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Upon inspection, the coin was indeed a fair one. It wasn't the absence of memory or apparent random nature that gave the beguiling coin its edge though. It was the belief of the outcome by those choosing to flip it.

A trader seeing and defending patterns amongst randomness is like a child finding faces within the clouds. Both so clear, it is the evanescence of perception that sees to the permanence of deception.

If a trader were to believe that he could comprehend the market by conceptual reasoning, logic, or duplication of method, would he not possess a tenable position of the mind and hold this preference in higher regard than those of the market’s activity, regardless of the consequences...

Market: "You expected me to fool you, didn't you?" Trader: "Yes." Market: "But I didn't, did I?" Trader: "No." Market: "But you expected me to, didn't you?" Trader: "Yes." Market: "So I fooled you, didn't I?" Trader: "??????????.........."

The degree to which a trader can make money is merely a consequence of how well he has learned to lose it. If you ever want to know what level of trader you are, take notice of "How do I act when I lose money?" The answer will not be found in knowing that trading is about making money. The...

The last thing that a fish notices is the water in which it swims.

With a very short memory.

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Here's a link to free real-time commentary of the e-mini's. The Virtual Pit

There are two perspectives from which a trader can position themselves. The “Shorter Perspective” is seeing the market as it relates to oneself. The “Longer Perspective” is seeing the market as it relates to itself. The degree by which a trader can detach them self from...

Reality is where you find it. The trader's esoteric reality is the perception of others introspection. The autistic observer's reality is firmly believing in what they know the least about and trying to convince you of the same.

All that I ever wanted, and most regrettably all that I never received as a new trader were taught to me by the lessons I received in "Patience". The problem was not in knowing what I wanted. The problem was in wanting it now. The conflict was not in understanding what...

Trusting, thereby putting a trader into a position of being vulnerable, often leads to distrust. Not as a result of the market’s actions, but rather as a result of the trader’s perception of the markets he is trading. Trading from the perspective of trusting yourself is a beginning. But how...

Trust in oneself.

The height that a trader allows his pride to reach shall be measured by the virtue of the trader's ability to forgive the market’s arrogance that serves to teach.

Great Post Aphexcoil! Thanks for correcting the opinions of others with your facts. P.S. I believe myself to be one of the impressionable assholes who relies on others to think for me. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. By the way, which group do you belong to...

The solution lies not in what you are looking for but rather believing in what you are looking at. "Mind Reader" Please do not post the answer. PM for help.

“This system is asinine”....Yet it contains two critical components of any good trading system. It is 1) Crude and 2) Boring. Crude in design which allows the method the ability to adapt and evolve while still maintaining its basic structure. Anything more and it becomes “Overly”...

[b] .......It is here where you start and is exactly where you need to go in order to finish. The illusion in between begins with the search of the ostensible, only to end in the antithesis with confessions about oneself. Sleight of hand is to the magician as...