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(After skimming the links a bit :)) Behaviorial Economics / Finance seems more about trying to understand groups. As individuals at points of market decision, generalizations don't help much. Out of control emotions usually have negative consequences. For 20+ years I operated engineering...

Some links googled :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_economics http://www.behaviouralfinance.net/

Forming a strong opinion based on fundamentals, news, or price being "too high", "too low". Great advice - For me getting back to trading will be about being better organized. And about refining an approach that works. More than anything else, my pollution of this thread (fundamentals) shows...

Nicely summarized - Question on 1 & 2: Can you post any links to research? (I will google on my own when I have time). Bias? - Does this relate to personality types? Addictive behaviors? 3 is a gem - For me this has been a lesson learned only after repeated roller coaster rides. Emotion...

Great article on Frac - It's getting a lot of air play these days. Stock levels explain NG pricing in '08 but not really the '09 to '10 wash out. CL fundamental doesn't say a lot about CL's pricing. This is my last post on fundamentals (I promise) :D Uploaded with ImageShack.us NoD...

Of course - You must post pic's here. Then all the young engineers here can become love sick puppies. And the rest of us will just - :D

Both of those graphics are Z0 (Dec 2010) contracts - No adjustments required. I'm not a fan of roll over adjustments. I used to look at currency adjusted charts - That gets interesting :) I need to review fundamentals / internals on this situation. NG has a pretty strong seasonal component...

Hope I'm not too off topic here - Trying to reconnect to markets. Looking at long term charts in energy complex. NG is showing almost a $5 higher off set from pre-top pricing ('07), from present prices. In the same time frame pre-top CL pricing is showing about $15 offset below CLZ0. Yes - I...

Your perspective / mindset / intelligence /mental capacity / discipline / honesty / bravery / intuition / instincts resonate here. You've grasped and learned to use concepts in months which most can't in years. Keep working it. We applaud your journey. These markets are tough. BUT you are...

Interesting chart - The whole market looks like it took a nap waiting for the FED. Keep putting together winners. BR/ FMR

Great WS Propaganda for sure:)

The last time I thought about trading oil was $147. My brain kept saying something was really wrong. Significant XS liquidity - Hedgies selling cars to pension funds - Back month spreads way out of line in size / depth. I hope that's when all of you got big going short. I looked at it and looked...

Thanks so much Matcha for sending this along - More than order, engineers also love efficiency - I like the way you've laid this out - It makes perfect sense to me. You've made many wonderful points here and asked some good questions. I'm not sure where my answers lie as of yet. My previous...

Fib patterns are everywhere. Frost & Prechter (Elliot Wave Principal) do a decent job laying out the basic's. Fib's seem to be panned on ET, but if you read threads / journals many traders use them to identify useful S/R levels. Ratio analysis is the meat and potatoes of it. The intuitive brain...

Great thread - Great Charts - I've just started lurkin' here - Coming back to trading after a long break (life was too complicated - and I was smart enough to know I couldn't balance it all). My plan is to sim till I can get my head on straight, doing some live to cover overhead. BR/ FMR

You've got it backwards there are many followers here who need to say Thank You for this great journal. All your thoughtful, stimulating posts, and also for the great replies from the Legends of ET here. :D I'm working on re-evaluating / tailoring my approach and methods to fit my crazy...

...All I can say about that chart is I see a lot more in it than what you wrote. Your detail-less descriptions of X loss for Y trades and missed entries prompted me to post a basic chart (without analysis). My goal was to prompt you to discuss (and therefore think more about) what you have...

Congratulations on a winning week:) Anyone who reads your story here can't help but learn from it. I admire your willingness to: 1. Research methods and tirelessly work on your approach. 2. Ask your self hard questions and dig for their answers. 3. Avoid self criticism and self doubt...

09-16-10 10:29 AM Tough day in the market. Hard to get a position in from all the choppiness. 09-17-10 10:48 AM Frustrating day. Had multiple great entries that would have netted around $100 each. However, I was trying to aim for the big profits today. Didn't take reasonable exits when...

To feed the inner control freak of course. Also it's an elemental activity which takes full focus which makes it relaxing. :)