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<i>"Have you created a monumental edge for yourself? Have you learned to do the latter? If so, I wouldn't dare ask you to share you're edge, but instead how about posting you're last 3 months trading statements and blackout all the personal info to give some hope to the strugglers that money can...

<i>"Inevitables: death, taxes and story tellers (including fishing, sexual conquests, and trading success)."</i> Back from fishing... only pickerel were hitting. Everyone was catching lots of them, fun for the kids out there. <i>"Good luck and have a great gambling week!"</i> I...

<i>"I'm sure Austin will be devastated to know that a man with a sheep for a girlfriend disagrees with him"</i> Wool is my favorite clothing. Try to keep sheep close to the skin often as possible. Truth is, I'm wearing wool socks right now and about to don wool clothing for a wonderful day...

<b>JJ</b>, I've noticed the same general skew inside any online trader's forum you note. I'm sure there is a kaleidoscope of reasons why, but maybe the crux is simple to understand. Trading involves money, a standard by which most men measure themselves = value their own core self-worth...

<i>"The market is unpredictable and random."</i> Partially true. Blackjack players who become adept at counting cards can create for themselves a slight edge. Financial market traders (any symbol) who become adept at measuring price action can create for themselves a monumental edge...

<i>"Are you familiar with the psychological theory of projection?"</i> I'm equally familiar with the process of "mirroring". Plainspeak, reflect back to others how they talk to = treat you. There are self-imposed limits to that, being careful to remain on topic and impersonal beyond the topic...

<i>"I trade corn on a 15 minute chart, I might get 2 signals per day, but those 2 signals tend to net me $250/contract with an average of $200/contract. (150-250)..."</i> Not to direct this thread more off-topic than already is, but trading corn futures is something that recently grabbed...

<i>"As regards your comments, well it is kind of sad when someone replies as you have. You seem to decry negativity, then you suggest the "possibility" that some vendors can "trade circles around me" Interesting...You see <b>from my point of view, if a person (anyone for that matter) can trade...

<i>"If everyone just used floor trader pivots or any variation thereof, there would be hardly any losers..."</i> Well, I turned three ES trades on Friday for +2pts (just before it dropped +5pts more thru the pivot) and then +4pts and finally +3pts, all on the short side. Pivot values did...

<i>"one cannot make a decent living solely from trading unless one is trading size"...</i> Well, I guess we need to define "decent living" as the constant. Average +2pts ES per day, 250 sessions per year. That includes +40pt profit sessions like Thursday March 2nd and -20pt weeks that may...

Absolutely, Virgin... it'll always be that way.

<i>"But that points out the duality of my position. On one hand, when I trade, I am ruthless---<b>I want to rip every dime from some newbie who is too slow to figure out what is happening at a given point in time. </b>I want to kill as if I were a fighter pilot. But at the same time, I want...

<i>"Many if not all of the folks who actually work in the industry have "left the premises" or will leave soon."</i> Why? What is your assumption for that exodus, Steve? * On any given weekend, I have a few thousand people traipse thru my little world on the internet. Some number of...

<b>Slacker</b>, I've said it before several times... I don't believe Jack deliberately intends to be a pest. I honestly think he is compelled to offer his "help"... such as that may be. Thank God trading for profits is much easier than applying a zillion trendlines, volume studies and reams...

<i>"So never forget how much I love you all... nor how much I can't stand you"</i> At your core, you are a very good person. That is pretty clear to see. Whether you opt to run hot or cold is strictly up to you. We love you either way, but find your choice of behavior tough to stand much too...

<i>"An occultist will nurture both sides, and walk a very thin line between the illusion of good and bad... good and bad are not 2 different things but merely the opposite poles of the same condition... the way hot and cold are opposite poles of the same thing... when does luke warm become cool...

<i>"I was just about to do that but I've got so many credits stored up with Satan it would be a shame to waste them now"</i> <b>T28</b>, I like you and see a lot of potential goodness in you. That said, you sure make it tough on even your biggest supporters sometimes. Do you enjoy working...

<i>"Uh huh... that explains my 400+ thread Jesusboy" * "Perhaps Jesus will whisper in my ear and give me the trades. Speaking of credibility, tell me again how the earth is only 6000 years old" </i> <b>T28</b>, you could easily use your intelligence and quick wit in much more...

<i>"The money is made from the charting and brokerage, coding side of the service. What is that telling you?"</i> It's "telling me" a lot of system traders spend same amount of hours there trying to find success as discretionary traders here doing the same.

<i>"Steak Tartare, bear meat edition. Raw and bloody"</i> Someone will be raw & bloody... not sure which critters yet. The big chart shows S&Ps made it back to the very first fence, and turned away. Typical, textbook dead-cat bounce following a crush that wiped out countless bulls. Ball's...