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Hey Walt,
Congrats...How much in the account for your great return??
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walt Downs [SMTP:knight@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 7:46 AM
> To: RealTraders Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: investment champ
>
>
> >Walt, well done!
> >
> >To win such a competition, do you have to trade in a way that
> >you never would with real money?
> >
> >Do you have to be extremely aggressive, "betting the farm" rather
> >than cautiously preserving capital for the longer term? Is that
> >part of what is required to have such high gains in such a short
> >time?
> >
> >Or were you able to trade the way you normally would?
> >
> >Also, the email subject/title should really be "Trading Champ" rather
> >than "Investment Champ", right? You must have traded very well!
> >
> >-Neal.
> >
> Hi Neal,
>
> Good question! <g>. I saw both styles during the competition. Most of
> the "bet the farm" guys blew out . Trading was in a diversified
> portfolio and no position was held more than a week and a half.
>
>
> For myself, I traded the way I always do. My Max DD in the competition
> was
> about 14,000 against 79,000 in profits, meaning a 5.64 - 1 risk to
> reward
> ratio, which is o.k.
>
> The trick isn't in winning. The trick is *not losing* .
> Not only do I not like to bet the farm, I don't even like to bet the
> barn. <g>
>
> Walt Downs
> CIS trading
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