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The attached is rather specific. John Carter has an Appendix in one of his books. He list 40 tips for maintaining a professional mind. His tips and most of the posting are in the same vein. Rules to live by is a fun thing. Trading rules may be somewhat different. So is getting to...

It is sad to hear of your unforntunate experiences. Were I you I would stick with your viewpoint and not participate in trading. If you ever get a chance, attend a Trader's Expo and just compare those with whom you are familiar with those who represent "Great Traders you have never met"...

Very well stated. Monitoring markets by taking data sets in lieu of reacting to a single data element pints up how makrets are a composite of collective human behavior. One of the most impressive behavioral indications is monitoring data sets that occur prior to price gaps in order to know...

per spike 500: "Optimization is optimizing your system for the PAST period. It will never give you a guarantee for the future." The future is not where trading takes place. Optimization takes the future off the table. Optimization is oriented to the present only and that includes all...

man is confusing rank and merit. Ranks in scouting are leadership oriented positions. They start with assistant patrol leader (a patrol is 8 persons and equipment such as gear is set up for individuals and groups of indiviuals. The group is a patrol. It is an English term. The green bar...

Maybe they will do one of these for quants: http://spotlight.encarta.msn.com/Features/encnet_Departments_eLearning_default_article_TopBSchoolsforEntrepreneurs.html?GT1=10186

Parameters fit nicely into about four categories. They do have to be adjusted and the reasons for adjustment vary from parameter set to parameter set. There are also valid ways to check out your adjustments to see if they are proper. You may have noticed that many people do not use...

Yes ....Go here and see the reasons why http://elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1485391#post1485391 There are a lot of questions out there. Do you know that Jesus wants you for a sunbeam? Do you know WHY he wants you for a sunbeam?

Sorry for not being clear. I was just talking about improving turns. As has been pointed out, the OP is interested in price oriented orders and these have a que associated with them. I would be afraid to do a limit order because of the queing requirement. I cut in instead. At each turn...

Thanks for your comments. I do not trade for price. I trade for time. I trade at market always. I do not enter or exit. I hold and reverse. When the market changes sides I OBEY and reverse using a market reversal of twice the contracts of my position. You are correct I get a...

I siad the following: Quote from jack hershey: My orders are filled instantly. If the orders going through are in the 250 range and I am holding 250, I have to do five 100 markets to reverse my 250 position. So I do since it is not possible to easily do a 500 reverse to change sides with...

I was an ADC in college. You should locate the ADC in your area and get him the give you the schedule of the local training program. If you get interested and like it then check out the professional training at Schiff Scout Reservation Mendham, N. J. and some of the regional traing centers...

Leaning in a formal setting is a key opportunity in a lifetime. This formal learning in a constructive atmosphere is very forwarding. Being at query is an essential component. The OP has a lot of choices. I've seen several teenagers learn to trade and have the blessings of their parents...

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See attached. And get that Accounting aced.

Thanks for your comments sjfan and the humor too (after hours in bars ,etc). We probably agree that nitro's comments (who he says has had had me on ignore for years..so he only sees the references to me) are worthwhile too. He picked my print off immediately as a fabrication from some...

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My orders are filled instantly. This is because I am in the market all of the time and I feel it is necessary to do a trade at the right time. You are doing trades at the "right" price. For me the price is relatively unimportant compared to the time I trade. Entering and exiting is...

I most always get the wrong idea. Were I to trade any of the systems offerred by about anyone, I have a feeling that I would do okay using the system. After doing what was suggested I would not continue after a while though. The reason would be something along the lines of feeling that I...

Actually, I thought I had succeeded in getting you out of the macro world. I also felt cool for a moment that you could avoid the conventional orthodoxy traps as well by only doing enough to see the foibles and failures of the maths many of these guys are preaching to you. For me, I usually...