(OT) Don....you fly? For a time I was studying ground school....had to put it aside but at some point still want to pick it back up & get my single engine rating...eventually double cuz I hate flyin slow...lol Where are you...you have your single I presume....& then some perhaps?
We live approx 4.5 miles due west of our local muni airport.....pretty much a straight shot off the runway. We have a few corporate jets fly oudda there from time to time as well.....& get this...one dude even bought one of those old Russian Migs that they had up for sale several yrs ago.....he buzzes us every now & then & we think it's the beg of WW III :0
& w/re to my competition idea....I'll respectfully disagree w/ya.....I like to think folks around here have thick skin & can handle it.....+ it would provide an incentive to take it more seriousley...especially at the end of the month when folks tend to trade outside of their typical strategy in order to pull off a huge late game comeback ...which I happen to think is wrong....it should mirror as much as possible the prior weeks...otherwise it is not a true guage of ones' consistent performance over the long haul.....in short, someone could have an awesome 3+ weeks & then someone else whose been in the crapper can simply throw it all up for grabs & get lucky stealing the other persons 'thunder'. & din't you previosuly say that the true spirit/nature of the comp wasn't in the #'s....it was to train & help folks become better overall traders? If that's the case, wouldn't a better trader be one who trades in a steady, consistent risk reward manner?
This idea would help to emplore that mentality imo.
No worries...just thot I'd add in my 2 pennies worth on your reply....either way....& if one truly wants to gauge their 'over the long haul' roi (which everyone should be doing if they truly want a good yardstick to go by) they should already be keeping track of all their monthly roi's & thus being well aware of their collective averages as times marches on....after all, if you don't truly know where you stand, how can you possibly begin to improve?
I'm a firm believer that one learns far more by their losses than their wins.....& the mistake many folks make is exaggerating their wins & forgetting about their losses. A mature trader is not fearful of losing, in fact if one embraces their losses in a productive way, it can prove to be far more educational than any gains.
OK.....where's Helicopter Ben...my gold is beg to make its' move up.....but if Ben only give us a 1/4 pt then I think this is just about all I'm gonna be gettin oudda this trade....it's @ 809 & I'm in heavy w/3 lots @ an ave of 807....would love to see 815+ oudda this trade but I'm not so sure a 1/4 pt is gonna be good enuff for that? 1/2 pt & I'm golden.....hehe
GL all in playin Uncle Ben's move in a lil while.
Cheers!!
