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Nitro, I'm half cyborg, that's not a problem. Now the other half of me is also cyborg, and that is a problem. The miniscule moves that I am in on are nothing compared to the relatively large moves that occur when I am out. I like to scalp. I figure, if I was just in instead of sitting here...

easyrider, For me there sure is. Especially if I have worked really hard at something. It usually involves many mistakes and countless deadends. Then when it is all done I say, "It would have been easy if I had done it the right way from the start." Well, I can't go back in time and start...

Yeah, but if I made 18 points one typical day trading es, and then I had 180 untypical days where I either made or lost a few points, I can still say, "On a typical day I make 18 points." Right?

Any comments on always in (either discretionary or mechanical)systems? I have blown up more than one account using always in trading, but I think I personally could have possibly had a little more to do with the failure than the concept. I am looking for a psychological crutch to help me stay...

Pabst, As long as you have been trading, I doubt you have ever seen a "typical" day in the market your whole life! (maybe, "Hey, this kind of reminds of a day we had in the winter of '89.")

I'm kind of being sarcastic. Once I get it through my head that all these decisions are part of life, I quit trying to find something that will just make it go away, I embrace the complexity and I don't know, it just seems to make it a lot simpler for me.

The market chops 90% of the time. This isn't even debatable. I have read it in many books and on this site many times and especially heard it by trendtader system salesman. The only thing that is debabtable is some say it only chops 85% of the time. So now that we know one thing for...

cpo, could be, but then again, you can get your head handed to you all day long and the market closes up one point. Next day, same thing, after a week, the daytrader is complaining about the endless chop while the week trader is sitting on a 5 point profit. Interesting topic. Because it's all...

hey inandlong, You get the feeling that too many people just want to use an indicator so they don't have to make one more decision, and then after they start studying the indicator, they realize it presents even more opportunites for even more decisions they don't want to make, so then they go...

yeah inand, I read through all that just to get here to say the same thing. Nice post trade4. Alpha always has it together. I would like to be a fly on the wall sometime and listen to what goes on when he is not the smartest guy around. inand, can you imagine how dangerous we would be if...

The sad part about it is, what Gordon really wants is a challenge, something that will be hard for him to achieve. But everything he touches turns to gold almost effortlessly. So he sits in his mansion overlooking his cozy little casino on the shores of the tropical sea and creates this...

At one time, Gordon was the most notorious card counter in all of Las Vegas. After he was banned from virtually every casino in the world, he turned his talents to trading. After quickly turning his blackjack stake into a small fortune, he became bored with his easy success and opened a cozy...

right, now you and I, we are smart enough to figure out what is going on, but that is because we are among the few elite traders around here. Some, if not all, are not not as smart as us, so they need things to be spelled out for them. I am going to add this to my "It would be nice file."...

to make it more clear, If the ma can't take out a low by the upper band, or a high by the lower band, I would be hesitant to try to trade the chop. also, if a tag occurs near a price channel, that would to me represent possible increased risk in fading. another one is dmi crossovers that...

sorry esep, I missed your post. Oh well, maybe somebody will find something in my primer on discovering trends to disagree with me on. Yeah, I get it now. You are looking for a warning sign that the market is about to trend. lol! As far as chop indicators go I've had a small measure of...

certified, What you are asking is, "When should I take a profit?" If I knew the answer to that, I would know the answer to everything. It was the missing peice of the puzzle I started with and it is the missing piece I will be looking for until I suppose I finally decide that it doesn't...

trader okay, I just got an email from the merc. I posted it on the software forum. See if maybe that will work for you. I think I titled it Historical something.

esep, Nitro describes the current mkt very well. Lately, before it goes anywhere, it tries to buck and kick any trader off who tries to ride it. Moving averages do an excellent job of rating the trend. If you are not familiar with moving average crossover systems they are widely followed and...

That's a tough one. I think it might be the best, if not it's definately in the top ten (I'm talkin all time).

you tell em hardcash, we'll load our charts up with indicators if we feel like it, and we don't need to use other traders opinions as indicators to tell us our indicators are or aren't working. My favorite indicator is the TWII. When it is high or rising, it is always an easy time to make...