The most common wish amongst would-be traders with a scientific background is to have a defined cookie-cutter system where they just have to follow the rules. Unfortunately the vast majority of such systems don't work (for anybody), and even those ...

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The latest nonsense from Boris Schlossberg (I don't understand how somebody who at least appears so very ignorant can make money trading, much less that people would actually pay money for him to teach them): " What's Better - Technicals or ...

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There have bee 2 out of the ordinary interesting things Ray has said recently: 1. It seems that Ray is not a robot, and does actually have some psych problems (deep down): His bosses asked him to rescue a position of another trader which was 4 ...

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Boris Schlossberg is being sensible this week. Guilt is sometimes a problem for traders including myself. I sometimes find myself taking a trade that I know, before I take it, that I should not take it - it doesn't fit my trade plan, I have not ...

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I would like to remind readers, that because FF classify me as Commercial, I am unable to reply to any Private Messages. If you want to contact me, use my email or my Skype. ianf0ster at aim.com or ianf0ster both of those have a zero in my name.

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I usually only post something from Boris Schlossberg when I disagree with it, but here is one thing we both agree on: "When it comes to trading, the ability to recover is far, far, far more important than the ability to win. No matter how hard you ...

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Back in early February I said I was reading a book on psychology and trading. Since then I have taken what is considered to be the most accurate psychological test and got my scores back. I really didn't understand how differently I think and feel ...

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Hi Christy, Sorry, but sitting behind/beside somebody only works if : A). You have had some training so you speak the same language. The vast majority of retail traders don't understand the language of institutional traders like Ray. B). You have ...

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It is quite funny that Hostwey talks about indicators on Ray's charts in the Webinars. I don't know where Ray got the idea from, but he thought that that would make people more comfortable. He has designed several mini-methods with indicators for ...

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I am surprised and hurt that Betchad didn't appreciate me lightening his load. - You just can't help some people!

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@Hostwey, So you think that a person is only real if you can Google them. Well that means that most of my friends, relatives and ex-work colleagues must be fictitious. And since when has Mark Coe been a pseudonym? Because you CAN Google him and he ...

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Hi cristy, If the free webinars don't convince about Ray being a real Quant and Institutional Prop Desk trader, then I don't know what will. It took me only a few minutes to make up my mind, but then I had many years experience of courses and forums ...

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Betchad says: "Porkpie, about a week or so I likened having a true edge in the markets to escaping a burning building. I maintained that being in possession of such an edge cuts through any psychological problems and allows you to 'flee through the ...

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I don't agree that it is all great advice, but it is very good advice for the vast majority of people. Everybody is different and what suits one trader may well not suit another - otherwise everybody who read this thread would be trading the Crude ...

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From an earlier thread by Cat called 'Why thinking is bad for your trading': Timestamp says: It's no coincidence that there's a word for it - overthinking. In trading it's one of the main problems for those that are analytical and more methodic - ...

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I found this post in another FF thread by Cat, it is in the Trader's Academy thread. He says they are posts from an older thread and that only the ones starting with an * are his: *"One of the books that helped me become a better trader was Johnnie ...

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It is no secret that Ray teaches Orderflow as part of his courses. I can't show you how he uses it, but I can show other OrderFlow stuff that is in the public domain. The link below is to a promotional and informative (though simplistic) video by ...

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For anybody who thinks trading is simple and easy, here is an audio file of a Ray rant - exhorting his students to knuckle down to work or get out of trading. Because trading can be quite simple, but it is always difficult - otherwise everybody ...

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StevePat : 'It's so funny (almost surreal) to see this conversation because I was so criticized and chastised for spending so much time on psychology and psyco babble in the Compass room but yet again I was correct. or was I ? Wasn't Ray the guy ...

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I came across this Youtube video of Daniel Kahneman and Nasim Taleb. I know that quite a few don't like Taleb - he is my favourite author on the markets and Fooled by Randomness is my favourite book. Even if you don't like Taleb, this is worth ...

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