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Can you tell me share size on each trade? Trying to get an idea of risk I guess.

Wow, well said goldenarm. That should be published (I guess it just was). I know my downfall is exactly that: Not controlling my emotions and not having the discipline to follow my plan through thick and thin. What happens when I'm trading well and bringing in some money? I loose discipline...

As an objective listener, sounds like you really don't want to pursure this. Too many "I don't know about this or how to do that. And I'm not this way and can't do that" etc, etc. I think if you are passionate about something you go at it blindly at first without even considering the road blocks.

Don; I've read some posts about not being able to get out of a stock during an opening order play and taking a big hit. How often does that happen would you say?

Don; Why has the opening only strategy worked so well for so long when all I hear about is how, once a strategy is discovered by many, it becomes obsolete.

You gotta love it. And give it more than a year or two. Read this thread for some interesting points of view of the subject: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=98172&perpage=6&pagenumber=1

So the stats say 95% of traders don't make it. But how many of those 95% are just shooting stars burning out after one try? People that tried it once or twice because they thought it was easy money and then quickly realized it wasn't easy money and wasn't for them and then quit? What would...

Life has a funny way of making reality out of your beliefs.

No fills today. But then again, I'm not even participating in the strategy. Just learning and listening. Thanks Don for the explination of what a Specialist does with OOO's. I knew I should have listened to my mother and become a specialist.

Disappointed making $790? I'm so sorry you had to go through that.

Okay but dumbass is a little harsh. Perhaps ignorant or naive (in the literal way; not as a slam). You use volume too I'm assuming. Be interested to know what you consider your edge(s). Don't have to be specific but a general idea would be interesting to hear.

No FXTrader, you're the one who should not post on ET if you can't be polite.

I have absolutely no idea what you just said. I guess I'll check out the link!

Can you really make money in blackjack with 6 deck shoes?

Thanks for the input. Every time I buy the dip, it dips more, and then I'm the dip.

Is William O'neils canslim methodology viable? Anybody making good money with it? I've been following it for a year and a half or so now and his market "timing" has been right on. When wanting to go long he sais to wait for a "follow through" day. Each time in the last year and a half (3...

I have been trading unsuccessfully on and off for 12 years for maybe a total amount (actual trading time) of 3 years. Most of my methodologies have been flawed in retrospect but not all (didn't even really have one when I traded with Block back in '95). I now know a lot about tech analysis...

My current bootcamp has a 83.33% Win/Loss record for the opening only play, FWIW. Making from a nickel, to a dollar on individual trades. 83.33% win/loss ratio on opening only play? That seems WAY to good to be true. 50/50 is considered very good from what I know. Why wouldn't all...