Do you talk to your computer when you trade?

macal425 · Mar 19, 2003

i don't think there is any problem with talking to your computer, car, plants etc....It's when they respond that you should consider seeking some help.

GreenDog · Mar 19, 2003

Quote from optionsplayer:
Another commercial where the guy is about to take lunch and he peers at this monitor and starts chanting outloud as his stock went through the roof...he rants around the office, laughs at his co-workers, peaks in his bosses office & tells him to screw.....comes back to his monitor & the stock now has tanked.....he needs his job back....)))))))))))))))

"Mr. Dinky... I quit!!!"

ahh, the commercials of the bubble days!

lindq · Mar 19, 2003

I don't talk to my computer, it talks to me. Says "Buy" and "sell" and "Alert". Seriously. I put thousands of hours into training my system when to trade successfully. Now, I just follow instructions.

Boring, and profitable.

prox · Mar 19, 2003

subconscious telepathy

i "will" price to move

trendy · Mar 19, 2003

Quote from prox:

subconscious telepathy

i "will" price to move

Hmm, can you bend spoons too? ala Uri Geller?

jack hershey · Mar 19, 2003

Quote from trendy:

O.K., I admit it. at times I talk/yell at my computer when trading. Sometimes out loud if no one is around, or under my breath if I'm not alone. It's like the bid/ask is a dog at the track I'm betting on. " Come on baby bust through that level, come on baby!!!!!"

Hey, don't look at me that way! Like you've never done it yourself. What a great idea for a poll.

One of them I do , but mostly they just sit and hum among themselves. It's mostly smiling and laughing, you can't take them seriously.

momotrdr · Mar 19, 2003

ah... but the Truth is.... there is No spoon.

-momo

Quote from trendy:

Hmm, can you bend spoons too? ala Uri Geller?

I Missed Boat · Mar 19, 2003

Quote from WDGann:

Also, verbal expression is one of primary source of learning for most people. Yes visual expression is also large but most people can't do it well. (again... how you read? Unless, you're a speedreader... though speedreading is not the only answer) That's one reason I respect and think woman makes a good trader because they are expressive but also master impressionists and have over the top intuition compared to men... in general.

Women make good traders because they are expressive? Who says women are better traders than men? There are good and bad women traders, and plenty of them are bad.

I Missed Boat · Mar 19, 2003

Quote from qdz2:

Indeed, very informative and interesting points. Thanks.
I am often ashamed of myself for being talking to myself all the time when reading and writing? Is there any study showing that persons who cannot help talking to themselves have less chance to be successful, if not at all. Does it has anything to do with IQ?

Yah right. I've seen top traders that never say a word (hell, they hardly talk to other people), and I've seen top traders that scream at the top of their lungs all day long.

jack hershey · Mar 19, 2003

Quote from I Missed Boat:

Women make good traders because they are expressive? Who says women are better traders than men? There are good and bad women traders, and plenty of them are bad.

As Gann said it's the hunter/gleener thing. This stuff is gleening.