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No point. Just got tired of imparting my great wisdom and needed some entertainment. And nobody is more entertaining than you are when provoked:) But I now see the error of my ways, and will cease and desist from busting your chops. Faster, you are a good soul. Behave yourself and life...

Dude, when I read Darkhorses posts, I have a special pair of Hubble glasses. I can't keep them here at home, because my insurance carrier will not cover them. I have them specially escorted in an armored truck whenever I need them. Which is essentially only to read Darkhorse's posts, or to peek...

Nope, you are 100% correct. I guess I got a little delirious. It was ME that had my mind adversely affected by trading. Sorry for the mixup!! :)RS7

Uh oh, I gotta get my reading glasses back from the shop. I just KNOW this is gonna get a less than brief response from Darkhorse:) :)RS7

OK, I broke a promise. Who hasn't?:) But I also promised FPC that I would continue to make fun of him. So I was torn between two promises. Believe me, I agonized over this decision for many nanoseconds. :)RS7

A Mind is a Terrible Thing! Trading can cause brain damage! Witness: Here is FPC last March: Here is FPC now.

Great post Gordon. Your usual standards of eloquence have been surpassed.

Faster my man. Anything I can do to make you happy.....well just let me know. (can I still tease you though?) :)RS7

Good luck to you too. Sounds like a good decision and a fun opportunity.

CarlErikson and PlumLazy and ElCubano (in the following thread. this is a first edit:) just confirm the same stuff. So for the newer traders, just try and keep this stuff in mind. It's the whole purpose of this thread. Good luck to all! Don't know if there is anything left to say...

Rigel, I did the same dumb stuff at about the same time. Maybe we did it together.:) Once time we tied a bomb to fifty of so helium balloons and let it rip over the water. But the wind changed and it blew up over a college football stadium during a game. Scared me straight!!! It's a...

I agree. I truly believe that the unavoidable streaks of bad "random chance" lead to "bad mental attitude" and if you don't take a break, you will cause a break. There are no "good psychiatric drugs" to my knowledge. Good post. Thanks. A welcome relief. :)rs7

Yeah, he was Slowhand before Clapton:)

Actually yes. My therapist told me it would make me feel better and help me get off the drugs. OK? Also, it lets me practice my spelling and punctuation. Give it a try. Maybe it will work for you too. Thanks for the post. :)Rs7

I use Redi Plus, which has a montage (like level 2) with NYSE and all ECNs. I have yet to see where a better price would be shown for NY stocks than on NYSE on ISLD. Other than off hour trading (in which case I will mostly use Instinet, rather than ISLD), it seems futile to me to try and...

More about cutting short losing streaks. I truly believe that we all actually know that when we press when we are losing that it is an act of self destruction. Obviously we don't see it as such as it is happening in real time. It always seems then that if we do not try and fight back, then...

Tell me a Clint Eastwood action flick without great lines.... You know in Colorado they have a statute called the "Make My Day" law.

Hey Dark, this is MY CALL! I just call 'em the way I see 'em! If I say you are Great, well who the hell are you to argue? Have a little humility! And don't call me "Dad", cause I happen to know that your momma don't dance and your daddy don't rock and roll. But I do!! :)Rs7

Best line....Eli Wallach: I go, I kill him, I be right back!

So the boss is now asleep. OK, back to the art of losing. Tell me you never had a bad losing streak and I will tell you you're a liar (to paraphrase the late great Jim Morrison). We all have them. It is just endemic to what we do. The very best traders seem to actually have the very...