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June 22nd, 2011, 08:25 AM
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If you think of trading as gambling then you have...
If you think of trading as gambling then you have to position your self as the 'house' where the odds are in your favor. Or, you have to view it as gambling games where the odds can be calculated,...
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June 18th, 2011, 11:23 AM
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Does this game take into account, drawdown, and...
Does this game take into account, drawdown, and point of ruin? These 2 are the number one trading dream killers! The other thing to ask yourself is, are truly profitable traders going to waste...
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June 18th, 2011, 11:21 AM
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Trading can be a skill that is developed, or it...
Trading can be a skill that is developed, or it can be an innate ability of a special few. The problem is that a very small portion have that innate ability, another portion will never develop the...
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June 18th, 2011, 08:09 AM
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I was not singling you out personally, by 'you' I...
I was not singling you out personally, by 'you' I was speaking generally about all traders ;)
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June 18th, 2011, 07:35 AM
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I hope you are one of those 'winning' traders...
I hope you are one of those 'winning' traders that make more money when he breaks his rules. But, for the rest of us, the market will reward the first time you break your rules, only to punish you...
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June 18th, 2011, 07:01 AM
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I am in the mechanical camp, but I have to agree...
I am in the mechanical camp, but I have to agree with you here. If you are not a programmer, and have no inclination to it, there's no reason you should try to program your methodology.
But I...
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June 17th, 2011, 11:05 AM
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That is the biggest ostacle to automated trading,...
That is the biggest ostacle to automated trading, coding properly. There are certain methods that just do not lend themselves well to automated trading. That's why I can't autotrade my method (and...
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June 17th, 2011, 10:23 AM
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Understood, but not my approach. Unless I know...
Understood, but not my approach. Unless I know the expectancy of a particular setup, I'm not taking it. If I notice a new phenomenon in the market, I go back and see how often that phenomenon...
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June 17th, 2011, 08:11 AM
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If you create rules on the fly, you are gambling.
If you create rules on the fly, you are gambling.
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June 17th, 2011, 04:05 AM
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Every discretionary method, is a mechanical...
Every discretionary method, is a mechanical method that has not been coded. Unless you are throwing a dart at the screen to choose your trade, you are probably using a mechanical rule set, whether...
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