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Re: Trading GEN: The "Downs Doctrine" 11 part matrix for a Trader's probability of Success


  • To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: Trading GEN: The "Downs Doctrine" 11 part matrix for a Trader's probability of Success
  • From: "M. Edward Borasky" <znmeb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 00:50:30 -0500 (EST)

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Ah, but I don't "trade" as you folks understand the game. My trading
consists of a house payment and quarterly rebalancing of a 401(K) at
work. After five years of study of the mathematics and psychology of the
other forms of trading, I've concluded that they are not for me. For a
brief period in 1990-1991 I traded stocks and options fairly actively. I
made a few mistakes but on the whole I at least stayed even with the
bull market that followed Desert Storm. In my heart I'm a stockpicker, a
value investor and an academic student of computational finance.
--
M. Edward Borasky  znmeb@xxxxxxxxxxxx  http://www.teleport.com/~znmeb

If God had meant carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given rabbits
fire.

-----Original Message-----
From: Walt Downs <knight@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, January 23, 1999 15:15
Subject: Re: Trading GEN: The "Downs Doctrine" 11 part matrix for a
Trader's probability of Success


>Edward,
>
>Thanks for the review. :) True, this is something that can be
>found in *100* different trading books. Just not all in one
>place. Time = money. How long did it take you to get all
>these observations from other sources? How long did it
>take you to read this article? This was the article's intent.
>
>Familiar as you are with such observances and conclusions,
>surely you score highly in the matrix.  I am sure you do well
>in your trading. I have yet to find a trader that scored below
>8 (out of 11) that is a successfull trader.
>
>Definitely something for us all to ponder.......
>
>Warm Regards,
>Walt
>
>
>>Good post in general, although I didn't see anything I haven't seen
>>somewhere else in the literature on trading.
>>--
>>M. Edward Borasky  znmeb@xxxxxxxxxxxx  http://www.teleport.com/~znmeb
>>
>>If God had meant carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given
rabbits
>>fire.
>>
>>
>>
>