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A good question will ellicit good answers. I don't compete against anyone, so don't care beyond getting meaningfully above break-even. How good I am? I try to treat people as well as I want to be treated and innovate how I can treat environment better year by year, small baby steps.

Technical glitches (more frustration and avoidance than angriness after many years of crappy tech). Flies in the room (maybe get more lamps?). Whatever broken interfaces brokers provide (so automate instead). Being angry and doing nothing about it is sign of immaturity.

Nail is better than screws or screws are better than nails? Hammer best for screws and screwdriver best for nails? Pick your poison now!

I said "breaks free", just as an illustration how it might be observed / interpreted / modeled after the fact. However, larger volume might make price stay in the area while it is happening, showing a sort of balance between buyers and sellers. The same can happen with lower volume, producing...

Larger volume might not be directional, so could lessen volatility until price "breaks free". Also, sophisticated players always try to execute trades without leaving apparent patterns of their intentions or moving the markets too much in their disfavour.

Proof of profitability? last year? this year? this minute? this second? What if they're not trading anymore? ...following their method? ...following an older version of their method? ...with flaws or discretion? alone or with assistant? same market / instruments? It'd just be unmanagable mess...

Stable profits over longer durations (10-20 years minimum)

People like to quarrel instead of trying to understand ;) If you have a chart or want to show what you're looking for, there are some here who have some degree of attention span. If not, that's fine too :D

If investing theres no monthly return as you need to hold onto positions. Maybe -3 - +3% on average with most months being red. More active could be -5 - -20% range or even less depending on activity level. Of course educators wont tell you this and you wont believe it either.

If investing theres no monthly return as you need to hold onto positions. Maybe +1-3% on average with most months being red. More active could be -5-20% range or even less depending on activity level. Of course educators wont tell you this and you wont believe it either.

Trading is like eating tasty dishes, just don't get stuck with the recipes. When I started out 7-8 years ago, I started here. In order to dispell the magic of indicators, it helps to know their formulas and common interpretations: http://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php?id=chart_school What you...

It's harder for men to take advantage of other men and vica versa (statistics), but I guess there's some probability for men to take advantage of women (leaders). Having a strong rump is no disadvantage when climbing organizatorial ladders, though I guess the usual powergames are enough in most...

The problem with any trade you take on is that PA can change in subtle ways after you entered. Sure, when you start noticing being solidly in the red, you can clearly see the difference. But in the beginning, it may look like any other pullback though just continuing, invalidating your previous...

Good looks tend to draw focus and attention, though I've met plenty of smart good looking women doing intellectually tough work. That shouldn't mean a free pass from getting ignored until having proven one's worth, just like everyone else. Being sceptical on online forums is warranted. Instead...

Good catch! This I can endorse.

Congrats on reaching a milestone. Will you open source it?

Technically a losing position can always win if reversed (even discounting spread, commisions and costs). It requires never realizing the loss (ie. no stopp-loss) and is based on hindsight of the current trading plan already being a loser. In practice, people strive for systems with some form...

Unfortunately the markets doesn't operate as a money printing machine. You can't easily turn some knobs and crank up the volume of returns. Losses are part of the business, and ignoring them is why you lost your account. If those 10% mean anything to you, your best course of action is to hold...

Yes, just write down a losing strategy, then do the opposite, and you'll be left with a consistently profitable strategy that'll shoot to the moon. ... Seriously though, in my very limited experience, tweaking stuff and doing the opposite may sometimes get you further along the path. It's just...

If you're nervous, you're not trading small enough. You can almost trade as small as you like, having as wide stop-loss as you're most comfortable with. Your largest loss will be almost certain, thus no reason to be anxious. So first trade small and widen stop-loss, even if just to feel how...