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You should contact the forums of the charting software or broker forums you're using to post the same info about your location so that you can meet other traders or potential partner from the Seattle/Tacoma/Everett/Kirkland area. Also, you should post adds at nearby campuses on the bulletin...

I think you meant to say that those trading from home as a retail trader or in an environment when there's no other interaction...its a lonely profession. In contrast, traders that are professionals and trading at a financial institution...its not a lonely profession. I think retail traders...

With your background...why are you not trying to get a job on the professional side at an institutional trading firm instead of going retail ??? In addition, why didn't you attend a university that had a trading room for its business/econ students or why not go to such at your age (back to...

Out of curiousity, why didn't you use the profits from those 10 years of making money consistently to go back to school to pay for a new education to become an engineer, medical professional, journalist or even a hedge fund manager running billions ??? You could have continue trading (part...

You're young in your mid 40's but you do not mention your family. Therefore, I will assume you're single and living alone. What motivates me would motivate me if I worked as a store clerk at a grocery store or if I worked as a lawyer in corporate law... My family is my motivation as in I have...

I do not know the settings of your MAs, Bollinger, Stochastics and etc...on what time frame tested, on which specific markets and for what tested period (e.g. start to end). Also, I do not know what type of settings in your money management modules you used. In addition, I do not know if such...

It would be subjective if there's no rules for entry, trade management and profit targets and without any market context (structure). Reason why some will have positive expectancy in their backtests while other have a negative expectancy in their backtests. Another variable usually not mention...

He destriero, What are the taxes like (%) in the IRA versus trading outside of the IRA ? I don't pay taxes in the U.S. but I keep coming across more and more traders trading from within their IRA. Thus, there must be some sort'uv advantage for doing such. wrbtrader

Regardless, my point is this...if you're truly rewinding back to the way you traded 15 years ago in which you were profitable... Did you in fact use the RSI indicator and were you using Japanese Candlestick Analysis ??? wrbtrader

I didn't say Doji was an indicator. In contrast, I referred to it as Japanese Candlestick Analysis. Regardless, my point is this...if you're truly rewinding back to the way you traded 15 years ago in which you were profitable... Did you in fact use the RSI indicator and were you using Japanese...

If you're rewinding back to using just price moving averages (one indicator)...why does your charts have RSI indicator and you're talking about Doji's (Japanese Candlestick Analysis) ??? wrbtrader

Yes but only part-time (skiing, hunting, vacations with children, 3-4 day weekends, re-energize). Won't share the info about "where is this place on earth" especially in a public forum...secluded place in France, secluded place in South Dakota and secluded place in Québec. These places are...

It depends on the trader. Some successful traders have another job to pay for their healthcare & insurance needs. For example, I know a particular successful trader (he's 35 years old) and still has a part time job to ensure his wife has proper health care because his trading is not able absorb...

Its not about gurus telling you something about how hard trading is... Seriously, review your posting history at this forum and what you were telling other members that are not gurus and giving you advice. You had some problems and realize there's a lot more involved in trading than just...

Depends on the stadium and/or sport being played in the stadium...the ones that are multi sport stadiums. Most sports teams have a forum for fans and you can discuss issues like this among many other issues involving the team, players and stadium...the forum may be by the club or a fanatic...

Of course there are many traders with an end of day exit parameter...if they're profitable why are you not trying to duplicate thteir exit strategy when in fact you stated you trade with no profit targets ? wrbtrader

The cost of living will keep you in the poor house. In fact, if you make 1k per month while living in San Francisco...you'll be homeless or sleeping in your van that's coverted into mobile house. I guess you forgot about the cost of living (e.g. food, rent, taxes, student loans and many other...

You profitable, losing or just slowly growing your account over the past 10 years ? Have you thought about doing a combine or prop firm to help with funding your account to the level you want it to be ? wrbtrader

Wow...so you've been trading (although on simulator) without designating profit targets (what it should be) prior to entry... That implies you're trading via an incomplete trade strategy which also implies you're trading via a trade method that's not backtested. Someone that does the above on...

They will lose consistently if they try to predict price direction along with having an attitude not suitable for trading. Traders like you shouldn't be encourage to continue trading but the markets will love you once you can put real money into the markets. In contrast, you should be encourage...