Quote from TraderZones:
Has anyone asked for divine intervention ?
A: If God intervenes on the behalf of one trader, it comes at the expense of someone else. Every buyer needs a seller and every seller needs a buyer.
And been answered ?
A: How do you separate luck and intervention?
Have you heard that little voice that's always right ?
A: If its always right, how do you separate having an edge from intervention?
If so let's hear from you about your experience
A: If a person expresses no interest in God, why should he show interest in that person?
A strong believer in God would not expect God to turn into his personal ATM.
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Neat, thoughtful points,TraderZ;
except there is room for ''more info'' on your first point.
a-6/7]God favors certain patterns[perhaps not exactly dramatic intervention, but similiar] ''Six days[6] shalt thou labor,and do all thy work'' So grace [gift is important];work is also.
.Note in that Hebrew commandment its not just work 6, its a discretionary deal,''do all thy work''
Sure i know of a lazy trust baby that gets a check from the lawyer anyway; so shallow thinkers may pretend that means its ok to be lazy???????
b] I like trends, so most of time my prayers concerning stock market would be trend related,like down in this bear market;
but i know some long only fund managers , who pray the price goes down, so they can buy it cheaper. And the long only retirement accounts, well that is ''long'' term prayer anyway,LOL.
c]Benard Baruch said something hard to believe''losses result from laziness'', perhaps not true100% all the time, but probably true more than most of us admit.
And even if [ if , i chose my words carefully]you could find something that works say 95% of the time;
it could easily lose 7 months[more than 120 days] in a row.So, with that ultrahigh [95%], position size should be with that in mind.Newer they are, the more they tend to igniore that position wisdom.
And yes i had LORD intervene in the ES market one time;
Rick Godwin said something ,[ TBN TV network,preprogramed announce]something like ''you dont get anything in 15 minutes , but a ticket out, stay with it..............''
