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I'd say the things to watch for have nothing to do with trading. They are more like the problems you would have with roommates: someone doesn't pay their share on time, someone ends up owing, someone says they shouldn't pay for this or that, a member or two drop out and the rest now have to pay...

Tharp's quoted as saying that this "random entry" system had a 38% reliability (and he traded it for how long?). If I were entering on a completely random basis, and given the best trade management in the world, I'd still sure like to see more than a 50% win ratio just for the sake of my nerves.

Too bad no one sells a gizmo that when you run across someone who is willing to sell you their product/service for more money if you don't take the money-back guarantee, the gizmo's red lights go crazy and the Ah-Ooga buzzer goes off. Maybe Ron Popiel can take that on.

That's not what it says at all. He wrote, "it made money 100% of the time when a simple 1 % risk money management system was added." Emphasis is mine. And then you have to also consider how many times the system was traded, and he doesn't say. Interesting is to do a search on Tharp's forum...

inandlong, Jack's recently posted some docs that pertain to futures, what do they have to do with the short term method you've been posting about?

Got me wondering: if not orientating a scanner's jpg output is asserted as direct evidence of disrespect, what then is classifying someone's trading notes as "scribbles"?

traderkay, I understand you were in attendance for, what was it, 2 or 3 days or parts of? in Jack's group but finally had to be kicked out because of your interrupting with harrassing remarks. You used that opportunity to not be serious, like the others in the group, but to taunt Jack. I hear...

Wait a second. I'm a analogical minded idiot. We may go round in circles. What it is you are misunderstanding may better be answered by discretionary traders who know why they are more skillful than those who are not. But be forewarned, I believe what they know may not exactly be rendered in...

db, well put. I do see why you write what you've written, except for that part of me that I may want to be mr. market's standard bearer. I personally came to the conclusion that he didn't have anything much to offer.

My contrary views? What happens if I agree with you, you'd no longer wish to hear from me? I agree that "mechanical system strategies" such as yours can be 7 lines in length. But that's not what I was writing about. To quote myself correctly, I didn't say "mechanical system strategies" such...

I apologize ahead for the length of this post, in answering the points dbphoenix raised, I found I couldn't contain my answer to one page... OK. Done. Agreed. Jack being easy to comprehend or not officially no longer an issue. I suppose you're right that not only Jack but everything anybody...

What were you doing stop-wise that was not working as well, and what or how did you change that for the better?

electron, dbphoenix and inandlong, and everyone else, my thoughts: "exits are a work in progress" means that nwb is working on it, doesn't it? You know, simply because a method is being taught, and being taught in progressive realtime at that, does not mean that everyone is up to speed at the...

That's my take on what grob109 is posting. I'm a newbie when it comes to futures so pardon me if my next question seems fundamental. I see quick rapid flips back and forth between ask and bids that instantaneously reverse who the small group is and then just as quickly back again. This "be on...

I'd suggest that if one isn't reading grob109's posts through anti-hershey eyes, the resulting missing flame barrier orients the reader to relate from a neutral basis.

My questions to you are, if your friend told you that he can make tons of money in a few weeks and is sporting around in a new Mercedes, 1. Why are you asking others if this is possible? Do you have reason to doubt your friend? 2. Why are you asking others as to where you can learn more...

Well, that's what the reference books say. Platonian philosophy crept into late Hebrew and late Christian theology. The leading religious sects at the time of Jesus were being hyper-criticized by Jesus, so I think the Bible paints a picture that these religious leaders were on the wrong side of...

Cutten, your post was excellent.

OK. Here's one. I don't want this to become a sermon, OK? But you asked, so I'll respond. You'll see the Hebrew word for soul is "nephesh", and according to Strong's, means "a living being, the person himself", for example. The point is that this "nephesh" in scripture is always associated...

Because human nature being what it is, people fundamentally do the opposite of what they should do. In this case, they hope the manager will perform as in the past, despite the evident and logical warning to the contrary. Besides, what would Money magazine, Kiplinger's and Smart Money do if they...