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I've played a few games of poker (and won some). Poker isn't really a game I like to play but many of my friends do so I just tag along. From my experience I can say that it's a lot easier to be patient playing poker than it is when trading. With poker, you don't have to deal with the emotional...

What is it with these 27's and 9's that keep popping up?

No, I understand what's he saying with those one word descriptions. Only because I can relate from experience. For newbies, one words are not enough to fully understand his meaning. Hence why I said he's being cryptic. I'm at the stage where the system design is finished. The next stage is to...

You seem to forgot about my first winning streak in early August where my account grew from $700 to $2100 in two weeks and is documented here: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=187235&perpage=6&pagenumber=209 The system works great, but wasn't good enough to counter...

Xspurt's comment isn't gonna help you much. He's also being cryptic, but that's how I like it. :). I'll admit that some of my breakthroughs were discovered by accident. Almost by pure chance or luck. It's not like Thomas Edison, where you can put in enough time to systematically test out...

I agree. Most people start out around 20k to 75k I think. I didn't think about that, but I can't change it now without a moderator. I think splitting it to: $10,000-$50,000 and $50,000-$100,000 is reasonable. Good idea. I could modify the poll to filter people who lost more than 50% of...

I was getting a haircut a few days ago and was chatting to the hairdresser about trading. She mentions she has a relative that started with a few millions and lost it all day trading. That really shocked me. Being that well capitalized and still losing it all. I've created this thread so...

I'm down $110 on five trades today. The stress is really affecting me. I was undisciplined and impatient and tried to trade pre-market today. But got out at breakeven on those trades. I tried to go short at the open, but the chop got me. Then I went on sims and started doing better. If I had...

Why are you getting out of medicine because of Obamacare? My opinion is that you are trading too many instrument. It's almost impossible to manage that many. Most or all markets pretty much behave similarly. So you just need to develop a good strategy and apply it to each market. If you need...

Here's the chart: How was my first and last trade? Should I have holded onto my short? What did I do wrong? What could I have done better today? Thanks.

Bad day. I'm b/e with a $5 gain on three trades. I'll be down after commissions are factored in. First two were losses. Last trade was a gain. I'm still trying out the new entry signal I've been talking about. I'm gonna post a chart in a little bit. And would like if someone could give a...

I'm down $40 on five trades. Being impatient and whipsaws were what cost me money today. I'm at least having less difficulties entering a setup using a mechanical entry signal instead of a discretionary one. And I'm getting out at my stops. Afterward, I went on sims and was doing much better...

I'm surprised with how fast this thread took off and the results of the poll is spitted at 50-50 which mirrors the 50% divorce rate in the USA. I suppose I might as well post this:

There was an article that claims most divorces occurs around the 4th year of marriage on average. And that around 70-75% of divorces are started by women. Furthermore, there's less sex after getting married. A lot of older men are telling me that getting married is not worth it today if you're a...

I'm posting the 127th reply just for the hell of it since no one is doing it.

Nice post. I think I read that somewhere, but I may be wrong. Rare posts like this is the only reason why I even bother to hang around elitetrader. Reading idiotic posts after posts was starting to drive me insane. I hope most newbies will ignore your advice. Thanks. :D Update: And your...

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2989977#post2989977 http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=ARNA&p=D&yr=1&mn=0&dy=0&id=p83095588841 Now I know how you trade. You sound like a ticking time bomb.

It's because my story is interesting. Reading about someone who is attempting something that hasn't been done before is more interesting than reading about some rich guy's journal who's already profitable. I've shown back in August what was possible with my system, so people know I'm not full of...

What are you rambling about? If you got something to say just say it.