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Hi,
I'm new to this list and hope this isn't off-topic. But what are those
"very few exceptions" of good trading books? I've read several
"popular" books and they range from BS to pretty good. But I'm a
novice trader (< 3 years experience) trying to do something I really
love after 30 years of making money in a different career.
ps. I hope this is the right way to post to this list. If not, tell me
how.
Michael
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On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 01:16:23 -0400, John Hayden <jhayden@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Mark,
>
>that was a great post, my story in some ways is similar - in short it helps
>a lot to have a mentor. the old saying of cash talks and bullshit walks is
>all too true for traders - a traders cash is his unique perspectives which
>he gained by thousands of hours of his own research - the bullshit is all
>of the published books on the markets (with a very few exceptions), and all
>of the indicators for sale (for if the indicators do work the developer of
>that indicator is only selling it as he has developed something much better).
>
>Best regards,
>
>John
>
>At 10:44 PM 6/26/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hello Travis,
>>
>>TS> One reason I'm asking the question about TS Programmer is to earn
>>TS> more money to rid my biggest problem toward trading which is lack
>>TS> of capital. Another is to gain other insights about system
>>TS> trading.
>>
>>TS> Travis
>>
>>i gave up my trading desires for many years to perform research for
>>pay. i thought i knew something about trading until i went to work for
>>some real traders. it was the best experience i every had, related to
>>trading. it was a fluke that i got the job, it was someone who i had
>>done some work for who knew someone etc. it tempered me into the
>>humble person i am today "laugh" and i learned allot to boot and got
>>paid to do what i love to do - research. i cautiously spent the meager
>>million dollar per year budget and made sure i signed not away my
>>intellectual rights "another laugh".
>>
>>the secret is to find a trader who understands that research is "the
>>very definition of success" and without it you live in a card board
>>box. the drive, passion, love and lust must all be all absorbing in
>>the quest of perfection. likewise a balance of ability and passion
>>must be present for the employee to attract a home. would you work for
>>free? would you work for less than 12 grand a year? i did and what i
>>accumulated along the way left me feeling like a thief. i won the
>>programmer slash trader combination power ball lotto. how do you plan
>>now to replicate that? what is your plan?
>>
>>
>>--
>>Best regards,
>> Mark mailto:markbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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