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After every flight, pilots fill out a form called a gripe sheet, which conveys to the mechanics problems encountered with the aircraft during the flight that need repair or correction. The mechanics read and correct the problem, and then respond in writing on the lower half of the form what...

A seaman meets a pirate in a bar, and they take turns to tell their adventures on the seas. The seaman notes that the pirate has a peg leg, hook, and an eye patch. Curious, the seaman asks "So, how did you end up with the peg-leg?" The pirate replies "I was swept overboard into a school of...

A woman calls her boss one morning and tells him that she is staying home because she is not feeling well. "What's the matter?" he asks. "I have a case of anal glaucoma," she says in a weak voice. "What the hell is anal glaucoma?" "I can't see my ass coming into work today...!! :)...

For a couple years I 've been blaming it on lack of sleep and too much pressure from my job, but now I found out the real reason: I'm tired because I'm overworked. Here's my analysis: The population of this country is 237 million. 104 million are retired. That leaves 133 million to do the...

This is what can happen when someone has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble... check out the last one!! DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN PRAYER DESPERATION: When you rearrange...

DHOHHI: Good points, short and sweet. Just as a simple comment, to #1 above, I would add: "... with a strategy I know well" and to # 2 above, I would add something to the effect that, although I'd like to take any size profit when I have it, I need to balance that against my current...

birdman, Choosing from your list, I'd say (1) trading strategy and (2) confidence/patience/perseverence/discipline... The first can be acquired through study, books, tapes, seminars, trial and error (lots of it) etc The second sounds simple but it takes a whole lot of bouncing around in...

The professor of a contract law class asked one of her better students, "If you were to give someone an orange, how would you go about it?" The student replied, "Here's an orange." The professor was outraged. "No! No! No!!! What have I been teaching you people all year? Think like a...

In keeping with the family tradition, Albert became a proctologist, after his father and grandfather, although he really wanted to be a car mechanic. But, he understood his family obligations and went along. Many years later, on his 55th birthday, he retired, closed his office and promptly...

Two young men were going door to door talking to people about their church. Right at dinner time, they knocked on the door of a woman who was not happy to see them. She told them, in no uncertain terms, that she did not want to hear their message and slammed the door in their faces while yelling...

The lady lawyer approached the jury box and began an eloquent plea for her client, “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I want to tell you about this man. There's so much to say that is good; he never beat his mother, he was always kind to little children, he never did a dishonest thing in...

There was actually a writers' organization in Chicago that held a yearly national contest for the best and shortest complete story - and by complete they meant with a beginning, middle and end, location, situation definition, character(s), plot with as much suspense as possible, etc. Maybe this...

Engineers and scientists will never make as much money as executives. Now a rigorous mathematical proof that explains why this is true: Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power. Postulate 2: Time is Money. As every engineer knows... Work/Time = Power Since Knowledge = Power, and Time =...

Steve, you must have an MBA in Marketing and Sales from, let me guess... Harvard? :)

I recently picked a new primary care physician. After two visits and exhaustive lab test, he said I was doing "fairly well" for my age. A little concerned about that comment, I couldn't resist asking him, "Do you think I'll live to be 80?" He asked, "well, do you smoke tobacco or drink...

1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon. 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained. 3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach 4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk. 5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent...

London Times, May 17, 2004: A German couple who went to a fertility clinic after eight years of marriage have found out why they are still childless - they weren't having sex. The University Clinic of Lubek said they had never heard of a case like it after examining the couple who went to...

Shay, Thanks for coming to ET and taking some abuse for it. Here's my question: If I can attempt to summarize what I read on your website and your statements here, as I mentioned in on of my posts, you say that in your daytrading chatroom you post real time signals with the following, more...

Well, the website does say things like "Our traders adhere to strict risk vs. reward ratios. We always aim to gain at least seven times our risk on every trade. If the potential reward is not seven times our risk on the trade, we look for the next perfect trade." Maybe the "secret" is in...

Totally agree on the exit part - it's key. Also, the stoploss is extremely important. I guess, the stoploss is part of the exit scheme. I have looked at trading services in the past that claim 90% accuracy, only to find out that their recommended stoploss is about 10 times their first...