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    Confessions of a successful trader

    It's easy to play Fantasy Stocks from his parent's basement. My earlier question which went unanswered: OP has given no hint in any shape or form about the methods and analysis that led to his trades or any trade management skill other than double-down which sound like a newbie or I cover...
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    Confessions of a successful trader

    randy33 09-25-09 05:38 PM prof charles: when you get a mentor you can tell if he's got game by his knoweledge and technique. After a while it is clear as night what is the method to your mentor's maddness and you CAN draw some conclusion to his credibility. OP has given no hint in any shape...
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    Confessions of a successful trader

    prof charles: when you get a mentor you can tell if he's got game by his knoweledge and technique. After a while it is clear as night what is the method to your mentor's maddness and you CAN draw some conclusion to his credibility. OP has given no hint in any shape or form about the methods and...
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    An intelligent question

    Ticketwatcher, appreciate your reply. Tradetart, wonderful examples. Trading stocks is non zero-sum game and futures (ES...etc, not corns or pork bellys) is a zero-sum game. Differ with you in that options are also non zero-sum when an option expires worthless. You can have a case where...
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    An intelligent question

    Ticketwatcher, Appreciate your reply. My point is: most people tried to turn newbies away because they will lose$. If that is so, who canbe successful ? You demonstrated that not everyone lose and a few do win this game consistently, to make a comfortable living as you have stated. If you...
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    An intelligent question

    I dont think you can always call it zero sum game. If you have a losing stock, and owners sell consecutively to next owner, each time it dropped in price, everybody is a loser except the last, which is the current owner who holds them in his account and has not booked profit/loss. The outcome...
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    An intelligent question

    Very interesting. Maybe the market value of the accounts shrink thats why you dont get the same sum again ?
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    An intelligent question

    Thanks for your input. I am hoping for an academic exploration of this subject. If we can answer who makes the $ and not everyone loses (or most of us) then we can see how to be like them. I outlined distinct cases of winners and losers in common trading scenarios. Seasoned and profitable...
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    An intelligent question

    Seasoned traders, seeking your opinions here. Who makes money in trading, really ?
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    My Plan

    The guy is a troll. For a young lad to recieve not one but 4 houses and a mutual fund portfolio from a relative if it were his dad he would have said so. That leaves the deceased to be someone outside of the immediate family. For such a person to bequeath so many houses he/she must have a lot...
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    From fat cat to hot dog - trader swaps office for sausage stand

    This wouldnt have worked in US. First ppl likes hamburger more than wieners (sorry frantfurter) but burger is labor-intensive and needs time to cook. You can precook the hot dogs. Two, you can't just parked your wiener mobile in front of office buildings. You have to find side streets and spots...
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    An intelligent question

    Just a catchy title. My question is: who's making all the money ? The background is this. Most people who try to trade fulltime lose money. The question is then who is making all the money$ ? Let me break it down quantitatively. 1. Stocks someone sells you a stock for a price, but...
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    What issues do you have with IQ, you feel inadequate, well take a look at Steve

    Admin, please don't ban sida. We need him to provide the entertainment. Keep it coming , Sida.
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    OK the new rule is this, If you got time to post on ET, you ain't a trader, PERIOD

    Great post, Exact, and others who countered OP's ridiculous claim. I come here at nights and off times for comradship with others who are in the same game as I. As for sharing secrets I am usually subtle when it comes to the core of my business. To everyone who wins they have to do it at...
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    What to trade next?

    Thanks for your comments. Is trading currency better suited for retail trader than ES/NQ/YM, easier to build on success ? I thought E-mini (ES) were created for retail traders in mind.
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    Confessions of a successful trader

    "Well, now that we have established the weakness of your powers of observation, we can safely say your earlier claims of your knowlede of StLouie's success was pretty much conjured out of your guesses and imagination..." Dude you dont get it don't you ? You can't seem to read between the lines.
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    Confessions of a successful trader

    "so much for your earlier claims. You impress way too easily" You are not talking about me are you ?
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    Confessions of a successful trader

    Dude, all you have to do is go back couple pages where Stlou put on the trade at 9:36am Sept 14 and follow what he did. My question was what caused him to make the decision to short POT before and during market open.
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    Confessions of a successful trader

    09-14-09 09:36 AM im all in on the pot short 23k shrs at 87.91, mos i only got 2k -- StLouisTrader Thanks for sharing your trade, StLouisTrader. That was a gutsy trade you did. Trying to learn something here. You went all in to short POT at open 87.9x since you reported your trade...
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    What to trade next?

    Help Please. Thank you
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