Surf's Special Situation Journal

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If you really think managing $4000 in OPM in a micro mini FX account and watching gyrations on a chart is viewed as anything other than a backwater, gamblers voodoo, scratch off lottery ticket endeavor by real market participants, you are more deluded, regarding markets, than I first believed .
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What makes you think it's $4000? Who are "real" market participants? Why is what I do "gamblers voodoo"? Only because you don't understand it? :)
 
You made 100% of your income from trading during these years? You postponed writing and marketing during these periods?

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I traded for a living for several years in several capacities--


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One more question: is someone trading 1 CL/ES or whatever contract with say $10K account (just as an example) a "real" market participant or "unreal"? :)
 
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Oh, excuse me then. I had an impression you said you've never traded for a living in the sense you formulate it (close to 100% income solely from trading).

Don't you mind if I ask: what instruments did you trade and what approaches did you use? Also why don't you trade now if you were successful?
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I never said I was successful enough to live the lifestyle I desire--- there are no at home retail traders who live a good lifestyle without first being wealthy or another reason other than trading.

In addition, edges change---- for anyone to suggest the same method works now as it did several years ago is absolute BS.

surf
 
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I never said I was successful enough to live the lifestyle I desire--- there are no at home retail traders who live a good lifestyle without first being wealthy or another reason other than trading.

In addition, edges change---- for anyone to suggest the same method works now as it did several years ago is absolute BS.

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So you've never been able to trade for a living, you tried to but was unable to do it, correct?

My method works for at least 4 years (as I trade it) and it worked way before that which I am 99.999% sure about. Why do you call that BS? Because your try to trade for a living failed? :)
 
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You made 100% of your income from trading during these years? You postponed writing and marketing during these periods?
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Brother, my publishing company, which ran almost by itself for over 15 years allowed me the time to trade full time in all the capacities-- so truthfully, I was never forced to rely on trading for survival. I feel bad for those with a low net worth who attempt to "trade" for a living---If you are already "set" then its one thing--- but otherwise you are only fooling yourself. surf
 
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False
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There is no evidence otherwise, no matter how much aliases stomp their feet and insist otherwise--often with a devious goal to get more noobs into the game--- - no one has started "poor" and is now making a good living only from trading proceeds--- there are many who were already wealthy, got inheritances, or whatever that are doing it--- but ZERO who started with nothing....
 
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I never said I was successful enough to live the lifestyle I desire--- there are no at home retail traders who live a good lifestyle without first being wealthy or another reason other than trading.

In addition, edges change---- for anyone to suggest the same method works now as it did several years ago is absolute BS.

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Your myopia proves you never were & never could be a trader.
 
Quote from marketsurfer:


In addition, edges change---- for anyone to suggest the same method works now as it did several years ago is absolute BS.

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AND don't I know it...!!!:D

The worse part is no one believes you when you tell them that.... They look at you as if you're full of it...

Trust me everyone... Marketsurfer is telling the truth here... The market changes all the time... Once computers were introduced to NYSE scalping pretty much went dead for everyone who wasn't using HFT algos... AND scalping was hard enough even when the market was controled by human operators...
 
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