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Forum: Psychology and Money Management

October 17th, 2016, 09:30 PM

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Sticky: Time to Give Up

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Posted By HoopyTrading

When they say to preserve your trading capital? ...

When they say to preserve your trading capital? Yes yes, you change your diet to gummy bears, Charms Blow Pops and Kraft Mac-n-Cheese! Boy, what a great enjoyable life we have chosen! Wheee!
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Forum: Psychology and Money Management

October 11th, 2016, 05:35 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 193,298

Posted By HoopyTrading

For some reason that bit right there..."You can't...

For some reason that bit right there..."You can't educate pork"...That is lighting up my mind. It is a disturbing line of text. I do not know why.

Whee, it's fun to be a human I think! And...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

July 16th, 2016, 08:53 AM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 193,298

Posted By HoopyTrading

Thank you for pointing this out. I sometimes...

Thank you for pointing this out. I sometimes need a reminder that I have crossed a line. It was not my intent to come off as personally insulting to mattz. I tend to get emotionally charged in...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

July 15th, 2016, 04:57 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 193,298

Posted By HoopyTrading

Hey, I remember this metaphor from something an...

Hey, I remember this metaphor from something an Indian guru wrote back in the God-knows-when past...

It goes like this...

Two frogs fell into a bucket of milk (or cream). They both kept...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

July 14th, 2016, 09:42 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 193,298

Posted By HoopyTrading

By the way mattz, the white-gloved slap thing was...

By the way mattz, the white-gloved slap thing was kind of a joke. Do you not know of the white-glove slap thingy? It's funny in a way. *slap slap*

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

July 14th, 2016, 09:37 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 193,298

Posted By HoopyTrading

Yes, exactly. It is my capital. So if my system...

Yes, exactly. It is my capital. So if my system is working, who are you to tell me that it will not work with real money? I am not "experimenting" with anything. I have delved into the deepest...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

July 14th, 2016, 09:25 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 193,298

Posted By HoopyTrading

By the way guys, I am not joking about my sheet. ...

By the way guys, I am not joking about my sheet. I am about to do this live. No fucking lie. (pardon my French Mr. Big Mike.) I am sick and tired of sim, and I need to get busy. I just need to...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

July 14th, 2016, 09:15 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 193,298

Posted By HoopyTrading

Hey, at least I am trying to play a hand, and am...

Hey, at least I am trying to play a hand, and am putting in effort. If you have real LIVE results to show, than please share them with the rest of us.

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

July 14th, 2016, 09:09 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 193,298

Posted By HoopyTrading

That, sir, sounded and felt like a white-gloved...

That, sir, sounded and felt like a white-gloved slap challenge! Dear mattz, I accept your challenge, and shall endeavor to prove ye wrong, good sir! Have at you!

(mattz, I've been through the RL...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

July 14th, 2016, 08:29 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 193,298

Posted By HoopyTrading

Mattz, then how do you explain my trading...

Mattz, then how do you explain my trading journal? I use no stops, and I use intuition combined with a bit of techno analysis, to a degree. Please explain it, and why it WILL NOT WORK. I have been...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

July 14th, 2016, 08:20 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 193,298

Posted By HoopyTrading

Welp, now I have two books on my X-mas...

Welp, now I have two books on my X-mas list..."Trading in the Zone", and now this "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator."

(Yes yes yes, I know I should have read "Trading in the Zone" a long time...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

July 14th, 2016, 07:45 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 193,298

Posted By HoopyTrading

Wow, you are reading that book also? There is a...

Wow, you are reading that book also? There is a trader in my school who is reading that book as well, and mentions a bit about how the author doesn't use stops? The trader is from the 1930s or...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

July 14th, 2016, 06:19 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 193,298

Posted By HoopyTrading

Ahh. That is an interesting observation. I'll...

Ahh. That is an interesting observation. I'll need to research the thread, because I have recently encountered something vaguely similar.

I never considered it "Gambler's Fallacy" though.

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

July 14th, 2016, 02:18 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 193,298

Posted By HoopyTrading

That question, and situation, I cannot abide. ...

That question, and situation, I cannot abide. The roulette wheel NEVER lands on red 26 times in a row, IF ALL THINGS ON THE WHEEL ARE EQUAL. The pure probability of a perfect wheel landing red 26...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

June 30th, 2016, 02:40 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 193,298

Posted By HoopyTrading

I um, well...I just dunno. I don't feel it needs...

I um, well...I just dunno. I don't feel it needs to feel like it is cut-throat. After all, you do not know who you are trading with. As long as you get your orders filled, who cares who fulfilled...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

June 29th, 2016, 11:22 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 193,298

Posted By HoopyTrading

In my mind, trading is not a battle. It is not a...

In my mind, trading is not a battle. It is not a war to be fought and then won or lost against an adversary. Whether it be a human avatar or a silicon avatar.

I cannot, in my head,...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

June 29th, 2016, 10:23 PM

Replies: 591

Sticky: Time to Give Up

Views: 193,298

Posted By HoopyTrading

Oh my. That right there is a problem, methinks. ...

Oh my. That right there is a problem, methinks. Why do we all think that everyone else on the other side of the screen is an enemy? What opponent?

When you look at your charts and DOMs and...

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