Traders' Roundtable

is it easier, "To learn something new from scratch or to unlearn something and reprogram yourself to start over to learn again?" The question seems to imply that the second path is more difficult. I generally would agree. however, there are difficulties. One such is that when you set out, ...

[quote]I presented the idea in it’s simplest form, a $10stock and $50stock with an atr of 5$ does not possess equal risk. According to my definition of risk “risk is relative to volatility, value, and exposureâ€

If you risk 2% of your capital on a particular trade, with an ATR of $5 for a $50 stock, it is a real risk of capital. Now, if you were to risk that same 2% of your capital on a $10 stock with an ATR of $5 is the amount risked the actual risk? In my opinion, no. Sure, the gain or loss is the same b...

I think what originally attracted me to the markets was the sense of opportunity. I had heard people say that futures trading was "dangerous", ect. I have a tendency to be a contrarian, so when I heard that I thought "hmm, perhaps that means there is opportunity there." I have al...

I think I read in one of schwager's books that people tent to time their investments with trend following CTA's rather poorly. I was reminded of this when I read a post by Kiwi in another topic: A trader had two great years with a program, but withdrew his capital at a loss on a drawdown in the thir...

Sir G, I agree with what you are saying in this second post. Weird ideas, fads, fashions, ect can spread through a population very quickly with little regard to their underlying merit. I learned about the idea of a Meme from victor niederhoffer's book. The term was originally coined by Richard Dawki...

Sir G, I'm not really sure I know what you are trying to say. I would guess that most people realize that they learn from the previously accumulated knowledge of others, as well as by personal example. I am so not sure this equates to being a passive follower as you suggest. I don't think Independen...

I took the Keirsey test several times and each time scored "intj". It was interesting to see that of the first 30 poll respondents, almost 1/2 were intj. Especially interesting given their supposedly small (1%) representation in the general population. I have noticed that all of my good fr...

Interesting ideas. I have a few comments which I hope will not be perceived as splitting hairs. (But if you think I am let me know, haha) shakyamuni says: "One might also tentatively consider that we have two basic tools with which to develop our method; the mind and the computer." I would...