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Makes sense to me Norm
Most people I know follow the sign on a one way street.
R
--- In realtraders@xxxx, "jeff97_98_1998" <jprroth@xxxx> wrote:
>
> "If one tries to fight these forces they will be destroyed. If one
> can unite and redirect these forces to
> ones advantage, one should be able to progress quite swiftly."
>
>
> Sounds like a re-run of Kung Fu.
> Grasshopper, my son, be of unity with the universe.
> Now catch this fly in my soup.
>
> Please enlighten me, how does one unite and redirect these forces
to
> ones advantage?
>
> How do I redirect a drought in the midwest, terrorist attack
crashing
> the S & P , lumber import regulations vs. canadian exports?
>
> Fundamentals, schmundamentals, blah, blah.
>
> I have the force, the unity, the polarity...
>
> Beam me up Scotty, for I have discovered how markets
> work, yet I waste my time trolling for fish.
> Why is that?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In realtraders@xxxx, "Norman Winski" <nwinski@xxxx> wrote:
> > Reinar,
> >
> > From one sailor to another, when one's sailboat hits a sand
bar,
> that's
> > called running a ground and that's not a good thing.
> >
> > I know it's time for me to take a vacation. Your sailing
metaphor
> is
> > starting to make sense to me.<G> Seriously, I agree that
sailing
> is a good
> > analogy for trading, but not for the reasons you have stated. I
> think
> > sailing is a good analogy for trading because in order to be
> successful, one
> > must join with the huge natural forces at work. If one tries to
> fight these
> > forces they will be destroyed. If one can unite and redirect
these
> forces to
> > ones advantage, one should be able to progress quite swiftly.
> >
> > Gann fans - the ideal position to attain maximum speed is to
have
> the sail
> > at a 45 degree angle to the wind.
> >
> > Nautically,
> >
> > Norman
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "reinar2020" <reinar2020@xxxx>
> > To: <realtraders@xxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 12:33 AM
> > Subject: Re: [RT] forecasting-track record
> >
> >
> > > Elk
> > >
> > > Not only will I continue to use sailing as a metaphor but I
will
> > > expand the use. There are several reasons. Selling to "the
> traders"
> > > market is too limiting and more imortant.... If you can think
> like a
> > > sailor you can think like a profitable trader......
> > >
> > >
> > > If you have ever been sailing you would know that it is kind
of a
> > > zen like experience where you have a very specific focus. All
the
> BS
> > > that is provided by the media etc is gone.
> > >
> > > There are other advantages. Any monkey can draw an Andrews
line
> and
> > > if you read his totally incomplete "free" 60 page lit.... at
any
> > > time there are at least 20 or so that come in tomorrow. So
which
> > > ones do you use? Rather than take the standard approach of
here
> are
> > > the lines .....let get overwhelmed with stuff that is
useless.....
> > >
> > > I will focus upon about 3 kinds of sand bars and a marker.
> > > I did something similar in Vienna seminars and the sucess rate
of
> > > the students over a long time period was very high.
> > >
> > > Focus upon the chicken ( the end result.. you really want )
not on
> > > the eggs.
> > >
> > > We look for 4 things...
> > >
> > > 1) sand bars (support and resistance lines) where prices stop
for
> a
> > > bar or 2 and then go through
> > >
> > > 2) sand bars where prices go through and then go back to it to
> touch
> > > it before continuing in the proper direction
> > >
> > > (the above are very handy for adding on positions or getting
in
> with
> > > definable risk....the other side of the sand bar line)
> > >
> > > 3) and finally sand bars that are likely to produce a tradeable
> > > pivot ....like i pointed out on thursday in an email I sent
out.
> > >
> > > 4) and then how to find markers (probable future pivot points)
> > >
> > > Now instead of learning how to draw all of those silly lines
you
> > > learned how to draw lines that produced the
above .......wouldn't
> > > Andrews really work .....and very easily at that?
> > >
> > > Oh by the way did you ever learn what the Andrews "ROS" line
was?
> > > Hint....its a sand bar.
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > R
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In realtraders@xxxx, Infernal Elk <infernalelk@xxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >> John either you are blind or you faded the forecast.
> > > > >> ...or does north mean go short to you?
> > > >
> > > > >> R
> > > >
> > > > maybe if you spoke in market terms rather than cryptic
pseudo-
> > > poetic
> > > > "nautical" terms, people would understand you.
> > > >
> > > > if your desire is to communicate, then do so CLEARLY. if
your
> > > desire
> > > > is to tease and to draw people in to buy your product you'll
do
> > > better
> > > > to speak clearly as well.
> > > >
> > > > we're not sailors. we're traders.
> > > >
> > > > - *lk
> > >
> > >
> > >
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