you're long the weekend and you get hit hard, then all the studies in the world won't make you feel better about it, but the reverse could happen too). The reason...