Yes I started trading full time equity futures and then moved to bond futures at a prop shop. whats your point? Some people suit different markets.
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Disliked..... taking time off. I did this and came back stronger then ever.Ignored
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i lost money everyday for 6 months
Yes I started trading full time equity futures and then moved to bond futures at a prop shop. whats your point? Some people suit different markets.Ignored
DislikedI'll be doing that as of tomorrow, going on holiday for a week to crete, got 'trading in the zone' by mark douglas on my phone in PDF so gonna give that a read while I'm away.
I could do with a tan also, looking like a milk bottle being couped up inside behind a screen all dayIgnored
DislikedSadly that is so true (of most but not all) but really, some of the most unsuitable people just drop into this business with little or no experience and even less common sense and somehow expect to produce instant money, did they really honestly believe that was ever going to happen?Ignored
DislikedSame prop shop? They were patient!
I noticed you haven't traded forex, is it something you're looking into?Ignored
DislikedMate i take my yearly trip to Fiji to reflect on my trading and get a tan/burn. I wasn't much of a fan of 'trading in the zone' I prefer the old blank piece of paper full of new ideas/plans.Ignored
DislikedYeah its a horrible read he really drags on and on about irrelevant stuff. A few good points in there though, like the observe youself chapter hit home for me.Ignored
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No, I'm not looking into forex im quite happy in fixed income but like you said I find trading forums relevant even if its different markets.
As far as different markets go some behave completely different to others, execution in more/less liquid markets is obviously different. Personally i don't like fast moving markets like currencies.Ignored
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Other reviews have said its fairly repetative aswell, what other chapters are a good read?Ignored
DislikedThe questionnaire can be quite revealing! You're supposed to take it before reading the book and again after reading it tho', lolIgnored
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Can't go past reminisence of a stock operator hardly relevant to todays markets but the basic phychological principles are. I found it a great motivating story to push your limits and try to make it big, but at the same time disturbing to discover he commited suicide from trading losses, hope i dont end up like that. Must have read it 5 times though.Ignored
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26. I often spend sleepless nights worrying about the market.
I did that once when I first started out and blown the account because I had no idea how to trade, although at the time I thought I did, I think I lost like 15 trades back to back lolIgnored
Dislikedlol, I can nearly guarantee we've all been there, it seems like a mandatory pain we have to pay! For me way too many times the light at the end of the tunnel turned out to be a freight train coming the other way, it's wasn't pretty!Ignored
Dislikedevery trade I entered, it then changed direction right away and smashed my stop loss lol I was going long at resistance and selling at support, what an idiot lolIgnored
DislikedI was selling at resistance and buying at support, however, my problem was, when I entered the trade, price goes right to hit my stoploss and then turn back to hit the TP lol
Then I decided to remove my SL, you know the restIgnored