Sorry - first part for David, second for Tdion. Should have been more clear
Why your broker is your friend and your enemy 4 replies
Why don't traders admit that they are not profitable in trading? 12 replies
Cutting your risk, letting your profits run 7 replies
Luck be a lady ... Your unlucky trades 18 replies
DislikedI'll post whatever I want to, whenever I want to, until the moderators tell me to stop. By the way, where are your live trade calls? I'll be happy to point you to mine, where I racked up several hundred pips last year..... so you might want to watch who you call a "washup." Oh, and your last post is ruining my thread.
By the way, what does "learn to trade" mean, anyway? Nobody has been able to define that one yet...Ignored
DislikedI don't need to post live trade calls, I am employed as a forex trader....Ignored
DislikedThere will always be those who claim that their method provides such an edge, and that their sample size (e.g. 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 years of profitable trading) is proof of its sustainability. Then there will be those who say that no matter how large a sample size is, it is not large enough.
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DislikedHi David, your posts are always well thought out and logical, and are therefore a rare and welcome commodity among the chest thumping and bickering that normally goes on. I completely agree with you, but there is something you did not mention, and that is the relationship between "luck" and the sample size (number of trades). In order to eliminate luck completely, one would have to have an infinite sample size, which is obviously not possible, but for all practical intents and purposes, a large sample size is a good enough approximation. What should really be discussed here is at what point does a sample become large enough to safely ignore the effects of random statistical fluctuation (luck). At that point, wherever it may be, you can say that luck plays no part in your trading, or at least that it plays a negligible part, and until you can say that with confidence, you shouldn't be trading at all.Ignored
DislikedHanover,
I have enjoyed your posts. I can say for certain that there is only one long term market indicator---and that is the fundamentals of the underlying country.
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If there is a better way to attack this market, I have not found it. If someone else has, then they have not shared it with the rest of us.Ignored
DislikedIf the people here mean nothing to you, why even bother posting?
We'll do just fine without you.Ignored
DislikedTdion,
I have read your posts that you have just graduated from college and that $500 was a big deal at this point of your life.
http://www.forexfactory.com/showpost...postcount=5319
I also saw a post this week (which I can't find anymore) where you said that you were only an armchair speculator of forex trading (The bottom line is that trading is a spectator sport to me)and that you thought that forex trading was pure gambling.
So you don't even trade, because you think it is gambling?
I am uncertain of why you are here. Are you just another young turk who wants to argue with people while you are waiting to get a job? You have early 2500 posts to your name. And all of them are saying the same thing. That forex trading is gambling. Why do you keep saying the same thing over and over? Why don't you find another job in life.
I am not arguing. I want to know why you spend so much of your time here.
Can't get a job??Ignored
DislikedNone of those who have criticized tdion for not supporting a civil conversation, have even considered building on the very meaty bait he through out to us. With that said, I have put down some thoughts which resulted from the fairly substantial blow he let out against existing forex systemIgnored
DislikedI thought we'd already solved that one, they're luck for those who have simply never found a 'better way'.
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DislikedTdion,
I have read your posts that you have just graduated from college and that $500 was a big deal at this point of your life.
http://www.forexfactory.com/showpost...postcount=5319
I also saw a post this week (which I can't find anymore) where you said that you were only an armchair speculator of forex trading (The bottom line is that trading is a spectator sport to me)and that you thought that forex trading was pure gambling.
So you don't even trade, because you think it is gambling?
I am uncertain of why you are here. Are you just another young turk who wants to argue with people while you are waiting to get a job? You have early 2500 posts to your name. And all of them are saying the same thing. That forex trading is gambling. Why do you keep saying the same thing over and over? Why don't you find another job in life.
I am not arguing. I want to know why you spend so much of your time here.
Can't get a job??Ignored