Replies to post #858 on The Black Box

[leon]

Wahz, i have suspected the same for quite some time; thats the main reason i rarely post anymore, although i do periodically check out what a hand-full(very small hand!GG)of individuals have to say; yourself among them. LEON

[WinLoseOrDraw]

yes, lots of armchair traders out there. i suspect a lot of folks are on the sideline because they either no longer have enough to trade with or they have the cash but - and who could blame them - they're freaked by the jaggedness of this market.

you gotta figure most bulls have gotten pretty good. what i noticed after this latest 1000 point dow ramp is the number of bears seems to have declined. between this last ramp and the october ramp an awful lot of bears are hurting, too. market doesn't discriminate, i guess.

futures flying, NQ up more than 1.5%.

[sylvester80]

Not true for me wahz.
5 figures Datek commissions paid by me to Datek last year and I'm ahead of last year's pace for so far this year. However I am aware of at least one of the people you are talking about, and I bet most think he actually trades... maybe using monopoly money...<g>.

[hk2]

I'm trading/learning. But not as a full time occupation, there's a reason I'm keeping my day job {g/ng}

[south louisiana]

Wahz - I think that what you may be seeing are people - bright in their own fields - trying to learn more about the markets. I hope you and the other more knowledgeable posters will not withdraw because of unhelpful posts. Many times, as much is learned from naive questions as from the answer in my experience in other fields.

[okay]

I am not an accomplished trader but I do trade. You are one of the posters which I follow and hope you will find the time to continue posting some of your "long term" trading strategies.

[Dick Weigel]

I haven't a clue on this one. I really pay attention to only about six people since I want to know if my interpretation markedly differs from theirs. The rest I ignore.