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Yawn...Wake us up when you put on your first trade....

Hey,in no way is that meant as an insult. And that's before I knew of your timing...:)

LOL!!!! Ild ask,but the Earth Buffoon mercifully blocked me.....

OK,you are an investor..no need to explain more

Quite possiby, the DUMBEST thread ever.....

So you believe the Kelly/Modified Formula is a joke?? Still do not understand why a stop loss is a poor way of managing risk ? As a value investor I totally get it,but not for swing trading... Whats your preferred method of "risk management"..??

Very odd post.. Stops suck,but you use them as you are a swing trader?? Of course they are a cost of doing business ..So is health insurance.. My post is one of the few posts ( maybe someone discussed Kelly)on this thread which actually puts some numbers behind the madness. Of course one must...

have you read Minervini "trade like a Stock Market Wizard" ? Chapter 13 is on Risk management and fairly interesting and relates to PRM.. The first think that needs to be discussed is compounding.Its a huge part of being a successful trader,and also a large double edge sword.Simply put,if you...

Quick glance,it certainly appears that way, doesnt it?? Keep in mind,its a quiet low vol market and I am guessing implied correlation is low

Hmmmm...coukd superior judgement be an edge??? :)

Kelly is great,if you can somewhat accurately predict the probability distribution in advance... If that were so easy,there would be a ton of very rich vol traders.... Proper risk management is obviously a key element of successful trading,but its no easy task,and certainly not the only...

so,by your definition,you can take a system.discretionary or not,positive expectancy or not and make it profitable by letting profits run and cutting losses.... Good luck with that

And we need to make the distinction between trading and investing, which the OP did. Regardless,There is no 1 single miracle cure

Cmon,now you are just trolling

Sure if it helps you sleep at night, why not??? :)

Yeah,pretty sure Simmons did ALOT of optimization of stops before coming up with big mathematical models :)

Why would you choose to buy puts or call instead of trading the underlying?? And why flip to spreads when you were trading naked long calls or puts?? Why not do the exact opposite of your losing strategy?? ( rhetorical question,I know the answer) Sounds like you are a directional trader. If...

Why dont you start a journal with live calls??

Scat, your method may be spot on,but your delivery is awful..... With all due respect,you come across as a charlatan..

Do I dare to like your posts at the risk of getting blocked??? Shits getting real