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I was "lucky" enough to have been a research assistant at Dean Witter in 87 & 89, while in college... I saw the immediate direct effects of over trading by my senior manager who "managed" to wipe out a handful of accounts through both of those rocky years. I was just entering the fray of...

IMHO... there is a tremendous amount of good information in this post.

Research trumps replying to posts with no substance... this is Elite Trader not DailyFX. You're assessment of the original point equaling "bull-shit" seems to contrast one's need to "control your emotions". If this post lit your fire you must be pretty new to the job. "Trading is...

FMR... sorry for the lazy late reply. I'd suggest two books to get started, one small, one big, both exceptionally notated with additional research. The Little Book of Behavioral Investing - J.Montier Advances in Behavioral Finance - R.Thaler These will help you lay a foundation and...

"Profitable" day-trading appears to be hell on your teeth... I'm not conivnced.

This should be post of the year... Five stars.

Whenever I'm conducting research I know I need to keep the belief bias in check and this requires looking for good research that also contradicts my work. It's been a while since I originally downloaded the paper mentioned above (Using Genetic Algorithms... KA 1999) so I spent some time using...

It was my understanding that you could be an AP of multiple firms with specific restrictions. http://www.nfa.futures.org/nfamanual/NFAManual.aspx?RuleID=RULE%20207&Section=8 It can't hurt to call the NFA and verify that your situation is compliant.

In the last few years I've seen a lot of discussion centered around the psychology of trading. A quick perspective. 1. The discussion of the psychological aspect to trading is rarely written by someone with any experience in that medical field. They have all kinds of opinions on how this or...

I've always tried to be thorough in my testing. But like anything there is always room for improvement. The trick is to find the balance between spending a lifetime researching/testing and rushing a model to market. I've been reviewing some of the initial research I based the first trade...

I'm a professional trader and licensed CTA... so this seemed appropriate. That said, I could care where the thread is...

The Long Road Ahead... Not going to bore anyone with my experience or my goals. I've been around long enough to be suspicious of just about every claim, have an opinion on just about every statement, to be more than a little jaded, and genuinely disappointed with the status quo of almost...