Very interesting because I was also looking for a trade at your entry point and eventually decided not to take the trade. I felt I would move outside my discipline parameters if I took that trade, and more important I felt I have not yet had enough ...

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Hi Oldtraderman, Just for the purpose of making an example: If you had 3 consecutive losing trades yesterday (instead of 1L 1S 1W), what would be your view and your reactions on that event? Thank you.

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Hi Oldtraderman, I'm glad you are keeping well despite lockdown and Covid. I've been wondering how your mechanical entry experiment was going because the result was so great in a few starting weeks. Now we have the conclusion that it is not a ...

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then we have that thing called leverage. with leverage, there is no difference if you have 50k account or 100k account. the thing that matters is the size of your mind.

5 reasons why you are not making a living from your trading

Because people might use your information and lose money, given the fact that you haven't made consistent money using your own information on the market. The fact here is that you are a teacher, you make money selling trading courses, you don't make ...

How to be consistently profitable... but I bet you won't do it

So, are you teaching trading courses? I don't want to offend, but you know there is a saying "He who can does; he who cannot, teaches.". There are too many bullshits on FF already.

How to be consistently profitable... but I bet you won't do it

We are talking about CONSISTENTLY profitable, therefore your question is irrelevant.

How to be consistently profitable... but I bet you won't do it

Hi Oldtraderman, Can we test a mindset of trading? Or is there a checklist that we can use to evaluate a trader's mindset, to check the probability that he can overcome difficult trading period in the future, and make sure that one bad day he will ...

Keep Calm and Carry On Trading

And please how does a trader make sure that he really has that edge, especially when it is usually so small and so subjective? Is it experience based, or evidence from testing, and how much testing? Because when talking about trading for a living we ...

Keep Calm and Carry On Trading

Hi Oldtraderman, It is me again, and I'm eager to ask you a question. Last week an EPL manager said in a press conference that "I have no clue if we can win the Champions League again, but we should be ready to go for it. What I know and what we ...

Keep Calm and Carry On Trading

Hi Oldtraderman, Thank you for your great journal. Following your posts helps me to learn invaluable lessons which I think I can't find any where else.

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Hi Oldtraderman, May I ask you a couple more questions? - What is the biggest risk(s) a trader might have to face and how do you prepare for it? - It depends on each trader but in your opinion when should a trader make decision to give up his dream ...

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Hi oldtraderman, Your trading journal has defined clearly what discipline and consistency really means in trading! You also proved that a simple trading method can make profit when it is executed with discipline and consistency. There are no magic ...

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Hi Oldtraderman, Hope that your mechanical system will be improved for even greater results. To refer back to discretionary trading, may I ask you how do you deal with the frustration of missing a trade? What is your philosophy to fight this kind of ...

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I must say that following your journal is very much the same feeling as watching Liverpool team playing this season, both of them are very consistent, resilient, decisive and inspirational (Sorry because I am aware that you are a lifelong Spurs fan ...

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Hi oldtraderman, Happy New Year! I notice that you can trade basically any strategies and win consistent profits, no matter the strategy is with-trend, counter-trend, fake breakout, real breakout, ranging market or strong trending market. Which ...

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Hi Oldtraderman, In my opinion I guess successful trading is a state of mind (I could only guess because I'm not there yet) more than great methods or technical knowledge or current account growth rate. The problem with me is that I keep making the ...

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What a trading day! Your journal made consistently profitable trading look so easy, almost like a walk in the park I am just wondering what we - traders who keep losing again and again - did wrong with our trading experiences to make it ...

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Hi Oldtraderman, This might seem to be stupid questions but I would like to ask what do you think about computers which can "remember" more historical data, remember more repetitions on the market than you do? And more, computers might be able to ...

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