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I'm not sure whether this response or the "blood sausage" response was more
interesting.
In any case, there is another forum that was started by the gentleman who
wrote "Zen in the Markets". For those who read and enjoyed that book you
might want to check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SamuraiTraders.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "DanC" <danc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [RT] Immune Response
> Hi Bob,
>
> On this mid 60's day with high, floaty, big clouds that are remnants of a
light,
> warm rain last night, and portends to be a knockout, lovely day, I do not
at any
> level dismiss the mental side of trading, not in the least. I believe it
is of
> utmost importance. There should be a group list for discussing it....
>
> Forty watts glowing persistently here,
>
> Dan
>
> Bob Heisler wrote:
>
> > Yes, the bulb certainly has to want to change.
> >
> > The only point I'm trying to make on this cold, dreary spring morning is
> > that to dismiss the mental side of trading as meaningless is as
ludicrous as
> > dismissing the TA side of trading as meaningless.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "charles meyer" <chmeyer@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 12:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [RT] Immune Response
> >
> > > Bob-
> > >
> > > Thanks for SHARING.<g> How many shrinks does it take to change a
light
> > > bulb? Only one; but the bulb has to want to change.
> > >
> > > It was Freud who stated that self-analysis was really not possible.
Of
> > > course
> > > he was the notable exception for it was mostly through his self dream
> > > analysis
> > > on which the new art and science of psychoanalysis was based. Having
said
> > > that; I don't think there is any supporting scientific proof on the
> > efficacy
> > > of any type of analysis; and the more time one spends in this arena;
it
> > > seems one is
> > > able to recognize an analysis du jour. I have also read where the
same
> > > type of personality change that we envision from a Western perspective
can
> > > be effected through the daily practice of meditation. Those who have
been
> > > practicing that for years are said to resemble individuals who have
been
> > > completely transformed; as through some type of psychological therapy
or
> > > traditional psychoanalysis. Quicker changes have been effected
through
> > > what Jung described as a spiritual transformation. That's for those
real
> > > stubborn folks who make a decision to effect a change in their lives
> > through
> > > some sort of spirituality; and when almost everything else they have
> > tried;
> > > failed to make a difference.
> > >
> > > Chas
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: BobR <bobrabcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 12:07 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [RT] Immune Response
> > >
> > >
> > > > Eventually some traders do get around to examining this area of
trading
> > > when
> > > > they can't seem to get it together after years of trying or perhaps
they
> > > > just want to polish up one aspect of their already sucessful
trading.
> > One
> > > > trader on this list loaned me a set of audio tapes from a $3,000
psych
> > > > seminar. The psych's personal experience and thesis was the mkt was
> > > > entirely random and it could change direction immediately after
putting
> > on
> > > a
> > > > trade. Must have taken too many hits. Early in the seminar one of
the
> > > > students asked him if he still traded, and after a pause the answer
was
> > > no.
> > > > At least he was honest. He would rather take $3,000 from ten people
in
> > a
> > > 2
> > > > or 3 day session than risk trading. Can't criticise him for that
since
> > he
> > > > found his niche and that is what its about. The seminar continued,
but
> > I
> > > > have yet to get through these tapes and keep falling asleep. Back
in
> > 1992
> > > > when I retired(not from trading) at age 50 I had time to wander a
bit
> > and
> > > > had the good fortune of living with a female psychiatrist for a
year.
> > > Each
> > > > morning I would jump out of bed an hour before the mkt opened and
> > prepare
> > > > for the day. Then I would go into the next room where the old mac
IIfx
> > > and
> > > > win 3.0 with TrendSetter and MSrt or TS3.0 were and traded for an
hour
> > and
> > > a
> > > > half. When she discovered it was possible to make more money in 7.5
> > hours
> > > > of work than in 30 days of prescibing meds to prison inmates, she
> > > concluded
> > > > that something was wrong with me! Her goal was to "cure" me whether
I
> > > > wanted it or not. One morning on a walk past the nearby bird
sanctuary
> > I
> > > > asked her if a psychiatrist could be her own therapist. Of course
it
> > was
> > > a
> > > > loaded question as I thought she was loony as hell, and so did most
of
> > the
> > > > neighborhood. Her answer, after a pause, psychs like to pause, was
> > "No".
> > > > It really was an interesting and unforgettable year of my life.
> > > >
> > > > bobr
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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