Quote from rs7:
I agree. Most of the trading threads tend to stay more focused. Most but not all. But when a thread gets any real attention....meaning it goes on for a while, no matter what the content, it will usually get off track. (See "superstition, luck and Voodo" for an example that comes to mind...had a zillion responses and posts; and was eventually closed). My point was that a limited number of people seem to thrive in taking any discussion off topic. And usually with an agenda. Usually having to do with the topics that are so dear to their hearts and so very difficult to discuss without raising emotions and tempers....ie: religion and politics. But those topics are important. And if discussion leads to at least understanding and empathizing with another point of view, then much is accomplished. Or can be.
There is indeed more to life than just trading. And discussions that go on in "chit-chat" serve as a good distraction. I don't believe it is healthy to only think about and discuss trading alone. Makes for a very limited and boring life. The world is a mess now, and topics other than trading are a real part of life. Where better to discuss them than on a forum visited by people from the world over and from every imaginable background. I can sit in my office in South Florida and discuss international politics with people pretty much like myself....mostly representative of where I live. Mostly liberal. Mostly Jewish. Mostly affluent. Or, I can come here and discuss things with a guy like Traderfut, who is an Islamic Arab living in France. An intelligent guy with a completely different perspective than my own. And a guy that it is unlikely that I would find myself sitting next to at my office. With whom is the discussion going to be more interesting? On the one hand, I could essentially be talking to the mirror. On the other, I get to hear a point of view in real time, from a real person who will respond directly to me (as opposed to just reading Arabic opinions in the press, etc.). So, again, I think the "BS" threads, and the chit-chat forum serve a worthwhile purpose. Maybe not an important purpose in the context of trading, but again, there is more to life.
As far as your question about my posting about trading, I thought I answered it pretty comprehensively in the thread that turned into a "feud" between me and Max401. Since that thread is now closed, I can't quote from it....I will try and cut and paste it...let's see if this works:
Ahh...it seems to have worked, so here, again, is my answer:
If you or anyone would like me to post my thoughts about any specific aspect of trading I have not already addressed, I will be glad to when I have the time (fortunately my wife returns from Israel today, so my time will be more limited). But I will not, as I never have, get specific in any way that I do not think will be generally helpful to all. In other words, I will not address technical approaches to trading (using oscillators, stuff like that). I would not ever want to feel responsible for someone taking my own specific techniques and having them not work out for them. I have always tried to limit my passing of knowledge to the few but important aspects of trading that will help virtually everyone regardless of style, temperament, size of account, etc.
Again, there are no "secrets". I wish there were, and I wish I knew them. I don't if there are, and I don't believe I am missing anything even if they exist. Because common sense tells me that any "secret technique" cannot remain secret for long, and this seems well documented by the fact that the very best money managers, the very best mutual fund managers, the very best hedge fund managers don't seem to be able to hold a candle to the outstanding performance we hear about here on ET. The guys that get returns of thousands of percent per year. I clearly claimed to be more than happy to get a 1/10th of 1 percent return per day. Which adds up to a nice return per year. But certainly not the 5% per day (and the like) I hear about here. If I believed these numbers, I would gladly give all my money to these guys. Of course they would have no need for my money. They would end up with the entire wealth of the planet in a very short time with whatever funds they start with. They wouldn't need much!!
Peace,
rs7 [/B]
Here's the solution for you, Baron needs to create the
"RS7 Self-Aggrandizement Forum." In your above post you use your second favorite word "my" 28 times and your very favorite word "I" 83 times.
All your posts are similar in that degree, you like to mainly talk about yourself. You seem to engage in threads for the sole purpose of promenading another one of your many tiresome anecdotal personal experiences. Is it any wonder that threads you engage in go off topic?
Like Babak stated: "ET (even chit chat) is not a place for such tedious and pointless personal details."
