Quote from filter_sweep:
FXWave -
A few points:
- If you didn't expect a hazing by the way you introduced yourself, that was an error of judgment on your part. You don't run into a wolf den and start beating your chest and not expect to get bit. Even if you had posted audited account statements you would have been hazed. The best approach would have been to quietly started a journal and start making calls.
- Traders are highly efficient pattern recognizing machines... we leverage previous experience to make future predictions. We've all seen the wannabe guru pattern fail so many times that we've been conditioned to believe it will always fail... it's up to you to prove that you're different (although I'd give it a less than 5% probability), and you should have expected that you'd be facing an uphill battle when you walked in the door.
- It may feel uncomfortable, but a "call" does include an entry, stop loss, and target. That is the only way to demonstrate profitability. Fuzzy forcasts that lack one or two of these 3 elements are the realm of talking heads, newsletter vendors and blowhards. If you are one of these, you would be more welcome on CNBC. Out here, in the real world, us traders have to deal with hard, cold reality. We have to enter, manage, and exit trades based on actual price levels based on an objective methodology. The results may not always be pretty but we can't run away from our P&L, which ultimately defines our success as a market participant. If your future calls don't include all 3 of these elements, no one here will take you seriously, with the exception of the newest newbs, who the old guard is trying to protect, while having a little fun at the same time. I suggest you stop posting in this thread and start a real journal, or leave before you waste anymore of your time, unless you would like to continue to be the court jester de jour and give us more entertainment.

Quote from atticus:
$100k, lol.
I trade under a CNC and non-disc. If they even got a whiff that I was, potentially, trading against them I would be litigated into oblivion. I have not and would never consider trading for a private party approaching me on this site (or any other site). I have worked for two mid-market HFs ($100MM to $1B in AUM) who contacted me via PM on this site.
You can't be taken seriously when you propose, "info only available to HFs and banks." It's pathetic snake oil. I don't care if all of ET buys your shit or opens an account for you to manage, but that "ancient Chinese secret" BS is insulting.
Quote from atticus:
Ha, if he actually blew-out an account here it would be great reading, so I am actually hopeful he gets some action. I simply cannot sit idle during the logical disconnect that he's trading these secret HF strategies in his metatrader account.

It's really great that you will be starting a journal. But please avoid posting potential trades that are setting up, which would leave the door wide open to draw your critics like flies on sh*t. It also leaves the door wide open for you to claim credit/avoid responsibility. Obviously, you're free to do whatever you want. I would suggest that you post at least 20 calls with unambiguous entry/target/stop. Keep it that simple. If you are as good as you claim to be, it should be a piece of cake for you to establish a really good track record and then you can post potential trades. First things first, know what I mean?Quote from FXWave:
3. I understand that a completed call is an entry/target/stop; while a trade that is setting up can still be posted and serve a helpful purpose to someone following that particular market.
Quote from trendo:
It's really great that you will be starting a journal. But please avoid posting potential trades that are setting up, which would leave the door wide open to draw your critics like flies on sh*t. It also leaves the door wide open for you to claim credit/avoid responsibility. Obviously, you're free to do whatever you want. I would suggest that you post at least 20 calls with unambiguous entry/target/stop. Keep it that simple. If you are as good as you claim to be, it should be a piece of cake for you to establish a really good track record and then you can post potential trades. First things first, know what I mean?


Quote from FXWave:
I am just not a novice as I am happy with my approach and understanding as it has taken me many years to foster; so I came to E.T. to share it as anyone can do learn it and master it with experience. I am still learning and posting here on E.T. will accelerate my learning.