DislikedDouble wow. talk about attention to details. Couldn't see the 3 rd party until enlarged the avatar. have big company. Sorry my eye sight not very good these days. Right eye not seems to be recovering. Is that a great white? Wow. Also sorry for late reply. Mom is also not feeling very well. So i have to struggle a little more , make sure things around the house is ok. Triple WOW, pearl diving, that way exceeded my thoughts. The southern mikimoto competition. MY Hat off to you. I was asking padi diver or party diver, because i had a diver friend...Ignored
I hope your Mum is feeling better soon, I cared for my Brother & Uncle...My Hat's are off to you.
Pearl Diving these days isnt as 'tough'as it was. The hardhat days were tough..lost divers every neap,cementary in Broome is full of them, lost 415 luggers in 1 cyclone early 1900's I started a few years after the hard hats but still on the luggers, these days multi million dollar vessels but the industry died when the Chinese freshwater pearls flooded the market 98-2001..many hit the wall. 2 main players now Paspaley and Kaillis family.
Its the only diving I ever did 10,000 hours bottom time..still dont believe that myself!even though I am more adapt under the water than on the land :-) We used hookah systems and drifted the pearl beds behind the luggers with the tide, hard work but like walking on the moon everyday...you never get sick of it.
The boys on the rigs do a far tougher deco sessions etc and the pay is very poor, we sit in 1 atmoshere and every atmosphere down(30 ft) is an extra 64 pounds per square inch on the body so imagine the pressure on them.Our limits as 'drift divers' were set in late 90's at 45 metres..but on a good day a top diver could earn $4-$6,000 AUD..lowest would be $1500AUD 10x 40 minute drifts... so after 6-9 days you made pretty good dough...but there was also the years when you would come in after 10 days still owing for stores :-) pretty much like the fx sorry I just found the icon thing..now there will be trouble
The Japanese ladies in Japan put us all to shame,they still freedive today!The nose apparatus is for equlisation of the middle ear instead of pinching their noses with their hands.
As for the barracks here, the wife knows there is only one General, though she stands on a pedistal and has done for 25 years, she realises any break in the ranks would remove the pedistall...so yes it's just the Great White..
As for stops, I have a margin limit with Dukascopy and I have my eyes glued whilst active, i have that priveledge, I try to stay out of the way of news NFP,Central Bank puppets and the like etc but the 20-30 pip stop which is inculcated in all 'teachings' to me, is a sucker punch. I cannot measure how many times personally( a ways back) and associates and friends have said.."Got me by one pip and turned" but gee if it wasnt for that one pip Ide be up 100 pips!"
Each to there own, but as I have the priveledge to monitor and 'manage' I prefer to stay in the fight.. not get knocked out with a jab..
When the other side can see where your FLOT line is...all they have to do is lob or air assault and your toast. Isnt guirella warfare about camouflage?
Active positions are part of a whole, but stops have lots of colour and averages,and percentages and CAN BE SEEN FOR MILES! :-)
Thankyou for noticing the 'duality of thoughts' I have attached my market watch screen..this is my live battle screen if you will. I have another with the copper chart/oil/gold/esmin/dowmin/dollar index/another with cac/dax/ftse/HS/Nik/Oz which are also naked except the software tells me a new H/L with a bubble
I watch the price action intently and then if I suspect something,notice a change in sentiment,I will plan appropriately sometimes in that planning,I will reach for a tool(armour) ie. cci for 'rate or speed' of divergence or a 55 or pivot I will bring that onto other charts(not my main ones) to see the history of what happened when and is there a possibility of repeat(as an example). These can be seen in the price action but sometimes I find speed of information is assisted with the tool.
I find that market price can be self fullfilling but who does the fullfillment?the trader?the machine?who looks at what?how has he she been taught?(Good traders use stops!)everyone is taught this..by whom?..the market maker taking the other side of your trade?.Supplying this multi million dollar piece of software for "free" to you to trade ???
If there is one road out of town and everyone is on it and they take the bridge out...?
Im sorry if I am rambling or talking too much but I love this... I agree there is a duality of thoughts maybe more than 2, but in context my confidence in the trade comes from the price action as all tools are lagging and as such ..history..but history at times repeats!
Also to note.. I will glance at say a 200 sma, say its 60 -100 pips from the current price I will watch the price action over maybe a week or longer in how the price converges or diverges from that 200 and the rapidity it uses..just looking for a tell..nothing concrete, but this is their weapon so if they are moving it around the field..how are they moving it? what position is it pointing to?how fast did it get there?what activity is around it? etc etc I am sure you get my meaning...I glance at these ...I study the price action.
What I do not use them for is to cloud my thoughts with bias..my dear old Dad sold cars for a living..he always used to say 'let them name the price'.
I suppose that makes me a bit of a counter puncher,but because my troops are few, I have no other choice, dont think I would want one..'draw them to my terrain'ST'when weak let them think your strong..when strong let them think your weak'ST
Any input here would be greatly appreciated.
Important NOTE: Please do note I havent said all this to presume arrogantly I am right, only to clarfy to you my MO so you have a clearer picture of my thoughts..the internet can confuse image at times, I do not want to ask someone a question, then stand there telling them the (my) answer or defending a bias..the exercise would be futile for all parties.
This is so refreshing Fti, Thankyou
Regards
Li