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If the market were a harlot you would get what you pay for.

tsganngalt Try the dictionary. Look up character and then characteristic which was what this thread was about.

dblarrow I didn't say he wins more times than he loses. I clearly and specifically said he wins more than he loses. We all bring our biases . Be aware and be careful about them.

I agree murray but killthesunshine doesn't want to think. Probably a young person used to being spoon fed in what they call schools today.I gave him all he needs to swing trade but as usual he wants it all without effort. Here's another bit of advice that may look like a joke but is very...

TSGannGalt No.It is a characteristic (trait) not a description of a character.

All positions where money is or was involved. If you're keeping score total your portfolio value forget the IRS rules.

No Keep IT SIMPLE or you're STUPID. Smart ass. Do you qualify?

The most important characteristic of a single successful trader is that he wins more than he loses. He also is a member of a rather diverse group.

I'm a little slow but I don't believe that Jack follows the KISS philosophy.

Hey dummy. If it keeps going up keep it until it starts down. Never sell a rising stock. Never buy a dropping stock. Use that space between your ears to think logically. It ain't really hard to do. Especially at the level required for trading. Apologize for the unkind response. In a mood that...

We didn't lose jobs to the rest of the world. Our government gave them away!!!!!!!!. Deliberately or accidentally? That former great(?) President Franklin Roosevelt once said " There are no accidents in politics." Probably about the only thing he said or did that I agree with. However my...

Killthesunshine. Pretty straight forward. When you take a position you're dependent on the actions of other people to either make the price to go up or down. Your only control is how you handle the position after you are in it. You can get out with a small gain or loss. Or if you have a gain...

(Johnny Mercer / Harold Arlen) You've got to accentuate the positive Eliminate the negative Latch on to the affirmative Don't mess with Mister In-Between You've got to spread joy up to the maximum Bring gloom down to the minimum Have faith or pandemonium Liable to walk upon...

The value of the coin tossed. I never double down or try to catch up.I never change the size of the bet during a series.

"All profits are luck. Maximizing profits is skill. All losses are luck. Minimizing losses is skill. Therein is your edge." Heypa

Social security( a misnomer) is a government Ponzi scheme. Madoff was a commercial Ponzi scheme. A government Ponzi scheme discloses how they will screw you and then makes you buy into it. A commercial Ponzi scheme misleads you but no one forces you to buy into it.

The more you know the luckier you get. From your posts you were profitable for 5 years. If true why quit and start a thread like this unless just to stir the pot?

This is a typical govt operation. Really big hard to understand proposals sail right through, but if it's small enough that they(in charge) think they understand it they will nit pick it to death.

I'm sure both Bernanke and Paulson know what they're doing. I'm just as sure we don't know why they're doing it.

I voted wise. Have known too many people educated beyond their capacity to assimilate. They seem to have a compulsion to over analyze and over complicate situations.