Forum: Trading Psychology 
Jan 2, 2013, 3:08pm
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Replies: 329
Views: 21,550  Re: I'm a masochist & it's hurting my trading :(
Happy new year to everyone. I hope it's a successful one for everyone.
I do have a small update but it's a little premature. Just cross your fingers for me and i'm going to ask for a little help...
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Forum: Trading Psychology
Dec 19, 2012, 4:53pm
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Replies: 329
Views: 21,550 Re: I'm a masochist & it's hurting my trading :(
I was thinking about this stuff, I logged in and realised it has been almost year. I know some people probably couldn't care less. But for anyone who does I shall provide an update. I write not to be...
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Forum: Techies Corner
May 8, 2012, 2:49am
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,771 |
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Forum: Home Trader
May 7, 2012, 8:21pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,055 Re: What motivates you?
Well unless you're being held prisoner by a government or hostage by some terrorist organisation I don't think we are.
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Forum: Spread Betting & CFDs
May 7, 2012, 3:03pm
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Replies: 515
Views: 24,396 |
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Forum: Home Trader
May 6, 2012, 8:47pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,055 Re: What motivates you?
Depends how you define "freedom".....
Having millions in the bank is not a prerequisite to being "free". If you want to live free you can go do it now with very little money to your name. The...
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Forum: Home Trader
May 6, 2012, 2:08pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,055 |
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Forum: General Trading Chat
May 2, 2012, 7:34pm
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Replies: 60
Views: 2,196 Re: Oh man, I'm so confused:(
I was actually going to use a scenario of someone jumping out of a building and landing on top of you. But thought i'd use a more realistic example. Obviously it appears being obtuse was the way...
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Forum: Site News & Feedback
May 2, 2012, 5:09pm
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Replies: 91
Views: 7,225 |
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Forum: General Trading Chat
May 2, 2012, 4:58pm
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Replies: 60
Views: 2,196 Re: Oh man, I'm so confused:(
Here's a scenario:
You leave the office and you're walking down the street. The lights turn to red and as you cross the road a car jumps the lights and knocks you over.
Here's another...
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Forum: Site News & Feedback
May 1, 2012, 6:58pm
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Replies: 91
Views: 7,225 |
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Forum: Site News & Feedback
May 1, 2012, 6:30pm
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Replies: 91
Views: 7,225 |
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Forum: General Trading Chat
May 1, 2012, 6:26pm
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Replies: 60
Views: 2,196 |
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Forum: General Trading Chat
May 1, 2012, 6:15pm
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Replies: 60
Views: 2,196 Re: Oh man, I'm so confused:(
You can't avoid luck. All you can do is play large samples to try reduce the significance of it. In theory you should run closer to expectation, but there's no certainty that you would.
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Forum: General Trading Chat
May 1, 2012, 5:55pm
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Replies: 60
Views: 2,196 Re: Oh man, I'm so confused:(
Yes, Gus was playing a €25k poker tournament in monaco and ended up playing some russian billionaire in a hotel lobby instead of the tournament and won €2m playing Backgammon. The good thing about...
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Forum: General Trading Chat
May 1, 2012, 4:23pm
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Replies: 60
Views: 2,196 Re: Oh man, I'm so confused:(
One thing which adds to the complexity of trading is the unexpected. You can hope that you end up on the good side of these events or that your stop gets hit. But the truth is you can end up on the...
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Forum: General Trading Chat
May 1, 2012, 2:10pm
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Replies: 60
Views: 2,196 Re: Oh man, I'm so confused:(
Long post and I don't really have the time to address it all.
I'm fairly active in both poker / trading communities. I see many poker players try their hand at trading and it just doesn't work...
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Forum: Home Trader
Apr 29, 2012, 8:00am
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,949 Re: Advice!
It's safer when betting on a trader who has a positive expectancy to invest in a trader who takes trades multiple times a day rather than once every few days.
la dee daa, you have good...
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Forum: General Trading Chat
Apr 29, 2012, 6:46am
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Replies: 60
Views: 2,196 Re: Oh man, I'm so confused:(
Read this again:
You alleged to be learning to play poker yet seem to fail to understand why people play poker, that statement was nothing to do with how much you know about...
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Forum: General Trading Chat
Apr 27, 2012, 6:47pm
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Replies: 60
Views: 2,196 Re: Oh man, I'm so confused:(
No they don't. It's the other way around. Traders play poker. A lot of poker players who try transition to trading are very unsuccessful.
Probably best you stay away from it all if you can't...
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Forum: General Trading Chat
Apr 26, 2012, 8:08pm
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Replies: 269
Views: 8,528 Re: £50 birthday gift from Captial spreads
It's not really interesting at all in fact. He was trading properly using DOM and ladders making the market etc. and spreadbetting is just completely different. Not to mention he hardly took it...
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Forum: Forex
Apr 10, 2012, 5:44am
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Replies: 20
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Forum: First Steps
Apr 10, 2012, 5:40am
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Replies: 3
Views: 204 Re: Just starting
1 lot = ~£5/pt, this varies on exchange rates. So 0.01 lot = 5p/pt roughly. You can work out the value of your trade based on your risk parameters.
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Forum: First Steps
Mar 16, 2012, 2:02pm
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,436 |
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Forum: First Steps
Mar 16, 2012, 12:04pm
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,436 Re: Any advice for a young enthusiastic trader?
There are people making lots of money and people who talk about how they make so much money and live the lavish life. The first types usually keep very quiet about it, the latter are the ones you...
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