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The integrated self idea is a pretty interesting one. A big part of Jung's model as opposed to Freud's as well as certain Eastern philosophies. It seems like on a cursory read this guy is trying to demystify the drive we formerly could only describe in terms of metaphors and archetypes with a...

Bingo! Another hallmark trait of Endorphin Deficiency Syndrome is oversensitivity to pain. Anyone ever diagnose you with Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis/fibromyalgia by any chance? Does any of this sound familiar?: I actually looked up CFS a while ago due to some...

I did, and I appreciate at the degree of empathy you seem to have. The inactivity you mention at this stage for him is particularly accute, and he is very poor, so I am not sure if it will convince him or he'll even be able to get it. But I do know that he will be dead soon without something...

I suggested this to a friend who had ECT a year ago and is making suicidal overatures again. If there are no withdrawal symptoms for someone coming to it clean then maybe it can be that magic bullet.

I am a bit skeptical of a claim that genes become activated through psychological processes. There's a wealth of continental theory out there on these kinds of subject though. American academia typically doesn't delve much into theory/philosophy anymore, preferring to stick to clinical...

If you don't believe class, culture, the subconscious, etc. affect decision making then you're lacking some pretty basic education.

I agree with this. Most of my profits come from riding big trends after those rare breakouts or reversals. I learned to trade by scalping though, so I'm used to limiting my position size. When I've caught a real move, I'm hesitant to take on anything more than 4,000 shares, even when I can...

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no takers?

That random gap made no sense. Thoughts?

Maverick used to have a sketchy way of locking traders down by holding a percentage of their profits for a year (and then keeping it if they felt slighted). Seems they're switching to the non-compete, which has been effective in scaring new traders into indentured servitude at other firms. The...

Avoid that contract at all costs.

No medication works for me either, nor anyone I know. Alcohol and cigarettes are as close as it comes, but they're barely tolerable at best and obviously not worth a daily habit. If you're right, it's unfortunate, as I doubt there will be prescription opiods available to the masses for...

This is an interesting point. I had assumed only that double prints mean there's someone on the floor notifying the specialist that he wants to buy every time another particular trader buys, who is assumed to be hiding larger size, not whenever any uptick/downtick occurs. Didn't realize it was...

The moment you link your self-esteem to your P&L you set yourself up for that enormous drawdown when the market says X and your system says Y. You'll hold into that move against you for any number of reasons, then the next day/week you'll grind yourself down further trying to fight back your...

Thanks for the suggestion. I've tried stoch/rsi in the past without much success also, but I assume I need to do a bit more testing and tweaking to find out how to read them better.

I'm never sure about double prints indicating a go-along buyer following someone on the floor, because I see them occasionally when I print a few upticks/downticks. If a daytrader can cause a double print then how meaningful can it be?

I daytrade momentum breakouts but I constantly have to sit aside on days like today (7-7-06), when the market has no direction. I need to be more flexible with strategies when the environment is dead, since I can't predict when the market is going to behave like this. What indicators do...

Wee Man strikes me as the kind of guy who trades for the masculine image and blows his account when he loses his temper. I can understand people being polite in the face of death, but there has to be psychological issues at work for someone to defend systematic and criminal fraud that passes...

Yep