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Well, you can't objectively quantify the depth of training just based on years, or the devotion an athlete <i>chooses</i> to bring to the table. The argument opposite my own is that excellence under pressure is genetic, and not a factor of training. Haven't seen any "resistant to stress"...

Nope. Read about how his dad trained him. Or according to the article: "Yet this belief in the importance of innate talent, strongest perhaps among the experts themselves and their trainers, is strangely lacking in hard evidence to substantiate it. ... Although nobody has yet been able...

I know OF them. My stance on them is self-explanatory.

You're talking about two different things: "capacity" (?), which you define as control under pressure, and excelling under pressure, which is vague. If you are a grandmaster you <i>by definition</i> excel under pressure. The article is describing a certain cognitive ability that comes from...

Well, really the American Dream was a <i>middle class</i> ideal that became a cultural norm after the 1950s. That's what these article writers are referrencing. Of course, wealth demographics are never stagnant and globalization will further erode the middle class dominance that has been the...

Eh, I am not interested in going into this further. Froth away at someone else :D (btw, I am American yes, but not by birth).

Interesting. Thanks for that.

Thanks andread!

The short answer is that you clearly do not know enough about the market you trade in and you are unwilling to devote the time, study and research to find out more. You will destroy yourself and you don't even deserve to wear pants in my presence. Turn off your computer or I will eat your...

Yeah, equality, that's it. I don't see anyone in the Economist article touting equality. You should know the typical libertarian slant the Economist has. I'm sure you must think those filthy, socialist, jackbooted scum from the Economist want you to raise your taxes and redistribute your...

Good, that's the beginning. A written strategy helps, though you may have keen intuitive skills for reading price action and thus can make it without rules. But that's rather rare. If you're tape reading only, without charts, you will know already when to stop taking signals. Otherwise it...

Then simply introduce it to us and let it stand on its own merits. We're not stupid people. Do not hide behind a facade.

Yeah, I noticed from the p&l thread that you take large positions sometimes, which seems different from most who post there. My max position size is 5k, and that's usually accumulated through a few market orders of a few 1000 shares and some small working of limits. I rarely take that size...

The trick? Don't work at a chop shop where you're trained to only jump at size :D

So it's the liqudity constraints that make it hard for equities, but not so in futures, so a large account in futures with a smart trader should be able to bypass the liquidity problem and better maximize their strategy. That makes sense to me, if I understand you right.

Yeah, I always try to watch how the real big hitters react emotionally, as that's my weak point (also why I'd never play poker). The good ones just deal and keep going, or they don't really see the numbers. I have to either walk away or lengthen my timeframe. The latter works decently, but...

When I was in an office without people under me, I was always the exact opposite. I never showed any emotion when I got spread down or something, while the guys next to me were banging on the desk and screaming. Honestly, the best trader on the desk would yell once, then go completely back to...

I am absolutely green when it comes to futures, so I don't know how the account size needed to make 1k a day would contrast to equities, unless you're talking about leverage. Whatcha mean?

I only take small size on Nasdaq for swing trading, so I don't have much experience with order flow. It actually surprises me that there would be any sweep at all on Nasdaq. How is that possible?

You've mentioned never using market orders before, but I never figured out why. Over the last several months I had been considering trying to change up, but the habit is so ingrained. Most of my successful trading came from my own experience and not mentorship, so there are a lot of...