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Publias: You once told me that if I don't have an edge, no discipline in the world would help me with my trading. Let's suppose now I have the edge. :) I guess I am supposed to trade it without reflection whenever she allows me to, and cut the losers short. Anything else? In short...

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Cesko and Publias: Indomitable and indifferent as she is, in the end, she's the only one who can change us in a way to accept simplicity and resolve self-valuation issues. All the pain and difficulty along the path stems, probably, from our own reluctance to accept change (or to be patient to...

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Fellows: Does anyone around happen to work in the CBOT beans pit? Or does anyone happen to know brokers who do? Thanks. Negotiator

Dear fellows: Does anyone have pictures of trading floors? I am particularly interested in a picture of the agricultural CBOT trading floor. If you have, would you please share the link to the picture(s)? I've got one of the CME. Here goes the link...

"The best traders not only take the risk, they have also learned how to accept and embrace that risk" Mark Douglas If there is doubt; then there is no doubt" De niro --- Ronin "Embrace risk; for it is oppurtunity" --- me The spider dances her web without knowing that there are flies...

Mark Douglas: "Making yourself available means trading from the perspective that you have nothing to prove. You aren't trying to win or to avoid losing. You aren't trying to get your money back or to take revenge on the market. In other words, you come to the market with no agenda other than...

A 30 year veteran floor trader: "No matter how solid or successful an approach to the market is, a trader is only going to 'allow' himself as much money as he feels is entitled to - regardless of his conscious intentions. Taking responsibility for our successes and failures is an important...

Paul Tudor Jones: "Don't be a hero. Don't have an ego. Always question yourself and your ability. Don't ever think you are very good. The second you do, you are dead. Jesse Livermore, one of the greatest speculators of all time, reportedly said that, in the long run, you can't ever win...

Tom Baldwin: You don't need any education at all to do it. The smarter you are, the dumber you are. The more you know, the worse it is for you.

Puffy: I don't know which floor is that. I got the picture in a website. The link to the full picture is this: http://www.slipkafutures.com/images/fullfloor.jpg Regards, Negotiator

Fellows: Again, that's why I like this community: liquidity and volume. :) Open Outcry is just the kind of video I was looking for. After all the trading floor is so exciting and full of life, but I was never able to find a good video to show it to friends. Attached goes a picture of...

Dear Fellows: Does anyone know of some video that shows the trading floor of an exchange in action? If so, please let me know. Regards, Negotiator

Guerilla: You can make millions for your hedge fund, but once you get into the trading arena alone you will face someone you might know very little about: yourself. Be careful. Best wishes, Negotiator

nitro: Do you feel this is the best read? :) By the way, do you keep records only of your trading decisions, or do you also keep records of the reasons for entering and exiting a trade? Regards, Negotiator

As far as TA is concerned, we wouldn't need much more than a good handle on price and volume, would we? With regard to the psycho aspect I think that "Trading in the Zone", by Mark Douglas, is the best. I do like the idea of trading like a casino owner, i.e., putting the odds in our favour in...

Fellows: If there's something I like in this community is its liquidity. :) Thanks for your contributions. chasinfla, out of interest, how did you come up with this nickname? Regards, Negotiator

chasinfla: Interestingly I was giving it a look at at Amazon.com and I found those who bought this book also bought the ones I mentioned. Apart from the pyscho aspect, do you know of other books on practical technical analysis? I mean, old timers are not doing rocket science. Instead I...