Secret edge , loophole .....

[Fireplace]

Never said it was easy only that there is an underlying order within chaos that is there if you are clever enough to find it; or if you are open to seeing it. I doubt many are, most sabotage themselves subconsciously before ever getting the chance to understand.

Keep looking 777, it's pretty darn satisfying when you find it. PM me if you want some online mentoring

Quote from stock777:

I notice how some folks here like to post how the market is easy to read and they have a method that has worked for decades, etc.

 

[jl1575]

Quote from ksmetana:

I have found that 'equal buying and selling' is the least common cause of consolidation.
There are a lot more supply / demand scenarios that cause consolidation, and they either involve the manner in which buying and selling are taking place, OR a particular type of order that is stalling movement.

When the consolidation takes too long, the Market Makers need to do something to get the market moving. Because during the consolidation the volume would be low, and MM would do whatever they can in their power to create traffic and volume. So MM is another force that could facilitate the trends in addition to the collective dominating big players.

 

[BSAM]

A San Diego Zoo monkey can be taught to trade.

However, the same monkey would never be able to figure it out for himself.

 

[Fireplace]

Good thing we are humans and possess the ability to figure stuff out on our own.

Quote from BSAM:

A San Diego Zoo monkey can be taught to trade.

However, the same monkey would never be able to figure it out for himself.

 

[BSAM]

Quote from austinp:

With all due respect, that is just another flailing trader posting his frustrations without merit. He simply hasn't figured it out yet. Any moving market makes repeated, predictable, highly predictive pattern sequences for exploitation. That never changes.

Any market that moves up or down has inefficient moments that are highly patterned and predictable. Lots of them. Most traders never last long enough to figure this out.

The other side of our trade is meaningless and irrelevant. Those who think the secret of success lies on figuring out who has the other side of our trades is merely chasing ghosts until the account runs dry for keeps.

First sentence: Very funny. Austin you should have gotten into politics.

While I'm not quite sure of the context of your use of the word "pattern / patterned", I basically agree with your post and think others should take some notes.

 

[BSAM]

Quote from Fireplace:

Good thing we are humans and possess the ability to figure stuff out on our own.

Exactly. I often think, though, that there are lots of monkeys posting on some of these threads. Know what I mean?

 

[Fireplace]

I dont know about monkeys, but there are certainly a lot of people on here who make things a heck of a lot harder on themselves than they need to.

Quote from BSAM:

Exactly. I often think, though, that there are lots of monkeys posting on some of these threads. Know what I mean?

 

[risky63]

austin is correct........With all due respect, that is just another flailing trader posting his frustrations without merit. He simply hasn't figured it out yet. Any moving market makes repeated, predictable, highly predictive pattern sequences for exploitation. That never changes

you can actually see "stop runs" if you know what to look for.
If you want i'll pull my pants down for you.

maybe someone will throw rocks at me for giving away hard earded (years) of work for free.

 

[BSAM]

Quote from Fireplace:

I dont know about monkeys, but there are certainly a lot of people on here who make things a heck of a lot harder on themselves than they need to.

Hmmm...Well, didn't your mother or brother or maybe a good pal ever say, "Fire, quit acting like a monkey"?

What they meant, in a friendly sort of way, was that in some area you weren't trying hard enough, or dedicating yourself, or looking at things from different perspectives, or disciplining yourself with rules, or lacking some self-confidence, or trying to take the easy way out.

They knew you could be successful, if only you would stick with it and apply yourself.

A lot of folks just monkey around, but then they never decide to work harder to achieve what they want, so they drift into mediocrity.

And, what does that make them?

 

[Fireplace]

Agreed

Quote from BSAM:



A lot of folks just monkey around, but then they never decide to work harder to achieve what they want, so they drift into mediocrity.