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<i>"Yet, many many many fell for the scheme. Let this be a warning!"</i> They did? What exactly did everyone fall for? How can they possibly recover from the damage? Oh wait... there was no damage done. People got invited for a risk-free offer that was bait & switched. Beats falling for an...

<i>"You can take it seriously;</i> I never took it any other way than indifference. The only people who have ever been passionate about this thread were the naysayers. Indifference = lack of care / concern. Time will promote or expose. Whatever will be will be. <i>I will be relaxing and...

<i>"No offence old son but you have been the chief chest thumper keeping this thread going. It was dead from the opening post but you didn't notice."</i> Apparently you failed to notice that, too... or you wouldn't have posted here in this thread six times yourself afterwards. No offense...

<i>"Hope dealing and stealing is indeed an evil undertaking. Leading the naive astray is a crime particullarly under false pretenses."</i> So your personal problem is naivete`? That's why you troll anonymous message boards with zero contribution but worthless posts? Well, that's easy enough...

<i>"2. A diabolical manipulator salesman who preys on naive poor and desperate. Evil I like to think number 1. But These evil manipulators are dedperate themselves in this evonomy and will stop at nothing to keep the warm bodies coming in works in tricky ways</i> #1: A little extra time...

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<i>"Yes, its a fake name to gather real mailing list names. These guys are seriously hurting here on ET to fall for it so easily."</i> What is "it" that everyone fell for? You imply that an email spammer now has some fresh addresses to hit? Be still our collective hearts... wouldn't want to...

<i>"Well, well, look at the total and complete class come shining through on the site, even among people who ordinarily can't agree on whether it's day or night. Who said ET had no redeeming value?"</i> When men simply set aside their juvenile behavior masked by anonymity and get serious for...

<i>"Anyone in his right mind who can make money trading does not need outside backing."</i> That must be quite the revelation to every prop firm trader here who reads your words. Interesting reactions they have, I would venture to guess. * This thread appeared to be just one of two...

<i>"The crowd looked more like a northwoods fishing expo than something to do with finance."</i> If you line up 100 nw fishing expo clients and 100 finance-looking guys, the fishing trip crowd will buy & sell the financial crowd ten times per day. There are a lot more multi-millionaires...

<i>"I do respect your posts so not saying you are wrong, just saying they both are being influenced by the general tone of the bear mkt. your chart proves what i have been trading and observing lately. Pivot points are meaningless relative to what i see. Have a good weekend."</i> Likewise...

<i>"you apparently have failed to look at the NQ relative to the ES chart, 5 minute lately. They are as lockstep with each other as ever."</i> hogwash... pun intended. Any veteran trader who looks at both symbols and knows what he is looking for spots the subtle but significant differences...

May I follow up a "useless" (OP words) post with a duplicated post? * If pondering emini trades without any familiarity to speak of, I'd suggest starting with NQ and go from there. They all have their moments with irrational spurts and chop. Over time, the NQ is most trendy and deliberate...

<i>"Why your handle is Trader....... if you don't trade by the way?"</i> Because he tired of the alias "rcanfiel" after failing to sell a system inside ET here as a non-sponser spammer for $250,000.00 The irony of life never ceases to amaze you. But I digress. If pondering emini trades...

<i>"So, why did you say “like hell he does”? Shouldn’t I conclude that 100+% returns are very achievable – regardless whether you think % returns is a silly way to measure?"</i> Let's examine some scenarios on annual returns: Three traders are all following the exact-same...

<i>"A friend of mine..."</i> That's funny, a friend of mine had me order an info packet from Bosley Hair Restoration. Seems he's going bald and watched an infomercial on tv... Ahem, well anyways, let me help you with some simple math. There are 21 trading days on average in a calendar...

<i>"ScapGF, those returns are possible. I know people who get them. Go to Coiledmarkets.com. The head trader there claims better returns."</i> Like hell he does. I had one lone beer over dinner... you must have had the other eleven in that twelve-pack. First of all, starting 17 threads...

<i>"Are you claiming that anyone who has any decent intraday edge can easily scale up by moving out the time frame? An absurd claim by anyone who claims they have an edge."</i> Depends on the edge. If you mean counter-trend scalping fade moves, etc for narrow reward to risk? No... that ain't...

A fair number of emails asked me why I'm defending the OP here in this thread. First of all, I pretty much took a purely neutral stance from the start and haven't moved either way since. If Doug is here for any other reason than what he states up front, no harm done. Just another lark thread...

<i>"If trader had $100k in their account, their buying power would be $5mm, and to match your payout of $100k, would need only to generate 2% annualized to get that, instead of 50%..."</i> Viewed from a stock-prop trader's perspective, yes. Futures trader with $1mil account keeping 100% of...