I've said wet wipe the entire time. We do use "toilet paper" for food, we just call them serviettes or napkins. We avoid "dirty" jobs because we think we're above them.

Billion Dollar Day - Documentary 1986

He may have looked at a chart before the scene, and could picture the unfolding action in his head. I don't disagree though, I wouldn't expect a great trader to stare at a monitor and wait for some fib# or moving averages to cross. Also a different ...

Billion Dollar Day - Documentary 1986

Do you spy on westerners as they take dumps? No? Then don't presume to know their habits. I imagine my fellow westerners have drawn similar conclusions to me, and that for a properly clean result, both water and TP is necessary, preferably followed ...

Billion Dollar Day - Documentary 1986

The hiring of traders was hypothetical - I'd have to be cashed up to take a risk on someone else. I also can't be the wage slave if I'm the one doing the hiring! Okay, I don't actually agree with that, as a wage slave is essentially someone who ...

Would you stop trading if you found better paying job??

So you either aren't a trader, or you're a struggling trader? Take the engineering job. As for me, yes I currently would, but only in the shorterm to boost capital. Master is a strong term. An individual is very unlikely to master one, let alone ...

Would you stop trading if you found better paying job??

Neither is a croupier's fling, the cards left in a blackjack shoe etc. The house doesn't always win, otherwise there wouldn't be card counters, video poker pros, and dudes with PDAs for predicting the physics of roulette. You may have a point in ...

What is your edge?

Ah, but there's trading, and then there's trading successfully enough to be considered a professional. Intelligence comes in various forms, and while a trader doesn't need to be an academic, the nature of the market dictates that skilled ...

What kind of person can trade?

Your post is valid, but you should have expected those type of replies. It's also a little funny because stereotypes often have a little truth to them, and also because people are so quick to jump to the offensive interpretation. This kind of thread ...

Female/Woman/Girl Traders here...

Of course it's subjective, otherwise we would not disagree. I view 2% as very reasonable, while others view it as too aggressive (especially those with investors). Risk of ruin exploding? Talk about being dramatic. I don't see anyone suggesting to ...

Why are most retail traders usually on the wrong side of the market?

You missed my point. I didn't say good traders don't trade the trend, I just said they do it well because they're skilled. It won't much help a poorer trader. It does, variance aside. If you're trading well, it means you're overcoming the cost of ...

Why are most retail traders usually on the wrong side of the market?

That's fine, and most employers would agree. I don't because I view potential skill as far more important (referring only to trading), and I think requiring a certain level of education will rule out many good candidates. I went to school with a lot ...

What kind of person can trade?

Trading the trend on a longterm chart will have many traders missing out on early gains, and experiencing late losses. Too slow to get in, too slow to get out. Trading the trend itself is probably only marginally profitable, if that. Good trend ...

Why are most retail traders usually on the wrong side of the market?

I'd pretty much ignore backround if I was hiring traders. All I care about is how sharp they are, and then whether their personality traits allow them to be sustainable (i.e. responsible, disciplined, prepared etc). The only activity that teaches ...

What kind of person can trade?

Because you can? My question to you is why would you limit yourself? As your capital grows, your returns will shink until you find it no longer worthwhile to trade, and possibly losing to inflation. All because you decided you didn't want to be ...

When does a trader outgrow their trade size?

Don't say that, otherwise we'll get the Progressive/PC numpties out there demanding that losers get "Participation" awards .

Why are most retail traders usually on the wrong side of the market?

Why are most traders on the wrong side of the market? Because they're being outplayed, like chumps at a high-stakes poker table.

Why are most retail traders usually on the wrong side of the market?

"Am I placing a good trade?".

What is the most important question a trader asks...

Good job on landing it, but was that lift-off due to the conditions or pilot error?

EURUSD

Not VSA, but I wait for the retracement that usually comes. Better traders can long highs.

vsa with Malcolm

The UBS floor is insane. *I'm talking about size, not suggesting I've experienced the activity.

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