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I believe there is a psychotherapy site on some
remote newsgroup somewhere that might be able to help you with your personal
problems.
Please take them there ASAP.
The rest of us are here to discuss and exchange
ideas and information that will help us improve our trading skills.
You are adding absolutely nothing to this
goal.
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ric
ingram
To: <A title=realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
href="mailto:realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 7:39
AM
Subject: [RT] A mere student speaks
Hi,I am a student of the easy, still
learning.I do not claim to be a master of anything, let alone a master
of the difficult act of trading with the trend.I am not a good enough
trader to make money trading the trend - I leave that to the masters of the
difficult.One of my personal problems, which I am actively working on,
is a tendency to look for others motivations. This is
self-destructive, as there is then an inclination to use such an (often false)
assumption as lens to evaluate what they say and do.False conclusions,
more a reflection of myself than reality, are the result. In
trading this means losses.One of the advantages I find in the
following three trading
styles: - spread
trading, - volatility
breakout
trading, - market
making,is I need to make little or no
projections. Even if a forecast proves wrong, a higher
probability trade becomes available. In other words my
predilection for false assumptions through using motivation as a lens has
little chance to undermine my trading results.Many other traders seem
to suffer, to one degree or another, from my problem of evaluation through a
lens of presumed motivation - in fact it seems to be a rare person that has
mostly overcome this tendency.Perhaps that is why the majority of
traders with consistent 50% plus annual returns and limited draw-downs use one
or more of the above three trading styles.But perhaps I am a master of
one thing - a master of being wrong for I am wrong so often, I must be getting
expert at it - especially when I look for others motivations.And I do
love being wrong - it is one of the best ways to learn.Unconditional
regards, Ric.<A href="http://www.traderscalm.com/";
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