The only thing ET wants from you is funny stuff like your story of living under a bridge and eating pigeon poo to survive.
I am at a stage where I am writing a book, your input desired
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Oh, it's different. The poo here is just annoying. Talking about how great he is blah blah blah.
The pigeon poo story and the like are entertaining and self deprecating. No one wants to read about how great the OP thinks he is but would rather laugh at his ridiculousness.
At least that's how I feel about it
The pigeon poo story and the like are entertaining and self deprecating. No one wants to read about how great the OP thinks he is but would rather laugh at his ridiculousness.
At least that's how I feel about it
1. equivocate whenever possible
2. use flowery adventurous hyperbole
3. intersperse seemingly random statistical tidbits
4. make it known that you are a member of Mensa, Triple Nine, etc. so as to defray criticism of a coherent message or eclectic writing style.
5. academic obscurantism. the older the better. referrence sholars no one has heard of in at least 50 years.
6. write at least half a chapter in Latin or French.
7. make referrence to old master art pieces in the Uffizi to explain visual trading cues versus common stock charts. indeed, criticize the use of charts.
8. pay off some poor PhD candidates with the surnames of famous traders, economists and financiers. pay them to blog, create a buzz and shoot down naysayers.
9. create a broader mystique. known only to a select few. layered in lavish materialism and prolific sexual conquest and adventures.
2. use flowery adventurous hyperbole
3. intersperse seemingly random statistical tidbits
4. make it known that you are a member of Mensa, Triple Nine, etc. so as to defray criticism of a coherent message or eclectic writing style.
5. academic obscurantism. the older the better. referrence sholars no one has heard of in at least 50 years.
6. write at least half a chapter in Latin or French.
7. make referrence to old master art pieces in the Uffizi to explain visual trading cues versus common stock charts. indeed, criticize the use of charts.
8. pay off some poor PhD candidates with the surnames of famous traders, economists and financiers. pay them to blog, create a buzz and shoot down naysayers.
9. create a broader mystique. known only to a select few. layered in lavish materialism and prolific sexual conquest and adventures.
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Oh, it's different. The poo here is just annoying. Talking about how great he is blah blah blah.
The pigeon poo story and the like are entertaining and self deprecating. No one wants to read about how great the OP thinks he is but would rather laugh at his ridiculousness.
At least that's how I feel about it
you dare insult your GOD
SHOLVA !!!!!
oh yeah, when you go on book tours you will want to work on the personal appearance. forgo the jellyrolls and that favorite cardigan with gravy stains. hire a personal trainer. wear garish pre modern clothes. purple breeches, a tunic and Finnish clogs for instance. even better, a 18th century Prussian general uniform. an unusual bit of facial grooming is also in order. perhaps an obscure short mustache that begins above the nostrils and makes one wonder how it is possible.
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As some of you noticed I am bored and even demanded on ET few times that people worship me as their god.
So, I am writing a book about day trading and how random nature of the market produces order
Here is my rather interesting dilemma
How do I fill a book without giving out my working methods and few custom made indicators
I want to write an exceptional book but I don't want to give anything away
I am sure vanity publishing needs a stimulus just like every other business in America. As one American to another, I salute you for pumping what I am sure will be just a miniscule fraction of your trading profits into a business that is based on those with the biggest egos having the most discretionary income.
Ego deflation has hit this country hard, but thanks to forums like ET, there is no signs of ego deflation here.
Rickey Cheung wrote a book on trading- supposedly he charges $200000 usd now for it.
The whole thing smelt like a scam beforehand, but I went and spent $25 at amazon to find out...
The strategy was to trade the S&P500. It was an overoptimized daytrade with such discretionary bias, that it would be impossible for other people to trade it with any profit.
So free advice- get your book published, and then charge $200k a seminar.
http://www.rc3200.com/en/rc_seminar.php
Good luck
The whole thing smelt like a scam beforehand, but I went and spent $25 at amazon to find out...
The strategy was to trade the S&P500. It was an overoptimized daytrade with such discretionary bias, that it would be impossible for other people to trade it with any profit.
So free advice- get your book published, and then charge $200k a seminar.
http://www.rc3200.com/en/rc_seminar.php
Good luck