Hispa trader
how do you prepare yourself for trading?
1.) you have to be capitalized. to be able to live for 3-5 years to learn the craft and to have an account to trade with. almost nobody is in this postion or willing to make these sacrifices - which, imho, is why most fail.
2.) a passion for the markets
3.) a hard work ethic
4.) good record keeping system
5.) good risk management
i think books and tapes and magazines are of value from credible professionals. i happen to know a few people who have written daytrading books, most notably a founder/proprietor of the largest prop trading firm in the world - and they couldn't make it trading. so i guess my point is you have to take all this stuff with a grain of salt and another method of "protecting your capital" is not to fall victim to the hucksterism.....
my opinion is that a self professed "trading professional" who shills shit for a living obviously is not that good at trading. and face it - there are tens of thousands of these things.
If you want to buy a "system" - I promise you it won't work. If there was such a theoretical system - why wouldn't it's owner exploit it and make millions/billions of dollars? i will tell you why - because you are being exploited. what's the saying "those that cannot do - teach". ive seen it before a hundred times. guys can;t make it trading so they set up advisory service, become brokers, set up websites. happens on the floor, off the floor. and there are always lemming willing to buy this shit. why? becasue they want a shortcut and there simply is not one.
i dunno - it just pisses me off a bit as much as when guys try to advertise this crap for free under aliases which is probably what started this thread in the first place.
I simply do not believe ANYBODY who is selling shit to other traders because it makes no sense.
Another great example is Pristine. Slick marketing. They offer courses, books, tapes, newsletters, scanners. THey actually email you trades. Do you think if this worked they would be shilling it for 29$? NO. They are hucksters. And good for them. But if you are a trader - and you get sucked into this - you are going to lose and they are going to get rich
I personally have made billions in the market, and I'd like to show you how..... Simply send me 85$ a month and I'll also send you a free cheese grater so you can grate up a big pile of what i am shilling to you