They say teaching is the best way to master your craft

deaddog said:
So what is wrong with your teaching process? :):)
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Nothing wrong with the teaching process. Like leading a horse to water. You can take the horse to water. Cannot force the horse to drink the water. She enjoys seeng the profitable trades but, too lazy and would not exert even a little effort. Take the trading log. She has promised to do it, to this day, will not do it. Read Stan Weinstein's book but, quit after maybe, 20 pages. Promised to finish it. 15 years later, she still has not finished the book. And something is wrong with my teaching process? When you have a student who is hard headed (she is a doctor)---it is mission impossible. She does what she pleases. I told her to follow my trades, as I do not wish to waste more time. Now, she wastes the trades I share with her because she never took the little effort to learn what was being taught to her. At this point, I just let her do as she pleases. I am no longer invested in training her.
 
smallfil said:
"Teaching someone to trade is the hardest thing to do." You burn up hours upon hours but the student never listens, is hard headed and butts head with you. How do I know? I am still trying to mentor my friend. Unfortunately, she will not do what needs to be done. She follows my trades and now, makes some monies. However, she cuts positions too soon due to panic and not understanding what is happening to the stock. Two profitable trades wasted. She made $75 a piece on 2 trades that are highly profitable. I made $830 on one and $1,500 on the other. Told her that had she held on and followed my lead, she would have made decent amounts on two trades. Such a huge waste of my time and effort. I am never doing it again ever.
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Respect for having tried.
 
smallfil said:
Nothing wrong with the teaching process. Like leading a horse to water. You can take the horse to water. Cannot force the horse to drink the water. She enjoys seeng the profitable trades but, too lazy and would not exert even a little effort. Take the trading log. She has promised to do it, to this day, will not do it. Read Stan Weinstein's book but, quit after maybe, 20 pages. Promised to finish it. 15 years later, she still has not finished the book. And something is wrong with my teaching process? When you have a student who is hard headed (she is a doctor)---it is mission impossible. She does what she pleases. I told her to follow my trades, as I do not wish to waste more time. Now, she wastes the trades I share with her because she never took the little effort to learn what was being taught to her. At this point, I just let her do as she pleases. I am no longer invested in training her.
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How would you define a good trader?
How would you define a good teacher?
It seems to me you may have succeeded as a trader but failed as a teacher.
I'm just giving you a hard time. Hopefully the smiley faces conveyed that.
I can appreciate the difficulty those who attemtp to teach trading run up against. I have found that most who want help don't actually want to do any work. Look at our school system where teachers are expected to impart knowledge to a bunch of teenagers who aready know everything.
 
deaddog said:
How would you define a good trader?
How would you define a good teacher?
It seems to me you may have succeeded as a trader but failed as a teacher.
I'm just giving you a hard time. Hopefully the smiley faces conveyed that.
I can appreciate the difficulty those who attemtp to teach trading run up against. I have found that most who want help don't actually want to do any work. Look at our school system where teachers are expected to impart knowledge to a bunch of teenagers who aready know everything.
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I gave it 1,000% effort and leave it at that. In the end, she wasted all her chances to be a good trader. She also, picks and chooses which trades she will follow. Most times, she gets the losing trades and misses the good trades. Or exits the trades early and gets a tiny profit. Atleast, my days of teaching trading is over.
 
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