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I like this old saying.. Chew the Hay, Spit out the sticks...

Very true.

I have one question with regards to this. Is education something you get in college or is it something you pursue in life.... My Kids are encouraged to achieve education regardless. They know they can go to college and it's paid for. They also know they don't have to if they dont want to...

2 opinions. diverging... Desire vs discipline.... Thanks for proving my point. If you dont have the desire to complete college, you wont... Desire, however does not create discipline.

Desire trumps discipline if you believe in execution. I went to college to make my FAMILY happy. I left because I wasnt happy. I had a lousy 3.5 because I was so unhappy. My desire was for what I do today. Music and trading. 2 years after I walked away from college I started trading. I...

SO smart they are dumb....

Agreed. If you can envision it, you can program it.

Heard of it and accepting the term for trading are 2 different things. On the other side, have you ever heard of trade sizing.... Let me explain myself. Ever since I was 6 I have understand and lived by this one phrase. Proverbs 13:2a "A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth:"...

Link me to the specifics...

As far as I know, merril doesnt do futures or forex. There stock commissons are $29.95 Unless something has changed. Citi is most likely the only real alternative that wont kill you...But I dont know the commission structure. I stumbled upon the FX side back in April when checking who...

I met all my friends at Church.. They had their degrees and "GOOD JOBS," I had my Businesses.... I was never envious of them, but they sure were of me....

The longer I trade the more I hate the words Gambling and Bet. I have written Money management system that tells me how much ot commit to a trade at any given time. It has served me very well. Definitely has kept me in the market and not off watching charts and hoping. If grains scare you...

That sounds about right to me. LOL. It's still the trader....

Someone will ALWAYS find something to complain about. ROFL!!!!!

Reaver and OldTrader.. You guys provide wonderful comedy as I wind down for the weekend. LOL. Enjoy the new year.

IMO ags are easier to trade than Indices... To me that is.

Doesnt matter. I use TA for my entry choices, but I watch the price action for my decisions.... I dont know how to explain it, but I get a feel for it.

Aside from today, I havnt been DOWN courtesy of IB this year. The only other issue was the random pink outs back in April.... But nothing like today. at least I could track my positions even if I couldn't execute.

Day traded during the summer, swing trading now.

Double check your strats.. I traded Soy and Corn successfully this summer and I am trading them successfully now.... To be honest, they were more volatile from March till July than they are now.