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Do you mean there is one particular thing that you know and I don't? If so, disregard this post. Otherwise I would like to know the metric you use to measure knowledge "about current events and culture" and also how you came to your conclusion about the distance between the two of us in the...

You are not American, are you? And you don't seem to read American newspapers or watch American TV either. While that is an admirable decision, let me clue you in on this one: George W Bush is currently the president of the United States of America. The post you are trying to trash was a...

I'm with you on this one. I'm just saying it is nonsense to reject a trading system just because it has a wider stop than profit target. On the contrary, you could argue that the instances where you are most likely to have a great amount of slippage are losing trades (stops). Therefore, it...

Insider trading seems to be illegal, but who says it is unethical? As for trading providing no service to society, neither does investing, being a CEO, an accountant, issung credit cards, insurance, advertising of any sort. If you narrow your view more and more, you could say the only...

While it is true that it all comes down to opinion, in this case there is physical evidence that certain types of music make people aggressive, depressive, unhappy, and dumb, whereas other types make them happy and more intelligent. For crying out loud, it has even been shown that plants grow...

What you are missing here is that if you have 80% winners you can afford them to be only 1 point and your losers 1.5 points: After 100 trades you get: 1*80 - 1.5*20 = +50 points

I'm sorry. I can't help you there. It is religion, not science. What you call evidence would be scientific evidence, and I can't give you that, just like you can't give me any evidence of your theory. We might know what it is like to not have been born yet, but I don't think that is any...

Trading is very much like music. It is an art form in that it can be taught and learned to a certain degree, but ultimate perfection you are either born with or (like 99% of the population) you aren't. It can consume you and fulfill you like good music, but most people will never experience...

What exactly do you mean by that?

Gordon Gekko, I realize you don't want to get into religious discussions today, but I enjoyed reading your explanation of death, and one really can't argue with it, but think about this: You could open your mind even more by accepting the fact that your view and a religious person's view...

It's not how many screens you have, it's what you do with them. You cannot look at more than 5 or 6 charts in any one given second anyway. And those fit onto one screen. The trick is to configure your software so that you can jump between charts as fast as you could move your eyes from one...

I know. I actually do that, too. Just wanted to offer him another possibility to think about. Sometimes I even use both these strategies for the same underlying at the same time. I believe this is what they call a "stupid". But it has worked quite well for me.

That's a very good point. I do believe religions are cults. What is your motivation? When you die, what do you want to have done in your life? And what do you think will happen when you die?

I can only agree. The greatest sin is exactly what we can see on this forum: Rejection of God due to feelings of mental of intellectual superiority. I don't think it's the worst kind of sin because it hurts God most, but because it is that very attitude which makes it so hard to accept one's...

I agree that charts would be nice. However, I am interested in a P/L journal, too. And if that's all we get, I will still keep reading this thread.

I completely agree. But the fact remains that most people choose the way of evil, i.e. don't stand up to the drives their genes impose on them (what a priest would call temptation). But every Christian already knows that and more: Namely that no matter how evil the things you do, you can be...

Unless you are talking about an out-of-the-money call whose expiration is half a year away. It can easily happen that the stock opens at 20, the call is .20x.35 at the open, then the stock goes up to 21.5, the call goes to .75x.80, a few minutes later the stock stalls and the call is back at...

Interesting statement he made in March. Animals are not altruistic because their genes love morality, they display altruistic behavior because it is part of a strategy that lets their genes survive and reproduce. You just have to keep in mind that the players in the game of life are not...

What happens if a clearing member cannot meet an obligation, let's say they are long S&P futures and the market crashes. Who takes the loss? Could it be me if I am short those contracts?