Getting Started Staying In the Trading Game ? My Trading Rules

Based on experience, here are my thoughts on what makes a successful trader.

I have been teaching beginners to trade for many years, and over all those years I have found that things do not change very much, with one exception – the technology improves. When I started out, never in my wildest dreams could I envisage trading from a mobile phone or an iPad. However, it can be confusing to the newcomer. I’m sure if I was starting my trading adventure right now I would be faced with mind boggling choices and really wouldn’t have a clue where to start. When I started all those years ago, there were very few places you could go to get a solid foundation in the basics of trading.

Now, you are spoilt for choice. There are literally hundreds of websites, dozens of trading companies and brokers who have recently set up, some from the U.K. and many from overseas, charging the unwary high prices, selling courses covering a wide range of subjects and systems. It’s a minefield for the inexperienced. Should any beginner buy one of these courses, then their grounding is usually set for the rest of their trading career, no matter how short that might be. There will be many opportunities for new traders, and, my one suggestion, before you spend your hard earned cash, is to spend some time on the internet and research the individuals behind the offers, before committing yourself. It is time which can pay real dividends and save you anguish and frustration.

Personally, I learnt the basics, I was self taught in the beginning, as there was little information when I started, and I still trade and teach the same way today. I like trends, support and resistance, chart patterns and volume - the basics. I do not use or believe in Fibonacci, Gann waves, Elliot waves, candlesticks, pivot points, pitchforks or the dozens of others things that exist to impress, confuse and part you from your cash. They just don’t work (in my opinion); if you press a different timeframe they all change and nobody has convinced me which timeframe they work in; is it daily, one hour, or three minutes forty seven seconds? However, I do always try to learn new things and one of the things that really matters, is the improvements in trading software, and the things that it can do to make my trading life easier.

I like software which I can download to my computer (i.e. not web based), which can be adjusted to suit me, and my advice to beginners is to learn your platform backwards to reap and benefit from the rewards. Firstly, I don’t like software or brokers which intercept your trades with a dealing desk, I like my trades to go live when I press the button and to close when I press the button; no interference, simple. I also like my software to be adjustable, so I can change the parameters of indicators and visualisation on the charts. Another thing I look for is seeing my live trades and ‘trading off the charts’, along with stops, limit orders, alerts, and being able to watch the charts in real time, even on a practice account.

Also, I like my software to have sophisticated extras, such as facilities to add such things as Heiken Ashi charts, the best trend indicator there is, and OCO’s, trailing stops, automated trading and backtesting facilities. It also helps if they have a demo account which does not run out after two weeks. That is the basic requirements for my main trading software: incidentally, these are not things you will get on your iPhone or iPad, yet.

The last time I wrote an article for Trade2win was nearly a decade ago, and during that time my enthusiasm for trading has not diminished, but I have gained an immense amount of experience and pleasure from teaching and introducing hundreds of beginners to the world of trading. The greatest pleasure I get, is speaking to, and receiving emails from, my ex students who are now making a full time income from this challenging venture. I rarely hear from those students who have given up. The latter being the vast majority and, as this will probably be the last article I write for another decade, I hope you don’t mind if I give you my opinion as to what makes a successful trader. This also gives me the chance to tell you about some of the people who have attended my training courses.

I think it’s best to start by giving you one simple rule that separates the winners from the losers. Can it all boil down to one simple thing? Yes it can! The winners have a set of rules that they discipline themselves to stick to, and rigidly adhere to. The losers are the vast majority of the others that think they know best - but don’t. They do their own thing and lose big time.

You see, I joined the R.A.F at the age of fifteen and was taught discipline and the importance of sticking to the rules. I survived 18 years; enjoyed travelling the world to Hong Kong, Cyprus, Singapore, Germany and Northern Ireland, helping to keep the Queen’s aeroplanes in the air. So, from an early age, I knew what sticking to the rules was all about. Over the years I have developed a set of rules for trading, all 42 of them, and I think that those taking the time to read this article might benefit from them. You will need to know what every rule means and fully understand them. Thinking you can be a successful trader and ignoring any of them will lead you into a part time job stacking shelves in Tesco’s.

There are only two types of people that want to learn to trade: those that want to know everything about trading and are prepared to spend the time to learn about the markets and those who just want to make money. No matter which type you are, the same basic rules apply; neither type can succeed without them. So, if you are keen to be a success in trading, then you had better know and stick to all 42 rules. I suggest that you get yourself a plume and paper and jot these down. These rules are not in any particular order, as they all count with equal importance. So here we go:-

RULE 1 – Keep losses small. I am more concerned about protecting my capital and ensuring any losses are small, than I am about making money. I’m going to have losses, but I control them and let the winners take care of themselves. The hardest job of any trader is to get out of a losing trade, believe it.

RULE 2 - Do not forget Rule 1.

RULE 3 - Learn the basics; fundamentals, charts and indicators etc.

RULE 4 - Position size every bet in relation to your bank.

RULE 5 - Always use stops, not as a trading tool, but as a disaster avoidance technique.

RULE 6 - Give your trade room to breathe, don’t place stops too close, most beginners lose because of this. Remember, the wider the stop the smaller the trade size. This is also dependent on the timeframe you are in, simple tip if you are trading on the 5 min. chart. Check the 10 min one as well. Stops should be placed visually in my opinion.

RULE 7 - Don’t be greedy, appreciate small and consistent gains. Once you’re in a profitable position, consider moving your stops - especially to break even - and then you are using the broker’s money. If your software has the facility, then trailing stops could the answer. Many of my students have a minimum daily target of just 10 pips/pts.

RULE 8 - Accept that the markets are totally random and unpredictable and practice makes perfect - give yourself time before trading ‘live’.

RULE 9 - Control REVENGE, after a loser take a break, always. Never strike right back, never, and never double up to recover your losses.

RULE 10 - Never HOPE that you will win, trade only when you see a good trading opportunity, and remember live trading is different mentally from demo trading.

RULE 11 - Keep accurate records of each and every trade, winners and losers, even on a demo account, you must learn the correct habits.

RULE 12 - Eliminate fear, fear of failure and fear of trading. If you suffer from fear then trading is not for you.

RULE 13 - You do not have to trade, if there are no good trading opportunities then do not trade, there is always tomorrow. You can always spend the time practicing new techniques on a demo account.

RULE 14 - Reward yourself, I’ve been teaching trading for over a decade, I would love a pound for every beginner that has ploughed money into a trading account and then just traded it until the money completely vanished. Most traders have some good wins, my advice after you have had a great trade or a profitable week is to take some money out and spend it! That’s what trading is for. We all know the compounding effect of mathematics and we can all dream. But my advice after a good win - say £500 - is to take out £100 and spend it. You will feel great about your trading, I promise you.

RULE 15 - Take full responsibility 100% for your own trading - only you can win at trading, do not rely on any external crutch to blame.

RULE 16 - Be patient, most new traders are impatient. Impatience is probably one of the biggest problems to control with new traders. I recall the situation where an Asian lady, after completing one of my two day residential courses, opened a live account the following week, and promptly started trading at £100 pounds per pip! But that’s another story in itself.

RULE 17 - All markets are bearish, they will eventually reverse, prepare and profit from them.

RULE 18 - If you lose, bet smaller. If you win, bet bigger.

RULE 19 - Only bet with money you can afford to lose; this eliminates fear. If you cannot win with a £2,000 bank - why invest £10,000?

RULE 20 - Don’t buy or take tips. Don’t buy, listen to, or be influenced by outside sources. You are not a trader unless you learn to do it yourself; it’s so easy to blame others when things go wrong! RULE 21 - Don’t trade the news. As a beginner, if you try to prejudge the market’s reaction to the news, you will lose; don’t trade for 15 minutes either side of it. See how the markets react to the news and then trade.

RULE 22 - Have faith in your trades. Once you place a trade with stops, switch the computer off, they all have an “off” button, take the dog for a walk. Do not screen watch, it will scramble your brains.

RULE 23 - Learn and use effective money management; money management is the front door key to profitable trading.

RULE 24 - Always trade with the trend.

RULE 25 - Analyse your trading results, daily, weekly, monthly and annually.

RULE 26 - Be disciplined, stick to your Trading Plan, Targets, Position Sizing, Money Management, only YOU can enforce discipline on yourself - you had better learn to do it.

RULE 27 - Use multiple timeframes; keep the bigger picture in your head.

RULE 28 - Add to your winners. If you are on a winning trend, lock in some profits by moving your stop and increase your position size.

RULE 29 - Do not overtrade, it is the main reason that men go bald!

RULE 30 - Learn to get out of a losing trade. It’s the hardest thing to master but, if you don’t, you will quickly join the ranks of the losers.

RULE 31 - Have a trading plan. It’s important, a must, essential, life saving, lifeline; you cannot win without one. Do not be fooled into thinking you can trade without one.

RULE 32 - Have an experienced mentor who you can turn to when things go wrong, or find yourself an experienced trading buddy. Do not expect to get a mentor for free.

RULE 33 - Do not - under any circumstances - let trading dominate your life. Take regular time out for family and friends, go and play football in the park or on the beach; it’s the real reason why you are trading. Think about it!

RULE 34 - Don’t blame yourself when things go wrong. Trades will go wrong - learn to accept them. Trading is a game of possibilities and probabilities - forget the last one - get the correct setup for the next one and have faith in your interpretation.

RULE 35 - Learn your own weaknesses, the best critic of yourself is you, concentrate in rectifying them. But first, you have to admit to them; and you will know.

RULE 36 - Aim for consistency. One of the keys of successful trading is to repeat good habits time and time again, boring but profitable.

RULE 37 - Take trading seriously. It’s not something that you can say ‘you’ll give it a try’ or ‘have a go’ at. It is a proper business, treat it as such, or it’ll be a case of goodbye loser!

RULE 38 - Understand the software and what it will do for you; OCO orders (One Cancels Other), trailing stops, limit orders and indicators etc. You have them at your disposal, learn how to use them.

RULE 39 - Understand the different styles of trading and practice each one for a while. Once you are happy with a style that suits you, practice it until you perfect it, it may be day trading, swing trading, scalping or longer term trading. They are all there for you, but ultimately you must decide.

RULE 40 - Don’t listen to hype, this industry is full of the biggest and best conmen in the business, if it sounds too good to be true, then stay clear and do not part with any money on dubious trading systems or advice. I’ve seen trading systems for $50,000 and more – quite simply they do not work. If they did, we would all have them. You can check out many conmen and crooked brokers at Forexpeacearmy on the internet.

RULE 41 - Keep accurate and honest records, I know I’ve said that before but I want you to do it. Good traders are good record keepers, poor traders are the opposite. And finally, enjoy trading! It is a life changer for those that can trade within these rules. If you want to add rules of your own to this list - feel free. The last rule of trading is

RULE 42 - Don’t forget rule number one.

Well, I didn’t get the chance to tell you about some stories of my students as promised in the beginning. I may make that another article for the future, however, let’s hope it’s not so long as another decade.

John Bartlett can be contacted at LearnTrading
 
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Vendor Pump

Why is t2w allowing vendors to pump their services effectively for free for the ‘price’ of a relatively skimpy article?

John Barlett is t2w member Zenda. He contributes infrequently (5 posts in the last 2 years) and his ‘rules’ are superficially anodyne at best. It covers everything yet says nothing.
 
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hey B

JB is ok..........i've met him a few times and sure, hes "old school" but means well in his training and keeps it down to earth and simple for beginners

I've seen a lot lot worse out there so just my opinion

N
 
Re: Vendor Pump

Why is t2w allowing vendors to pump their services effectively for free for the ‘price’ of a relatively skimpy article?
Hi Tony,
I'm surprised this causes you much concern as it was forever thus - going as far back as the inception of the Articles section (formerly known as the Knowledge Lab) circa 2005. Obviously, your view that this or an other article is 'skimpy' is subjective and not one that's necessarily shared by everyone, evidenced in this case by the ratings which are well above average. Also, of all the people to dump your venom on, surely there are vendors out there far more deserving than JB!

T2W welcomes submissions from anyone but, as I think you know, getting non-vendors to write anything is the devil's own job. That said, if you (or the hare) think you can do better - get typing - I welcome your respective contributions! For the record, it might interest you to know that we reject as many articles as we publish - either because the article itself isn't up to scratch or because there are issues associated with the author and/or their products and services.
Tim.
 
As I said Tim, this isn't a vendor thing, this is very specifically a John Bartlett thing.

As for your final sentence, it beggars belief. I well remeber you being around and involved when this issue with Zenda was initially aired.
 
As for your final sentence, it beggars belief. I well remeber you being around and involved when this issue with Zenda was initially aired.
Tony,
You and I have fallen out big time in the past but, in all honesty, i couldn't tell you (or anyone) what our respective beef was. Forgive and forget. JB may have done some questionable things in the past, so have you and, by the same token, I admit to things of which I'm less than proud. If we only ever published contributions by vestal virgins - then the Articles section would be empty. He who casts the first stone and all that . . .
Tim.
 
Re: Vendor Pump

Hi Tony,
I'm surprised this causes you much concern as it was forever thus - going as far back as the inception of the Articles section (formerly known as the Knowledge Lab) circa 2005. Obviously, your view that this or an other article is 'skimpy' is subjective and not one that's necessarily shared by everyone, evidenced in this case by the ratings which are well above average. Also, of all the people to dump your venom on, surely there are vendors out there far more deserving than JB!

T2W welcomes submissions from anyone but, as I think you know, getting non-vendors to write anything is the devil's own job. That said, if you (or the hare) think you can do better - get typing - I welcome your respective contributions! For the record, it might interest you to know that we reject as many articles as we publish - either because the article itself isn't up to scratch or because there are issues associated with the author and/or their products and services.
Tim.

How hard can it be to get the average high when there's only 11 ratings, and we've already seen a one post lackey on here defending?

Problems with the article:

Too much personal history which is irrelevant.

Skimpy was putting it nicely. Some of the 'rules'

keep losses small...dont' place stops too close, give it room to breathe...stops should be placed visually...move stops to breakeven once in profit...trailing stops could be the answer...markets are totally random and unpredictable..all markets are bearish...always trade with the trend and a host of other self-contradictory empty statements.

An appalling article.
 
Tony,
You appear to be confusing defence with attack.
I’m not confused. Yes, I am attacking for the reasons openly stated.

I'm doing neither –
Incorrect. You are most demonstrably doing the latter. If you weren’t aware that you were, you are now.

If you want to have a sensible and constructive conversation on a bespoke thread about the Articles section - I'm happy to engage.
I’ll do that right now. They are largely superfluous, often used to ramp a product or service, more often than not by someone who is not either a member of the site or if they are not an active contributor and unfortunately, provide a target for critique by requesting to be specially rated.

Any of these articles if made as normal posts would be assessed/enjoyed/responded to/ignored as for any other posts. As an article there are expectations of something above and beyond the quality of a normal post. The vast majority (there have been exceptions) are not. The audacity of providing mediocre content and style as something special and expecting us to be impressed because it has been specially selected for us by the t2w content manager/editor will tend to draw out more negative responses than positive once disappointment at being taken for mugs sets in

please can we leave this thread for members to discuss the content of JB's article.
Please see my post #2 which did precisely that. ALL subsequent posts (including mine, JB’s and yours) with the exception of Shakone have been regarding issues with the author and not the article and this is much to do I suspect with the author’s ill-tempered response... Shouldn’t that in itself be telling you something?
 
If all you critics think you can do better - then man up (or women up in 'the hare's' case), step up to the plate (insert cliche of your choice) and submit something that's better.
My inbox is empty and has been for months and months in spite of my appeals for contributions from the 'elder statesmen' of T2W. With the exception of DionysusToast, you're all mouth and no trousers the lot of you. Anyone can criticise, it's easy. Writing something that's better is a little bit tougher. Not one of you has risen to the challenge. Pathetic.
Tim.
 
Reddi! - you join t2w today and you immediately make your first post in this thread.

Please be totally honest and confirm if your arrival here and your supportive post was prompted by John Bartlett directly or if it is all a complete and total coincidence.

Not at all, Bramble. I bought a couple of courses from John when I started trading.

He has always been co-operative and reactive when I have had a question.

I signed up to be supportive of John when I read this thread as in my experience, he has always acted with integrity in a marketplace full of shysters and sharks.
 
Reddi!

Hopefully you learnt a lot more than the 42 "classics" John wrote about in his article.

"lesson two don't forget lesson one"- (original- not)- ad infinitum....
 
I really can't see what the problem is. Dealing with the vendor's article is no different from taking a trade: you assess it, is it worthwhile? Do I act upon it? Was it no good? Should I make the same mistake again? (Was it a mistake?) And so on .......

So the thread has developed into a slanging match ........... here we go again!
 
I really can't see what the problem is. Dealing with the vendor's article is no different from taking a trade: you assess it, is it worthwhile? Do I act upon it? Was it no good? Should I make the same mistake again? (Was it a mistake?) And so on .......

So the thread has developed into a slanging match ........... here we go again!
With respect Eric, you've only been here since last year. Before you decide to pass judgement on what’s really going on here, perhaps you should do some research. If you’re not that interested I doing that (which apparently you haven’t) then I suggest you shouldn’t have commented in the first place.

Going off half-cocked isn’t an option.
 
If all you critics think you can do better - then man up (or women up in 'the hare's' case), step up to the plate (insert cliche of your choice) and submit something that's better.
My inbox is empty and has been for months and months in spite of my appeals for contributions from the 'elder statesmen' of T2W. With the exception of DionysusToast, you're all mouth and no trousers the lot of you. Anyone can criticise, it's easy. Writing something that's better is a little bit tougher. Not one of you has risen to the challenge. Pathetic.
Tim.

Because nobody good submits you anything of value, you have to publish this? Is that your stance on the issue? Surely not. the hare and TheBramble and The Leopard (why do so many good members have 'the' in their name) have made single sentence posts that are better than this entire article and they did it freely and without pomp.

When you read this before publishing it (assuming it was you that did), what did you find of value in it, and what in it made you confident this person knew something valuable - and was communicating it - about trading that the T2Win readers would benefit from?
 
Ok, did I read the article? No I did not, I find more interesting cooking pappardelle al pomodoro.

Not offence to anyone, but le papardelle al pomodoro can deliver such a gastronomical orgasm, if you know how to cook them, just like trading; timing and pauses are essential.

But I read only this rule:
"RULE 12 - Eliminate fear, fear of failure and fear of trading. If you suffer from fear then trading is not for you."

So true, read it everywhere tough, but in my view how is going to help others? In a practical way?
It will not because is only a concept and nothing else.

Traders are not born, they create themselves.

If the writer had explained in some detailed pragmatic way how HE conquered his fear in trading, I think it would be more interesting an initiate a healthy input from the others.

It is not enough to tell that le pappardelle al pomodoro will taste nice, it is also very important to tell how long the garlic need to fried,(based on the strength of the heat) before the fresh tomato with the basil and
the rest, needs to be added and so on ......

I hope my silly metaphor has been a bit of help for some.....if not le pappardelle can be an excellent alternative.:idea:
 
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I don't expect to make many friends but I have moderated this thread in the interests of discussion about the topic - the article - whilst leaving enough to show that there were views about the author, articles produced by vendors etc. I doubt I have got it right :) but so be it.

jon
 
My inbox is empty and has been for months and months in spite of my appeals for contributions from the 'elder statesmen' of T2W. With the exception of DionysusToast, you're all mouth and no trousers the lot of you..

I know that I'm not speaking for everyone, and that I can only give you my personal perspective (possibly clouded due to my gender reassignment issues), but there are a few things to consider.

The first issue that you need to address is trying to understand why a member would be motivated to spend the time to write an article.

I may be incorrect, but it appears that a great many of the articles published over the years have been provided by vendors, or those considering a move to the dark side (HoCo for example). It may be purely coincidental that the only member taking up your challenge (DionysusToast) is in fact a vendor.

What conclusions should we draw from this ? are vendors naturally public spirited and altruistic ? or are they submitting articles as part of a wider marketing campaign ?

I suppose you could argue that if they where altruistic they'd give products and services for free, rather than charging. I'm going to cynically suggest that vendors need no motivation to submit articles.

So the second issue you need to consider is how do you motivate non vendors to participate, and are the methods you are using to motivate people the right ones, and are they effective ?

Well by your own admission, your inbox is empty, and non vendors are not rising to the challenge. I think we'd both agree that something is wrong. Again this is just personal perspective, but I don't think you are going about this in the right way.

In the past you've asked me if I'd be prepared to write an article (and believe it or not, I am in the process of writing a response). In my case you suggested that submitting an article would be the "first step on the road to redemption"

I'm not easily offended, but I did take particular offense at that remark. Its clear that you see this issue in black and white, t2w are the good guys assisting traders, and anyone critical of t2w are the bad guys whose behavior must be modified, and whose thinking must be realigned.

Similarly slagging off members with remarks that they are "all mouth and trousers" probably isn't going to motivate anyone to help you.

You really do need to think about whats motivating people, and its unlikely to be any of the usual factors we apply in real life. I wouldn't write for money, I wouldn't write to gain respect from a group of people who are mainly clueless, I wouldn't write in order to apologize to t2w for being critical of the business in particular areas, I wouldn't write because someone accused me of being all mouth and no trousers. Everyone has a button that needs to be pressed, and your lack of success is an indication that you are not pushing the right buttons.

Many years ago in a former life I used to manage programmers, and broadly speaking, the things that motivate others tend to actually demotivate them, and I suspect you are experiencing something similar

I think that you need to be honest about the demographic that the site is trying to attract (and no you cant be all things to all people) and then be fairly specific about the type of articles that you'd like to see. If the site is trying to attract new traders or the inexperienced then be honest enough to say so, and then specifically ask for articles targeted at beginners)

I also think that there's a bit of a stalemate situation. People wont take the time to submit articles when the site publishes material that they consider sub standard. I'm perhaps being a little unfair, because most of the articles are basically teaser material from vendors, rather than genuine articles designed to pass on genuine knowledge so we are not comparing like with like.

I'll say no more, its like banging your head against a brick wall, but hopefully there's some stuff in there to consider.
 
I know that I'm not speaking for everyone, and that I can only give you my personal perspective (possibly clouded due to my gender reassignment issues), but there are a few things to consider.

The first issue that you need to address is trying to understand why a member would be motivated to spend the time to write an article.

I may be incorrect, but it appears that a great many of the articles published over the years have been provided by vendors, or those considering a move to the dark side (HoCo for example). It may be purely coincidental that the only member taking up your challenge (DionysusToast) is in fact a vendor.

What conclusions should we draw from this ? are vendors naturally public spirited and altruistic ? or are they submitting articles as part of a wider marketing campaign ?

I suppose you could argue that if they where altruistic they'd give products and services for free, rather than charging. I'm going to cynically suggest that vendors need no motivation to submit articles.

So the second issue you need to consider is how do you motivate non vendors to participate, and are the methods you are using to motivate people the right ones, and are they effective ?

Well by your own admission, your inbox is empty, and non vendors are not rising to the challenge. I think we'd both agree that something is wrong. Again this is just personal perspective, but I don't think you are going about this in the right way.

In the past you've asked me if I'd be prepared to write an article (and believe it or not, I am in the process of writing a response). In my case you suggested that submitting an article would be the "first step on the road to redemption"

I'm not easily offended, but I did take particular offense at that remark. Its clear that you see this issue in black and white, t2w are the good guys assisting traders, and anyone critical of t2w are the bad guys whose behavior must be modified, and whose thinking must be realigned.

Similarly slagging off members with remarks that they are "all mouth and trousers" probably isn't going to motivate anyone to help you.

You really do need to think about whats motivating people, and its unlikely to be any of the usual factors we apply in real life. I wouldn't write for money, I wouldn't write to gain respect from a group of people who are mainly clueless, I wouldn't write in order to apologize to t2w for being critical of the business in particular areas, I wouldn't write because someone accused me of being all mouth and no trousers. Everyone has a button that needs to be pressed, and your lack of success is an indication that you are not pushing the right buttons.

Many years ago in a former life I used to manage programmers, and broadly speaking, the things that motivate others tend to actually demotivate them, and I suspect you are experiencing something similar

I think that you need to be honest about the demographic that the site is trying to attract (and no you cant be all things to all people) and then be fairly specific about the type of articles that you'd like to see. If the site is trying to attract new traders or the inexperienced then be honest enough to say so, and then specifically ask for articles targeted at beginners)

I also think that there's a bit of a stalemate situation. People wont take the time to submit articles when the site publishes material that they consider sub standard. I'm perhaps being a little unfair, because most of the articles are basically teaser material from vendors, rather than genuine articles designed to pass on genuine knowledge so we are not comparing like with like.

I'll say no more, its like banging your head against a brick wall, but hopefully there's some stuff in there to consider.

Exactly.

Peter
 
I'll say no more, its like banging your head against a brick wall, but hopefully there's some stuff in there to consider.

I think this is a good post, shows passion. Keep in mind that when a person is complaining she is still interested. When she is not interested anymore she does not complain, but just leave.

I see a fundamental problem in all this: real traders do not write ( apart from a very few exception) and writers do not know how to trade, that it is why they write.

Anyway I think I have been posting a lot this week, I need to slow down and spend time with my real family.:(
 
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Some great responses now on here .........perhaps we move a step nearer to a rejuvinated T2W

I actually thought all the articles were Vendor driven already....and purely based on the business premise of selling stuff off of the back of the articles (or at least generating interest in them and their products)

why the Hell would anyone spend time and effort to write an article otherwise ?

Jees we are all involved in the most Brutal business in the World (Trading) and there is an implied expectation here of Boy Scouts turning up to write articles out of the goodness of their heart ?

even the dumbest newbie must realise none of us here are a charity .....at least not to strangers we have never met and never will.....perhaps friends or aquaintances maybee will get nuggets from some of us at a push......but even them we all are aware of the perils of training people who may act irresponsibly in future

Bill Gates did not become a boy scout until he was very very rich ....and had already screwed other competitors into the dirt - so why would anyone expect that here

N
 
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