Even though there has been 46,000 views of this thread, I still find some things a bit curious.
I mean when I started out at C2/ET purporting my said "proven" abilities to manage accounts with a high multi-year average, well the responses I got were - let's say lacking.
I mean yeah for the most part 2007 was a very bullish phase for many systems that racked up serious gains (or so many stated on this board). It's not known whether or not said gains have been retained (but I have my thoughts and feelings on this), but when KC Covered Call Fund basically flat-lined many negative responders were quick to flame me.
Now that an optimal period is finally (9 months later, lol) upon us said returns are in progress - yet I still get no positive reaction. My take is the few that respond don't know as much as they think and have ulterior (ego-stroking) motives. Perhaps these said reaped gains are in the process of being given back?
Either way it is curious how most continue and still are on the wrong side of the market and really only have short-term goals and time-frames with regards to investing (i.e. day-trading). Perhaps I am at the wrong site.
Any positive responders or people interested in honest dialogue regarding pros and cons of investment approaches simply do not exist or are hidden in the fabric or woodwork of EliteTrader.
Anyway I guess I can continue to have this dialogue with myself since going over and over my said methods reinforces what is correct and good with what I am trying to do.
In other words the only replies I get are what I perceive as negative and they only present themselves when things may seem not to be going good with me. I view last year (and the first part of this) as entirely successful since it was in keeping with my management objectives - preserve powerfully compounded past gains for what the market presents as a most opportune time (now) to ramp up more gains!
Not getting any constructive responses now actually reinforces my intuition that said responders indeed are and were being negative. I mean I have much advanced management goal concepts I would like to discuss for the benefit of perhaps many others. This isn't ALL about me.
Up to the bottom of the correction my covered call approach managed 12% in the prior year while the market and most peoples accounts were crushed if not negative. I KNOW that this would be pleasing to most persons!
Sadly most people that would've been interested in what I am doing gave up on themselves with the market decline or believed the "know-it-alls" who said I do not know jack. In any event they do not seem to be around or care - just when things come together. Even more sad is that once said gaining period is completed, then most will become interested, only to have to learn the very same patience through the next market peak and decline.
That being said I just turned on my computer (a real benefit for me is not to have to exhaust myself with constant interaction with my portfolios) and found a few pics that may tell the story a bit better than me:
Made a list on the homepage of Collective2,
a current top performing system at C2,
one of my seven systems to compare with,
and finally the latest reviews as these short term top performers get the backlash from new subs that may not see another good performing period from the very best of C2.
I am still in the early stages of my unfolding futures-traded systems, but I have a long range with which I plan to manage through. I'm hoping the best for myself and the others that may with me continue to see these as successes.
Well at least much time is afforded with my approach to banter about during market hours - for me I avoided a HUGE burden of management workload, which didn't happen by accident and was by design; )
ACTUAL NAMES OF MY SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN OMITTED per ET policy
Gilbert aka Paysense
