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  • #21
  • Mar 21, 2009 4:36am Mar 21, 2009 4:36am
Quoting lindsayf
well its an interesting thing clock......it is perhaps a more significant sign of lack of self esteem to attack those who have done well.. what need in yourself does that meet?
You mean the same way everyone attacks the USD?
  • #22
  • Mar 29, 2009 11:19pm Mar 29, 2009 11:19pm
Quoting bristolxyz
I hate to brag, but I must.
A year ago January, I started trading live with a live acct at GFT. I started out by risking way to much on trades, was trading news on ocassion and made a few good trades. But as newstrading took a dive, I ended up with about $400 profit on a $10,000 starting balance after 4 months. At one point I was up by more than $2500.
I started to trade charts and pretty much ignore fundamental data. I ran into a group here on Forex Factory and began trading within a group outside of this forum. It was almost exclusively a charting...
hello bristol this is Carlos , I'm glad you are doing well, I'm sorry to say that are friend Dana is not doing that well, he is in a hospital with cancer and that is the reason why he spell you he wasen't thinking right he was confusing people not reclinising things and all that, but I'm glad my friend that true his teching you made a lot of money, I'm realy happy for you, I'm here in arizona working in a hotel, tiling you know my second job, I'm not trading since november when i lost the acc, waiting to start again when I get some money, well my friend enjoy your reguards and take care, be well and god bless you
The Chonchy
  • #23
  • Mar 31, 2009 7:54pm Mar 31, 2009 7:54pm
Nice profit. I hope you get to keep it & continue doing well in the future.

Way to go.
  • #24
  • Apr 7, 2009 2:05am Apr 7, 2009 2:05am
Each to his own.. I am happy for you.
  • #25
  • Apr 7, 2009 3:03am Apr 7, 2009 3:03am
just curious to know what was the max drawdown you faced? Specially during the 5 month period in which u turned 22k to 177k?
  • #26
  • Apr 7, 2009 3:21am Apr 7, 2009 3:21am
Quoting fugly
just curious to know what was the max drawdown you faced? Specially during the 5 month period in which u turned 22k to 177k?
Preferably in Equity...
Living the adventure in my head.
  • #27
  • Apr 7, 2009 3:45am Apr 7, 2009 3:45am
Well done
  • #28
  • Apr 7, 2009 4:09am Apr 7, 2009 4:09am
It's always great to read/hear about someone spanking the market/broker and to see that they were actually able to withdraw their money successfully. I seem to read such horror stories sometimes. Enjoy it, no doubt you have earned it.
Nothing worth having is easy.
  • #29
  • Apr 7, 2009 4:18am Apr 7, 2009 4:18am
Quoting bristolxyz
I hate to brag, but I must.

$177K
C'mon, Bristol, you love to brag ... and $177k is some good change... BUT in my first 3 years trading I had at least one quarter each year in which I made >$100k. I thought I was a genius, but I wasn't : I was just lucky, using systems and methods that were in tune with the market and which later collapsed.

It has taken me years to start grinding out what I call my "daily breakeven target" of $500 / day. Part of that process has included learning to live in fear - thanks to the inestimable Ed Seykota - although I appreciate that comment may sound weird. It just means appreciating the positive intention of fear when trading, but that is a subject for another thread ...

So hold onto that $177k, understand your edge (if you've got one), and turn it into $1.77m .

OK, posting break over, back to my charts...
  • #30
  • Apr 7, 2009 12:01pm Apr 7, 2009 12:01pm
What I'd like to see is someone ( I hope myself) make a decent lucky run and take the cash and bank most of it and live off of it and study the market and then go back to trading after learning more
  • #31
  • Apr 7, 2009 5:29pm Apr 7, 2009 5:29pm
I'm happy for you. You are one of the very very few to come out ahead.
  • #32
  • Last Post: Apr 8, 2009 5:09am Apr 8, 2009 5:09am
congrats on ur feat Bristol.... i'm not surprised at ur result.....having been around some people for close to a year now, i'v seen that it's not as difficult(once you have the right tools and sufficient practice) to make it in this business as we think
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