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Quote from cornixforex:

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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Your not a trained and educated psychologist? Surely you have income from that business---

No, it has nothing to do with my personal experience-- many folks play baseball and make big bucks from it-- I suck at playing baseball, but their is evidence that these big buck players exist.

There is NO evidence that retail traders who started from zero without any outside support can live a good lifestyle from trading proceeds alone-- IN FACT, the EVIDENCE IS clearly that they do no exist. surf
 
I wasn't poor when I started, I had sacked away some cash from my previous working life but I was by no means wealthy or "set". And I started slowly, taking 2 full years of extremely cautious trading to conserve my cash. However, once I made some headway in developing my method, I got more aggressive. The more positive feedback I received, the more I ramped up. Mind you this was over a decade ago.

You can stamp your feet all you life, but your assertion is 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 feel bad for those with a low net worth who attempt to "trade" for a living-.....- but otherwise you are only fooling yourself. surf
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I agree, but isn't this approach against the whole idea of Combine and TST? One has to be either backed by a very decent amount, or he/she has to make a very high % return, (which is unlikely in the long run) to make a decent living.
 
Quote from TRS:

Your myopia proves you never were & never could be a trader.
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That's both harsh and unfair... But if you're the real deal go ahead and prove it...! Show us how you're a real "trader"... What exactly is it that you do that makes you a real trader and works well in the market...? Trust me... Marketsurfer and I have seen it all... You probably just think you have something but you really don't.
 
Quote from CoolTraderDude:

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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Thanks, Cool.

Those that argue against what i said are only showing their inexperience, naivety, and ignorance of the markets. It's a cult of "true believers" who went to one too many tony robbins seminars or something. :D
 
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Man, I couldn't ask for better material for a possible future book. You are jesting right? You are claiming that you are part of the market, morphing and changing with it----- do you even realize how deluded that sounds? This is the second best claim I have ever read on elite, the best one had something to do with a noble prize nomination in tech analysis-- that ended up in Covel's book where I am named checked, by the way---- please keep posting, i need the material!

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Surf,

You live in the Twilight Zone. You have time and time again proven you have zero trading skills. Which is fine. Most people aren't cut for it. You have shown that, and basically admitted it. But to come on a trading web site and rip everyone else telling them their methods are worthless is beyond pathetic.

Show some kind of profitablity in your "trading", otherwise you have ZERO credibility.

The name dropping of being a reviewer of Covel's book was hilarious. Like that's some kind of huge accomplishment.
 
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There is NO evidence that retail traders who started from zero without any outside support can live a good lifestyle from trading proceeds alone-- IN FACT, the EVIDENCE IS clearly that they do no exist. surf
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Well...

There's Dan Zanger...!:D http://www.chartpattern.com/ He had a good run for a while before he started selling stuff...
 
Quote from Pekelo:

I agree, but isn't this approach against the whole idea of Combine and TST? One has to be either backed by a very decent amount, or he/she has to make a very high % return. (which is unlikely in the long run)
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No, pekelo--- I totally believe that its possible to survive and even thrive as a prop trader--- for short time anyway---- prop firms have and teach edges that really work-- plus provide capital and leverage. I am talking about at home retail traders, particullarly those who trade FX dealers like our resident siberian pyschologist.

With that said, even as a prop trader, I doubt you will survive for the long run without outside income-- sure you will have good periods but edges only last so long.
 
Quote from CoolTraderDude:

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There's Dan Zanger...! he had a good run for a while before he started selling stuff...
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That's because chart patterns come and go, but (the number of) people willing to pay for a dream stay...
 
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