So Cal Prop Trader

Quote from cyoungmark:

Dont buy books like Mystery Method or The Game. Girls sniff that shit out nowadays along with any other lame pickup methods. The honest best way to pick up girls, is to be happy with who you are, and although it may sound cheesy, be who you are. I speak from MAD experience
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agree with this. but those books arent a bad place to start for anyone, and encourage the idea of talking to as many girls as possible to get comfortable. also to your point, believe one of the conclusions in The Game was that the author realized it was more about his lifestyle (which included being happy) that was great for him as well as attactive to females.

kurt congrats.
 
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I have not been trading lately. I suffered a serious draw down after my broker killed the journal. I am waiting for the hearty part of earnings season, I'll get involved again next week.

I am going to start trading remotely instead. I find I can remain much more calm and rational while at home. I don't have the emotion of other traders impacting my decision and the annoying clamor of the unreliable news guys on the squawk. There is no sense of competition, no people making money, forcing me to believe I should be involved.

I have also found that since I do not have as many monitors, I am forced to focus on a select few stocks. I tend to trade these stocks better once involved.

Another important update I'd like to throw out there....

I had a night of passion with my love. hahaha, that's right. Step aside Hitman. Maybe you are more capitalized than me, and you can toss money around more insanely, but I now know the feeling of making love to my dream girl. Was it worth the stress and pain? Absolutely. I could blow my account tomorrow and die a happy man.

We are not official or anything yet.

But this was a big leap for the cause.

And so I speak to you as a new man,
a battered piker trading account.
I'm tired of playing it safe, I'm ready to go hard or go home.
I have some reserve capital I saved up.
I am not going to be the little girl trader I once was.
I'm done being afraid.

Quit the gambling, quit trading the intraday tape painting. Wait for real support and resistance. Trade real ideas. Trade things with real expected movement, not hopeful movement derived from the charts.

Of course, it seems difficult for me to regulate myself without a public journal. Oh well.

Wish I had enough money to trade retail.

I will still not be posting much here. But that is your current update.
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Kurt, I gotta ask for an update. We're about half way through earnings season and I'm curious how the trading from home is going as well as the trade big or home style you want to implement.
 
Quote from Maverick74:

Kurt, anything to report? Did you score that dinner at Olive Garden yet?
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The Tour of Italy is the best item on the Olive Garden's menu.

As I type this, I am sitting here, next to my love.

She says, "I literally feel like I'm going to burst. It's as if I'm a balloon of happiness. It feels so good and refreshing. Everything I experience in this world, I want to do with 'ksmetana' by my side. I am so in love with him."

Needless to say, I got the girl. We are madly in love. Patience and persistence paid off. A love story documented via a trading journal.

As for trading, I still have not taken the Series 56. I will soon enough, but right now I am enjoying my free time, enjoying the time I spend with my darling, and getting lots of rest. It feels good to be able to go out with friends rather than go to sleep so that I can wake up at 4:30 am every day.

I have come to realize the daily price grind is not for me. I want to trade the markets, not minor fluctuations in stock price.

True money is being made via automated trading and 2-4 day discretionary holds.

My firm is holding my seat for me, I will return to the markets in January, so that I can fully enjoy the holidays with the love of my life.
 
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agree with this. but those books arent a bad place to start for anyone, and encourage the idea of talking to as many girls as possible to get comfortable. also to your point, believe one of the conclusions in The Game was that the author realized it was more about his lifestyle (which included being happy) that was great for him as well as attactive to females.

kurt congrats.
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Wow this line of thought goes perfect with trading. Where the methods (strategies/edges) he used were only mostly good for him, Sure other people got girls or (made money) off his methods, but you really jusst have to do whats best for you learn to trade and pick up girls on your own.

Honestly trading and girls are almost identical. Everyone has slumps, or periods were they don't make money (or get laid), sometimes the best way to get a girl ( or make money) is to stop thinking and just do, And getting girls/making money ALWAYS feels good. This leads us to be greedy which usually destroys our accounts, and our relationships with our partners.

Fun analogy :D
 
I agree, the pursuit of women and trading have many parallels. Then again, trading can be applied to most aspects of life. I think I have spoken about it a lot throughout my journal.


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ksmetana is endorsing Ron Paul for President.
 
Oh so true. If you are disciplined and live a healthy life outside of trading that will carry over to trading. A good nights rest, a healthy diet, exercise, and perhaps a hightened level of spirituality will rub off on your trading. Also, having the support of a loved one is tremendously important. Kudos for being able to accomplish that.

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I agree, the pursuit of women and trading have many parallels. Then again, trading can be applied to most aspects of life. I think I have spoken about it a lot throughout my journal.


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ksmetana is endorsing Ron Paul for President.
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