Books are a load of crap!

[rols]

Before Chicken Curry cocks his little snook at the thread title it is actually a quotation from one of our finest poets, Philip Larkin.

I was reminded of it when I noticed the latest release in the Dummies series...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470028564/ref=br_lf_li_1_1/026-9104017-6492466

If no books had ever been written about 'how to trade', would this have had such a profound effect on us as we might imagine?

BTW would anybody like to collaborate with me on my latest book
'Trading for the Retarded.' :cheesy:

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A Study of Reading Habits by Philip Larkin

When getting my nose in a book
Cured most things short of school,
It was worth ruining my eyes
To know I could still keep cool,
And deal out the old right hook
To dirty dogs twice my size.

Later, with inch-thick specs,
Evil was just my lark:
Me and my coat and fangs
Had ripping times in the dark.
The women I clubbed with sex!
I broke them up like meringues.

Don't read much now: the dude
Who lets the girl down before
The hero arrives, the chap
Who's yellow and keeps the store
Seem far too familiar. Get stewed:
Books are a load of crap.

 

[TheBramble]

BTW would anybody like to collaborate with me on my latest book
'Trading for the Retarded.'

Hurry. Please!

 

[Chicken Curry]

Before Chicken Curry cocks his little snook at the thread title it is actually a quotation from one of our finest poets, Philip Larkin.

Crap title to the thread.

Equally crap poet. :cheesy:

 

[DepthTangent]

Here is a quote of mine, yes a personal quote !

"All external information creates doubt"

 

[Mr. Charts]

I often think Philip Larkin.
Was simply barkin.

But not as much of a mess,
as Andrew Motion Sickness.

Richard

 

[irishpaddypc]

Here is a quote of mine, yes a personal quote !

"All external information creates doubt"

And the more DOUBT you have [on your trades] the more losses your trades make!

Because your not 100% convinced of your trades, this means you lack of external information [from people like me and my uncle] and lack of information leads to more losses and ultimatlly leads to your account being liquidated!

INFORMATION is the key to successfull trading! without it your doomed!

Paddy blue boy

 

[rols]

this means you lack of external information [from people like me and my uncle]

Let's keep this thread on topic please.....
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"There is no man who does not like the smell of his own farts." Norwegian proverb. :cheesy:

 

[DepthTangent]

INFORMATION is the key to successfull trading! without it your doomed!

I couldn't agree more.

 

[rols]

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INFORMATION is the key to successfull trading! without it your doomed!

Paddy blue boy[/COLOR]

Yes you have inadvertently helped me make my point.

How do we know what is good information and what is bad? Information on its own is therefore of little use.

If I were a complete newbie, why should I believe you could give me the right information any better than a book with the title, 'Learn to be a Master Trader in Any Market in Five minutes Without any Effort Whatsoever' ?

 

[irishpaddypc]

Yes you have inadvertently helped me make my point.

How do we know what is good information and what is bad? Information on its own is therefore of little use.

If I were a complete newbie, why should I believe you could give me the right information any better than a book with the title, 'Learn to be a Master Trader in Any Market in Five minutes Without any Effort Whatsoever' ?

The stuff you have between your ears that your maker freely gave you should be enough to tell U if the info is good or crap! Just like this advice I'm now giving you, are you able to tell if its good or crap?. If u have difficulty deciding then i would say your not ready to trade.

Learn before you earn!

Paddy blue boy

 

[rols]

The stuff you have between your ears that your maker freely gave you should be enough to tell U if the info is good or crap! Just like this advice I'm now giving you, are you able to tell if its good or crap?. If u have difficulty deciding then i would say your not ready to trade.

Learn before you earn!

Paddy blue boy

This is a fallacious argument although it does conveniently lead on to another important consideration when assessing the merits of information. Presentation. In this respect the above does not instill me with any confidence whatsoever.

BTW I believe the correct expression is, 'learn while you earn.'

 

[irishpaddypc]

'learn while you earn.'

I wish U were right on that point.

Paddy

 

[TRADINGXYZ]

most are ...don't expect anyone to hand you the keys to the kingdom for the price of a book..the most you can expect from any trading book is that it may stimulate ideas for possible trading models you can further test...