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Stu, Something that apparently whizzes right by many of the posters on this thread, including yourself, is that when you discuss or debate, you're supposed to respond to the points raised. Archimedes did not respond to my argument, which is fine by me. You did not either. And that's fine as...

Saying that we are in disagreement is different from saying that I don't get it. I can accept the former, not the latter. I find it sad that you will not precisely debate my logic, just because you disagree with my conclusion. But of course, you are under no obligation to do so and you owe me...

I believe we ARE discussing exactly the same thing. This is how you see it: You believe you once had all the 'qualifications' to be saved and were saved. Now you don't believe. Therefore that poses a problem for theologians, particularly Calvinists, who by the P in the TULIP argue (and...

Is that the best you can do? Your reasoning is weak, and as long as you choose to disregard the two verses I presented you and are incapable of refuting the logic I presented based on those two verses, I will continue to believe that you deluded yourself into believing that you were once saved...

You did not take on my argument which was based on John 3:5 and 3:18... but I am not surprised, because your writings show how hardened of heart you have become. Instead, you throw in the red herring of predestination and calvinism and build a straw man response... I will try one more time...

Archimedes, Although you are no longer a believer, I am sure you remember this passage quite well: “ 1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from...

lkh, You were not born again, I assure you not. Anyone who is so filled with a spirit of deception and who is likely just inches away from the unpardonable sin could not have experienced a genuine new birth. The blasphemy you engage in against Christ (including posting and using his Holy...

Met Tony Saliba back in 03', little guy, reminded me of Asterix (but with black hair). He was quite friendly overall and I noticed he had a real sense of drive/intensity to him, a real hard worker.

I'm not surprised that many of the previous posters use a simplified (but nonetheless very effective I'm sure) approach to MP, using the S/R as guidelines. But my main point of contention was that there are few adherents of MP who can actually explain the philosophy/application of the technique...

See the previous post as a good example of the above. Although I'm sure Hispatrader only means well by his comments.

I haven't read some of the popular books on the topic, but from what I've gathered from the web and some threads here, it seems that people who can convey the principles of MP in a clear and helpful way are hard to find. Practitioners tend to be nebulous in their descriptions although it is...

B1S2, If anyone has doubts over whether scaling out should be a part of their plan, then they should not be trading imo. This is because anyone who intimately understands their winning and losing trades will KNOW whether to scale out or not. For ex, if you've studied your trades and know...

Hi Skippy If you really have a 70% win rate, I'd tell you you have a decent shot at consistency. However, it seems that to get to your 70% win rate, you have to sit through adverse moves larger than 1.25 points as your method/conditions dictate... And therefore just based on this fact alone I...

I guess it would help to know if those who lost big either: a) Knew they did not have an edge b) Did not know they did not have an edge c) Were sure that they had an edge while they were in the process of losing those large amounts Although maybe someone could argue that even...

Hmmm, I wonder what you would say to Michael Jordan who didn't make his high school team, and then came back to make history.... If you are going to argue success, survivorship bias is not the key issue, the real issue is whether the guy standing after all the dust has cleared is there...

Not sure if there's any use other than to reinforce what Douglas teaches, that is the concept of taking every trade and not worrying about the random outcome of any one trade. I agree that the graph might look different if he used negative figures, but I guess what I'm puzzled by is this...

If you are alternating between massive gains and losses at random, then the curve should not grow exponentially correct? If I'm not mistaken this is what the mathematician cannot explain. What am I missing?

To anyone/everyone struggling with consistency, check out this article... I think it has deep implications for systematic/method traders and reinforces the principles taught by Mark Douglas in a beautiful way... Note especially that the mathematician cannot explain why the curve grows...

Gusty If it's not fear then it's an emotion that I've never heard of before. From a few of your posts I get the impression that your trading has only a few vague rules/guidelines that your mentor taught you. That's great but more than likely insufficient to give you the confidence to trade...

Bolter, 5P owes you nothing. He doesn't have to prove anything to anyone and you are not obliged to believe him. It's rare enough for someone's posts on this board to have some value, and invariably that always leads to someone coming up with a 'challenge' for whatever reason. Why does...