NexusFi: Find Your Edge


Home Menu

 





Rationality And Trading Found In Nested Knot


Discussion in Psychology and Money Management

Updated
      Top Posters
    1. looks_one ratfink with 3 posts (17 thanks)
    2. looks_two bobwest with 3 posts (7 thanks)
    3. looks_3 Rrrracer with 2 posts (6 thanks)
    4. looks_4 cory with 1 posts (3 thanks)
      Best Posters
    1. looks_one ratfink with 5.7 thanks per post
    2. looks_two Rrrracer with 3 thanks per post
    3. looks_3 cory with 3 thanks per post
    4. looks_4 bobwest with 2.3 thanks per post
    1. trending_up 2,784 views
    2. thumb_up 39 thanks given
    3. group 1 followers
    1. forum 11 posts
    2. attach_file 3 attachments




 
Search this Thread

Rationality And Trading Found In Nested Knot

  #1 (permalink)
 
ratfink's Avatar
 ratfink 
Birmingham UK
Market Wizard
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader
Broker: TST/Rithmic
Trading: YM/Gold
Posts: 3,633 since Dec 2012
Thanks Given: 17,423
Thanks Received: 8,425

Only by accepting our emotions and feelings can we control our behaviour, and thereby make better choices of what, when and where are interesting or even optimal trades to place.

Only by accepting that each live trade is a honeypot of uncertainty, can we understand that building a better technical edge gives us a greater chance of shifting our probability of success - but can never guarantee it right now.

Only by opening our eyes, hearts and minds, do we give our brains and bodies the best chance to do well in the jobs we give them.

Only by accepting ourselves for what we are now, do we make it more likely that we will change into what we will become.

It's a definite maybe and yes, I know I'm a rational acronym title sucker.


Travel Well
Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal Started this thread Reply With Quote

Can you help answer these questions
from other members on NexusFi?
MC PL editor upgrade
MultiCharts
Exit Strategy
NinjaTrader
Increase in trading performance by 75%
The Elite Circle
ZombieSqueeze
Platforms and Indicators
How to apply profiles
Traders Hideout
 
Best Threads (Most Thanked)
in the last 7 days on NexusFi
Just another trading journal: PA, Wyckoff & Trends
30 thanks
Spoo-nalysis ES e-mini futures S&P 500
28 thanks
Tao te Trade: way of the WLD
24 thanks
Bigger Wins or Fewer Losses?
20 thanks
GFIs1 1 DAX trade per day journal
16 thanks
  #3 (permalink)
 
xplorer's Avatar
 xplorer 
London UK
Site Moderator
 
Experience: Beginner
Platform: CQG
Broker: S5
Trading: Futures
Posts: 5,972 since Sep 2015
Thanks Given: 15,487
Thanks Received: 15,382



ratfink View Post
It's a definite maybe and yes, I know I'm a rational acronym title sucker.

Finally I know what ratfink means

Reply With Quote
Thanked by:
  #4 (permalink)
 
cory's Avatar
 cory 
virginia
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: ninja
Trading: NQ
Posts: 6,098 since Jun 2009
Thanks Given: 877
Thanks Received: 8,090

I always thought it's some cartoon character.

Reply With Quote
Thanked by:
  #5 (permalink)
 
Rrrracer's Avatar
 Rrrracer 
On the road
Webinar Host
Trading Nomad
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: TradingView
Broker: Oanda
Trading: FX
Posts: 2,512 since Feb 2017
Thanks Given: 17,582
Thanks Received: 9,752


Follow me on Twitter Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal Reply With Quote
Thanked by:
  #6 (permalink)
 
bobwest's Avatar
 bobwest 
Western Florida
Site Moderator
 
Experience: Advanced
Platform: Sierra Chart
Trading: ES, YM
Frequency: Several times daily
Duration: Minutes
Posts: 8,168 since Jan 2013
Thanks Given: 57,451
Thanks Received: 26,278


Rrrracer View Post

@ratfink busted.

Rationality. Yeah, right.

Bob.

Reply With Quote
Thanked by:
  #7 (permalink)
 Grantx 
Reading UK
Legendary no drama Llama
 
Experience: None
Posts: 1,787 since Oct 2016
Thanks Given: 2,826
Thanks Received: 5,058

Ratfink you ok there buddy? You on the shrooms again?

Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal Reply With Quote
Thanked by:
  #8 (permalink)
 
ratfink's Avatar
 ratfink 
Birmingham UK
Market Wizard
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader
Broker: TST/Rithmic
Trading: YM/Gold
Posts: 3,633 since Dec 2012
Thanks Given: 17,423
Thanks Received: 8,425


Grantx View Post
Ratfink you ok there buddy? You on the shrooms again?

Indeed, some smoky weed.

I'd forgotten this old chestnut, the power of words and pictures all in one thread, whatever next. Weirdly I didn't know of the cartoons when I originally picked the moniker. Fortunately I'm unlike either, phew.

Still searching for a channel to resume a more normal service on, still stuck with one leg on each coast, life limiting as usual for now.

Cheers

Travel Well
Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal Started this thread Reply With Quote
  #9 (permalink)
 
bobwest's Avatar
 bobwest 
Western Florida
Site Moderator
 
Experience: Advanced
Platform: Sierra Chart
Trading: ES, YM
Frequency: Several times daily
Duration: Minutes
Posts: 8,168 since Jan 2013
Thanks Given: 57,451
Thanks Received: 26,278


ratfink View Post
Weirdly I didn't know of the cartoons when I originally picked the moniker.

I always thought you had not -- it seemed an odd choice to me, although, as far as I know, this kind of picture is the main cultural reference to the character. This is what occurred to me when I first encountered your posts. I figured it just had something to do with non-conformity and rebellion, which I value and you obviously do as well.

I'm not surprised you hadn't seen the big crazed rat, though.

Quoting 
Fortunately I'm unlike either, phew.

Huh. You apparently have no idea how famous the "ratfink" character is. In the US, in my high school crowd (hence I am dating myself) the illustrations were famous, widely enjoyed and frequently imitated. There were a lot of them.

(Note: actually they were well before my high school time. I'm not that damn old. But, we still laughed at them, and teenagers have no sense of even their recent history. Not that adults do, either....)

Here's the story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Fink: "Roth began airbrushing and selling "weirdo" T-shirts at car shows and in the pages of hot rod publications such as Car Craft in the late 1950s. By the August 1959 issue of Car Craft, "weirdo shirts" had become a craze with Ed Roth at the forefront of the movement."

You're famous! How many people have Wikipedia articles about them?

-----------------

Quoting 
Still searching for a channel to resume a more normal service on, still stuck with one leg on each coast, life limiting as usual for now.

You are seriously missed, you should know.

I understand the many reasons to stay away, and have some myself. Come back when you can. We will be happy to see you again.

You may have to live down the funny pictures after all this, though.

Bob.

Reply With Quote
Thanked by:
  #10 (permalink)
 
Rrrracer's Avatar
 Rrrracer 
On the road
Webinar Host
Trading Nomad
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: TradingView
Broker: Oanda
Trading: FX
Posts: 2,512 since Feb 2017
Thanks Given: 17,582
Thanks Received: 9,752



bobwest View Post
You may have to live down the funny pictures after all this, though.


Fuck that! This is avatar material right here!


Follow me on Twitter Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal Reply With Quote
Thanked by:




Last Updated on March 15, 2019


© 2024 NexusFi™, s.a., All Rights Reserved.
Av Ricardo J. Alfaro, Century Tower, Panama City, Panama, Ph: +507 833-9432 (Panama and Intl), +1 888-312-3001 (USA and Canada)
All information is for educational use only and is not investment advice. There is a substantial risk of loss in trading commodity futures, stocks, options and foreign exchange products. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
About Us - Contact Us - Site Rules, Acceptable Use, and Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy - Downloads - Top
no new posts