Quote from JMowery1987:
But that doesn't explain those traders that don't have a "system" or "set of rules"
Are those traders just doomed for failure.
I don't see how anyone has the authority to define what an idea is, knowing that an "edge" can mean many many many things, and can apply to any type of trader.
I just don't believe in the idea of an "edge"
Here is another question. Are all traders with an "edge" successful. Because from some threads I get the idea that all traders with an "edge" are consistantly profitable, which is again why I asked, is an "edge" another saying for just being "consistantly profitable"?
I just don't believe in an "edge", just as I don't believe in luck.
Or am I one of those people who think "outside of the box"
But yet, if I don't believe in an edge, how could I be successful, and how come a lot of people say in order to be successful, you must think outside of the box?
It just doesn't make sense to me.
*again, just trying to get peoples opinions on this...... not trying to actually argue anything, just friendly chatter*
Those trading without rules, or a trading plan will eventually lose to the house given the time. Without rules and a plan, they are nothign more than gamblers.