Oh, I am doing God's work. If a god made this world, it intentionally made it competitive, and made us unequal. Surely, to not embrace our advantages through competition would be against the god's wishes?

Advice I wish I had as a complete forex newbie

Good post. As you say, a losing account is far more likely to be closed out, so we may have the same 30% winners with a different group of 70% losers each time. Now that's a little extreme, but it shows how misleading those figures appear. Does it ...

The 5% success myth busted by CFTC

Yes, since R:R alone does not achieve anything. Seems conveniently overlooked by many. Blame whoever came up with the term "risk to reward ratio". Obviously, they were not paying attention to how common betting odds are stated, which is how R:R is ...

Anyone find it funny that Risk/Reward ratio's are said backwards?

Actually, this fits perfectly for it. Something any participant should be aware of is the ruthlessness of their opponents. A lot of people talk about "investing", with little regard to the sharks that patrol the waters day to day. I'm not justifying ...

Advice I wish I had as a complete forex newbie

Not true. A good trader brings money into the economy, keeps people employed, helps oil the machine, and acts as somewhat of a check on the system. The majority of occupations out there aren't any better, and many are worse. At least with trading it ...

Advice I wish I had as a complete forex newbie

Indicators are just based on the data on a chart, so the information is there regardless of whether we use an indicator. Those who argue for indicators are really just arguing for delayed graphical interpretation of that data.

Indicators or none?

Nature disagrees. It was never her intention that we dance merrily around rainbows surrounded by puppy dogs and bunny rabbits. No, we're not equal, and I don't need to steal when people hand it over willingly.

Advice I wish I had as a complete forex newbie

You don't think you're being overdramatic? Even my lone "off-topic" post was related to the point of reality versus perception, which I think is the centre of "art versus science". Doesn't hurt to correct historical misconceptions along the way .

Trading is an Art

I'm just carrying on for the sake of it .

Trading is an Art

This actually isn't a good example; the concept of a spherical Earth has been theorised by pre-modern cultures, and known for at least a couple of millenia. After all, the curvature of the Earth can be observed by the human eye. Despite it being ...

Trading is an Art

Reality exists independent of life. A planet, for example, does not need a giraffe to see it for the planet to exist. Reality is what is, perception is how life views it. And conveniently ignoring that our "instinct" is the result of serious ...

Trading is an Art

Why would science become art simply because a biological computer is performing the calculations? I think 2+2=5 (just noticed we both used this one Hanover!). Perception does not make reality. Reality, by definition, is how things are, and not how ...

Trading is an Art

Every art has science behind it. We don't think, feel or act randomly, we do so with reason. Not being able to quantify something doesn't mean the numbers behind it don't exist. Science applies to everything. A similar discussion is decision making ...

Trading is an Art

It's a shame that a term that actually means "free" is now ignorantly used - particularly by Americans - to describe left-wing politics. I'm a liberal, and have an opposing political ideology to those in the US typically described as liberal.

Leverage Reduction: First USA now Japan. Who's next?

Art versus science is just a mainstream human perception. Everything we do as a trader has science behind it, we may just perceive it as "art" because we have not quantified our actions. Trading can't generally be taught well not because it is an ...

Trading is an Art

I'd need the tax-free break to buy my way out of whatever trouble I get into there . I'm sexually liberal and have a big mouth - I don't think they tolerate my sort.

Forex Taxes

I would at least ask him if he gave away most of his money, or to define capitalism, and suss out whether he can actually trade. To be fair, most are believing it, rather than suggesting it.

Leverage Reduction: First USA now Japan. Who's next?

There's always someone who does on most sites this is mentioned. Even the Robin Hood sites had people going on to explain the problems of the tax, but those who run the site decided to remove any contrary opinions. It seems like a good idea to those ...

Vote No on the Robin hood tax (Tobin in drag!)

Just my opinion: The trader makes the system rather than the system making the trader. Those who trade VSA well do so because they trade well, not simply because the use VSA. A lot of good traders will share similar principles, despite the methods ...

Stop fooling yourself; There is no system

I've learned that I disagree with most that has been said in this thread. Just a few counterpoints to posts I disagree with on the first few pages: 1. Determination is not enough. 2. Time and positive expectancy do not inevitably lead to success. 3. ...

No more BS - What have you learned?