So say you do find a Holy Grail Method...

Handle123 said:
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overall people not happy if you doing better than themselves.

I tell them I am overworked and under loved, they can understand this.

... Just easier for others to think you struggling through life like they are.
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Sad but true.
 
I feel some of the same things as OP and Handle. I used to be scratching out ticks for peanuts each day but a couple years later and lots of trial and error I've found enough niche versions of the HG that I'm deciding between retiring and starting a fund. The best ideas are worth big amounts of free money and you can't tell anyone or they'd stop working much sooner than otherwise. It's frustrating not to be able to share the efforts and cleverness that went into those, and that can't really be appreciated without understanding the details you can't share.
 
Smart Money said:
How do you/would you deal with it?

OK, here's the situation.

In the past, I thought I found a Holy Grail method. I got really excited about it and TRIED to explain it to a few of my friends. Here's the interesting part. I really believed I had it, and I was enthusiastic and excited. But the average Joe Schmo of the street just wouldn't care.

If I came up to you and said, "Hey, I got this great method and it makes me money". You guys would be "TELL ME MORE!". But the average guy off the street doesn't care.

Over the years, I kept looking. A few times I thought I found one. And I got excited about it...made money with it....but then there would be some aspect of it that I didn't consider...the market would change a certain way...and it would stop working...or I would find a problem with it that I didn't consider. Did I lose a fortune? No, because I don't use much leverage, so I never really get burned when I fail. Now don't misunderstand...I can make money without something systematic, but it takes constant vigilance. I know enough about certain set ups to tilt the odds in my favor enough to make money across a bunch of trades...but I've never found an edge that worked consistently enough to bank on...it was more like a bag of tricks.

OK, so fast forward to today. I think I have one. A Holy Grail. Like the previous times, I feel pretty sure this is it. But this time, I've been using it for a month and making money. It back tests well, and conceptually, it makes sense. It's not terribly complicated, and has just as much to do with money management as it does whiz-bang charting trickery. But so far it seems to work. I'm starting to get excited again.

Here's the problem. The Psychological issue. It sucks that I can't share it. I've put so much work into figuring this out, but I can't share it. Won't share it. It makes me about 4% a month. You and I understand that 4% a month is pretty good if you can make it consistently. But Joe Schmo off the street doesn't get that. I'm frustrated by the fact that I want to tell the world about this (seeming) victory. I've worked hard for this. And yet the world doesn't understand....can't even comprehend what it means. I'm a lone wolf.

So why do I want to tell my friends? Because I worked so hard for it? How do I deal with the frustration that nobody in my real world cares? And even then, I know it's bragging, so I can't really tell anyone. And why do people go into an office every day and work their ass off with money, yet fail to appreciate something like this?

It feels like I've been building a rocket ship in my barn. I finally launched it and orbited the earth. Now I get back and want to tell people about it, and nobody cares. Or I can't tell them because it seems like bragging.

Honestly, I'm frustrated by the whole thing. Success that I can't discuss...you know?
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Not everyone, your excellency.

Your court, chief

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The OP never seems to answer or correct any posts. Probably obsessed with himself as a lot of people are in this " me me " world. If you meet an accountant just how long do you talk accounts ? or architecture etc. ?

If what he is saying is true I have no sympathy for his problem. Most people would kill to have a profitable system.

He SUCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!

Go buy a yacht or something and show off there
 
If I ever find a Holy Grail, I'd make it to a point to share it to others but for only a few individuals so it doesn't get out that much.
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