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> 3. Level of spiritual
attainment.
Semantics plays a part in
any discussion, especially when we
are
crossing cultures etc. It
plays a greater role in
'spiritual'
discussion than it does in
any other.
So, first the
semantics.
We are not limited to the
term 'spirituality' as we can talk
around
the same area in many
different terms (objective
mind/subjective
mind, rational/intuitive,
super-consciousness, super-rationality
the
collective unconscious,
God, the Soul, the Divine, the Supreme
and
millions more).
For ease of discussion I
will stick with 'spirituality'.
A few basic
points:
- generally the 'spiritual
gene' is latent in humanity, across
all
cultures
- it is more virile in a
small %
- it is particularly latent
in the West/modern culture where we
have
turned our back on our
spirituality
- I dare say this forum has
more than its share of latent
spirituality under the
surface
- the psychic opposites are
not antagonistic forces e.g. soul
versus
body but rather a
complimentary whole so that is not a matter
of
logic/programming trading
versus intuitive/discretionary trading.
We
are all using both, at
different times and places, even those
who
deny it (there is no such
thing as a 100% objective/rational
person).
- a healthy psyche has a
good balance and flows between each
psychic
pole in its own
season.
The main pragmatic
points:
- we can't bootstrap our
subjective mind so we have to turn
to
mentors for written or oral
teaching
- some have more aptitude
for it than others
- I was very priviliged to
have some experience in these matters
long
before I started trading
(my subjective consciousness/soul
was
already active and able to
express itself in the world) but it
still
took years of pragmatic,
practical, objective work to 'program'
the
trading mind to match i.e.
I had to pass a sufficient number
of
exams, in the core units,
at the 'University of Trading', before
I
could 'enter the trading
zone'.
In laymans terms, my
intuitive mind was functioning but I still
had
to go out and tediously
train my rational/objective mind, and
learn
as many of the objective
rules of trading as I could, before
the
subjective and the
objective minds could synchronize in the
trading
room.
"Give unto Caeser that
which is Caesers AND give homage to your
God".
brian_z
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com, "Jan Malmberg" <jan@xxx>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I sometimes daytrade
using even delayed data for the charts, and
a
list
> compiled list stored
in my broker's web application. It
works
alright. Most
> of the time I do
short-to-mid-term swing trading. With just
the 15-
min
> delayed data. Ok,
real-time for the indexes.
>
>
>
> Here's my
opinion.
>
>
>
> The three components
that determine your success are
usually:
>
> 1. Level of analysis.
How good you can produce low-risk
entries
with a
> probable future
outcome, which of course is never totally
possible.
> 2. Level of money
management. How much you bet on one
single
trade, how
> well you scale in,
scale out, set and stick to stop-orders,
and
more.
> 3. Level of spiritual
attainment. How much you have attained
the
> "no-mind" state of the
ancient warriors and spiritually
achieved
people.
> Which means that you
fearlessly execute trades while maintaining
a
> risk-appropriate
behavior. Only really possible when you no
longer
fear the
> horrible market and
what it might do to you.
>
>
>
> Which one is most
important? The one you lack the most at
the
moment. I was
> fortunate to start out
with fairly solid money management from
the
start.
>
>
>
> Best regards /
JM
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
>
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com]
On Behalf
> Of Louis P.
> Sent: Thursday, 31
July 2008 2:15 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com
> Subject: [amibroker]
Anyone actually making money?
>
> Hi,
>
> I was only
wondering... Anyone actually making money or
making a
living
> with AB and
trading?
>
> I've been working on
ideas and plans for over 7 months now
and
didn't find
> anything convincing
yet. I've been searching daily data,
then
hourly,
> 15-minute and now I am
into 1-minute data and nothing
seems
satisfying.
> Been searching RSI,
MFI, ADX, MA, HHV, LLV... nothing seems to
work.
>
> So... Anyone is making
consistent money with this, and if so,
at
which
> timeframe and how do
you do it?
>
> I'm beginning to think
about switching to tick database; it
seems
even
> 1-minute is too slow
for intraday trading. Anyone making money
with
> 1-minute?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Louis
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