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My father grew up on a farm, but we were raised in town. When I was about 4 and my brother ~6, my dad wanted us to have the farm-like experience of growing a few chickens and then killing and eating them. Make a man out of us, I guess. When it came time to wring the neck, my dad held the head...

I'm older... hope I live long enough to see it also!

At some point "the people" may do a french revolution thing... Stand up and move on the wealthy. "The people" can lose tolerance of lawyers and anybody else who assumes they are stupid. ...but this can play out in ways that are good or bad. We are getting a kick in the pants. Good can come...

My first paid for mentor was working for a big name in teaching finance. I don't know that she was consistently profitable, in fact, I doubt it. She claimed it was illegal for her to show her personal trading results. I had some others I paid for. Watched Al Brooks trading room for a month...

Anton Kreil had a series on the BBC. Another example: The "Turtles" had a working system laid out for them in detail. In both cases many traders refused to follow the rules/plan. People who have a working system can give it out and 90+% of people will not follow those rules. Will not...

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Me too

I agree totally... and trading successfully does go with increased self knowledge and growth. And there are few barriers to trading other than getting one's self out of the way. As RedNeck put it once.

5 schools... actually, that is about right!

I grew up in a small town in Arizona... ~7000 people. We had about 30 churches... and about 30 bars. Obviously a well balanced place.

Awk... gambling. There are long discussions on it as traders. Most consistently profitable traders I know personally don't think of what they do as gambling. Although they would not argue with anyone about it -- not worth their time (other than to pass time on ET!) . But everyone knows you...

TA works. It's math. No question. But not in a vacuum. All the TA in the world won't help if you can't/don't accept uncertainty. And understand expectancy as opposed to win rate. And learn to deal with decision fatigue. And... and... and... All of which takes time to grow into.

Certainly don't disagree with that. Trading in almost all aspects is a very personal thing -- what works for one may not work at all for another. There is another factor at play for about half of people trying to trade... https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/irlens-scotopic-syndrome.333900/...

Sure, there is an adjustment to make. But I've done it before.

I have one trading idea that I have been sim trading in real time for close to 2 years. With insights, tweaks, and improvements it started looking good after about 1 1/2 years. I will run with it live soon. When you think of the potential profits from trading, and how few are successful...

Irlen Syndrome (also referred to at times as Meares-Irlen Syndrome, Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome, and Visual Stress) is a perceptual processing disorder. It is not an optical problem. It is a problem with the brain's ability to process visual information. While it is primarily in 10 - 15% of...

Mark, I understand health issues, and have had a pancreas thing also. Tho mine was from gangrene that dissolved a third of it. Still have chronic pain, among other ongoing symptoms. Health is one part of why I trade. Many other traders on ET have a variety of health issues. I also started...

Are you done with trading? At least for the present? Or looking for a different way to approach it?

What kind of trader are you/do you want to be? Discretionary, automated, day trader, swing... some combination? Are you pretty much a beginner? In a systems development phase? Sounds like that is where you are at...

That is actually kind of hard to answer. Some of the things I wish for most ...better health ...to talk to my best friend from college who passed ...are not going to happen. Tho I do my best with the health thing. If I had a magic lamp and 3 wishes it would be for friendship first -- a lot...