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Old Bond Trader. Be careful of what you say here. You may lose a lot. I trade things but mainly #UB_F Not Financial Advice
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Today met a friend for Lunch, someone I worked with when I first started in the business. He took a different path in the business than I, I went from trading desk to Fund management to a nightmare. He went Inv banking to Hedgefund to a nightmare. His story/nightmare has some
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As a Father of 2 young men now, my Fathers day is a day for reflection. Let me explain. I'm old...in my 50's & when I was a young one my family life was Hell. my father was a very successful business man who blew it all up by being an alcoholic, cheater, being shady AF & so
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I just got rebuked by my wife. Left me explain.
On a walk I was bitching about politics. She stopped then proceeded to ask questions....
Wife: Why do you care? How does what happens in Europe impact you here and now? You keep telling me its a bull market in stupidity.......why
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In the last hour I found out that My main client, the person who helped me the most after some of the worst financial nightmares I encountered has passed away. He was always there for me. In my darkest window in life he was there, he was in his mid 70's and still in the game
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Drunk......and not taking shit from my wifes c*nt sisters -my house they can leave
fuck off
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A little advice.
Worry about your own trading/approach rather than others. Don't get sucked into the finX hell hole of bullshit. Yes there are good people on here & they add value to the process but it a'int no gospel or golden ticket to trading. Your only care should be
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Yesterday I found out that a very important person in my life passed away. He was not family but he treated me like I was part of his family. Today He eldest son called me & we will meet this weekend but he told me that his father made it a priority that he had to talk to me. His
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Moves like today, if played wrong, wipe out Months of hard work. But worse.....eats at mental capital that turns to scared capital.
I speak from experience both as a retail/personal trader/investor and as once a Bond trader & Fund Manager
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Not just a good month or week...but good year can be destroyed in a day. Especially with leverage.
Trust me...I've done it...a few times.
But I learned
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I hate hearing that this is going on. I can say for myself there was a time in my life where everything went dark for me. Everything that could go wrong did, from markets to health to personal finances. There was no outs for me, no one was coming to save me. I had those
I get a lot of DM’s from traders that are struggling. Today I had a trader reach out that is suicidal. Life is tough, sometimes unrelenting. No matter how bad it is for you-it can get better. There is always hope. Call 988 in the US to get immediate help. You are NOT alone. Don’t
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I am troubled. Bond moves like this tend to cause problems not seen (yet). Gov's + Central banks are always late & react rather then be proactive. IDK...to me, feels likes disaster is right around the corner
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Well...It's my 23rd (can't believe it) Anniversary! Been through alot both personally & professionally but we both stood strong with each other! Life ain't easy, troubles will always come & in many cases intensify. I would (& do) sacrifice myself for my family. Called being a man
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Ever review your trades and then ask yourself how stupid you can be.
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Well its that time. Before the day starts to slow & everyone starts to disappear, I would like to wish all a very happy
#HappyEaster
From my family to yours, I hope for nothing but blessing for all
Christ is King
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Oh man. Just saddens me hearing about traders getting smoked on days like today. Received a DM from a trader that they got obliterated today in
#NQ_F
They went counter trend and almost had their account go negative. Thats insane to me. Sad part is I know them quite well and
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It's early but before everyone disappears for the Christmas Holiday, I just want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. I hope that you all have peace & happiness this season especially you families with young ones. Nothing more magical than Christmas morning. Bless you all 🎄
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Note to self:
you built a system for your trading....its proven time and time again if you follow it pays. Please stop trying to not follow the system & do what you think is right.
regards,
Me
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I'm lucky....not gonna lie - did ok but damn I did no way near as well as what the market offered out
1. That was one Hell of a move
2. There is no way (been doing this 25+ yrs) I saw that puke from Hell coming.
3. There will be alot of people saying "I got it, called it" and
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It just amazes me. Been trading a very long time both personally and professionally. When I limit the number of trades a day I always do very well. When I go out side that and fire off multi trades I suck ass....like really suck ass. Today I had some great set ups but I took
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I found a picture of when my kids were very young (looks like they were 6 & 3 they are 23 & 20 now).
took me back a bit. I cannot express to you all, don't waste those times, they grow up real fast.
Nothing worse than wasting time on trivial BS. Life is not easy but your
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The best humbling mechanism I know is the financial markets.
I don't care who you are....How smart, how seasoned you are. Your view can be proven wrong in a nano second.
I raise my hand here and not immune to making a call then multi 2 x 4 get jammed in my ass sideways.
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Crazy. never seen so many people upset that the markets moved...up. Who cares. Markets move up & down. Make all the excuses you want, rigged, this or that. But, as a trader/investor aren't you suppose to take advantage of it & capitalize rather than bitch about it?
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Easiest way to fail in trading/investing. Trying to call a bottom or top.
My greatest losses have all come from trying to do that then revenge trade.
1k loss becomes a 5k loss then becomes a 10k loss
Leaned to listen & let the trade form.
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Back in 2020 I had a trader friend of mine get the top in Jan/Feb (I was doing some work for them in
#ES_F
). Once covid episode started to get unruly & markets puked I was shocked at how they stayed with it. They even covered within 2% of the LOW in March. They made
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Please read, I will share my story of how close I came to almost succumbing to the dark side of thinking.
There is hope...I am also proof of it
I made millions of $’s trading in the NQ pit at CME, after divorce in 03 ,remarried in O5, huge changes in floor trading I was slow to react to, 2008 my Mom died in June, my sister died in Nov & my mother in law in March plus failure of my prop group I owned, real estate
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I would really like to publicly thank many of you for the many heart felt notes & private DM's about my loss of a very good friend/mentor/father figure. Even though I can be one of the most crass jerks on this platform....I thank you all for the kindness/love shown to me. It's
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One thing I learned decades ago -
The market is the greatest humbling mechanism around. In my younger days in this business I though I was something. market taught me a very important lesson that I am less than pond scum. I also learned.....you treat the market with respect
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Man.....the hits just keep coming! 2024 is going to be a shitfuck year.
I have clients still, I do some work for both & each is different but one is my MAIN client. Been with me for > 20 years. They bailed me out many years ago over a nightmare story. It cost me but they
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The more I play this game the more I realize.....you don't need 50 trades a day. Some people like that, great on them. I use to like that. But....since I am older now I just prefer to get those few set ups that I know (been proven) to punch out decent ticks. Easier said than
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I have mentioned this before both on this account and my old account. I have an old Boss/mentor who is in his late 70's & still trades. His poison is the SPU
#ES_F
and i personally do not recall a time where he has had a losing year. He trades everyday (if his set up is there)
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I speak for myself here. Whenever I try to do multiple (and I mean > 20 trades) trades a day I tend to really screw up. 10 years ago thats all I did on multi markets but I had consequences for me. It clouded my thought process. Made me panic in trades that I had no reason to
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I had dinner tonight with my 2 Boys - it was awesome - Sadly...(but was so impressed) they have grown into gentleman, men with integrity.
Warning to you fathers with young ones....embrace every minute...especially the hard times...becasue before you know it, they are all grown
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Historic run here on
#ES_F
60 MIN with the Green bar prints. I cannot find in the past 4300 days off the 60 min chart anything similar.
This is new
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First time in my 50+ years on this planet I am going into a new year with < "0" optimism. I am an old school Bond type that was trained to look for the darkness. Am I wrong, YES! ALL THE TIME. But this time....I truly hope to be wrong...really really wrong.
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So.....This Apex thing. People not getting paid all of a sudden. Smells like......
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I will never ever forget my 1st day on the Bond desk. Main traders came up to me, said hello, welcome to the shit show slave. Sit down & STFU. We have to make sure you unlearn some bullshit before we know if we have something with you. So....be a sponge. Learn, ask questions when
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I fear 2024
nothing good is coming...sorry....but the last 3 years have proven that & if you want to stick your head in the sand & say 'Your just being dramatic" ....Good Luck. I want to be wrong
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Was talking to one of my old mentors about 15 min ago. Cranky bastard asked this question.
"Are you trying to fade out the market or are you just following the slope of the market"
Hes old school and all he cares about is that moving avg (his is different than mine)
Hes 70+
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I'm Sad.
My youngest (Youngest!!!) turned 19 yesterday. I don't have kids anymore I have young men as Sons.
Warning to you fathers with young ones. One minute you are sleep deprived the next minute you are trying to figure out where did life go. Embrace the chaos
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Before it gets quiet next 24 hrs I would just like to wish all the Americans on my feed a wonderful, safe
#thanksgiving2023
From my Canuck Family to Yours! You young families Enjoy the best little moments with the young ones! they are magical
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Never ever fails. Anytime you trade out of fear - you lose - you lose both ways. Just saw a trader friend of mine who is quite sharp fuck up on a whole bunch of trades. Now a mental wreck. why? traded with fear....then got frustrated missing good trades and started taking
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This I have massive respect for, owning up & knowing what went wrong. But once again (and man have I been there) the old...I gotta get it back...I can do it.
But there it is...the Revenge trading.... ALWAYS kills
Matt did the right thing walking away but that pull to get those
Transparency over everything, including my pride. So here we go.
Today was the worst trading day of my career so far.
Trading is filled with incredible highs and incredible lows. That's part of why I like the journey.
Yesterday I took another $40K payout bringing my total to
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Want to see a murder scene?
Just pull up a
#ES_F
chart for the day
My goodness
Apex is gonna have to expand the 90% off for months
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My greatest hurdle to get over was fear of losing. not missing or chasing but being wrong. It held me back for years & always had me thinking/looking for "other" tricks of the trade. When I realized there is no holy grail but hard work & understanding of ones market. I made it
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Tonight while waiting in line I heard this young girl talking (teenager) to her friend. She said something that I was so impressed with. She was wiser than her age.
She said the following:
Weak people chase pleasure & strong people chase purpose...she then said ..The
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Every market I trade or follow is at a make or break point AND/OR is printing off my Indicator. Everyone plus my Kitchen sink talking QRA. Old enough to know when the whole planet is looking at one thing the result is NOT similar to the past. IDK....I can be 1000% wrong here
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I just want to try to make money, laugh. drive fast cars, chase the wife once and a while and to live in peace. leave me alone. But no.....political and social climate wants to make life miserable because they are miserable cucks & they can't have you enjoying life
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Conversation I just had.
Trader 1: Season trader but cannot day trade for the life of them. Has blown well over 7 figures trying to day trade multi markets. Makes well over 7 figures position trading but has this urge to "Trade" and destroys capital.
Trader 2. Semi Seasoned
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I am blessed. Have 2 great young men as sons. Both have turned out so much better then their old man. Got a wife that stuck through all the bullshit that I put on this family business wise. Lost so much but through the grace of God been fighting back. Life ain't easy & can
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Was just reminded of something...something that was key to me in being consistent in this game.
Learned from stupid mistakes.
There was a time I would just trade for the sake of trading and Guess/fade/scalp whatever.....it was a net zero game for me. Some traders can do that.
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Well....before the last few degens trying to make a few ticks leave, I would like to wish you all a very safe
#HappyNewYear2024
🥳🎉🎇🧨 From my family to all of you & yours.
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Its getting to easy hitting the Buy button on
#ES_F
& friends. Even if you get offside it comes back bails you out.
Whenever any market becomes like that (for me) a wake up call soon follows.
Structure still bullish, nothing atm shows anything bearish only extreme reads but
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My indicator(s) is/are not some magical holy grail instrument. please understand that. They can/have been wrong....very wrong. I am not selling them (ever) becasue they do well for me and my approaches to these markets. I want them for my legacies to carry the torch. I am
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You can feel it......a change in the markets is creeping in...all markets
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Well......
I attained my goal for 2023.
I am still solvent
On to Hellish 2024
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Ok...market stuff
#ES_F
WEEKLY & I feel off my work this is important.
Green weekly has printed. Greens look for tops/pauses but more importantly the area becomes very important both above and below. Last Green was June 16th 2023 and made a new high then ushered in a decent
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I am seeing lots of chirping on this fucking app. Quite arrogant of you.....so you had a great week.....seen some of you many moths ago being fucking wrecked....
You reap what you sow......market takes notes/names & has no mercy for stupidity/arrogance.
When you least expect
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Trading is the only business I know where people create more self sabotage on themselves than any other industry.
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#NQ_F
last 2 days. I look at the chart and can hear my old mentor saying:
Hey...fuckface....don't fade this. Yesterday it showed strength with zero pullbacks. a consolation will come today, once its done its going to give so many false looks and you, the dickfuck you are going
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This guy is your stock "god" ????? Really people?
I would rather spoon with warren buffet naked than listen to this guy
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Listen people. just sharing my work. nothing more. I have my game plan. What I say/do is not me telling you what to do. Yes, all my work is starting to warn (odd to me so many markets on the weekly time frame) but some more work needs to be done. The indicator fires its a
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Some of you traders self sabotage yourselves more than you ought too. Stop complicating everything with too much bullshit. As an old crusty Bond trader, my trading consists of 4 inputs. 2 are drivers for execution. not 10 different things to paralyze my mind/thought process.
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Damn....My wife to me;
Wife: Hey...your old account is back up
Me: How did you know?
Wife: Firend told me
Me: Err...What?
Wife: Yeah, she followed you on the old account & thats how I found out about your whore accounts
Me: Whore accounts? Wtf are you talking about
Wife: some
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So after a depressing convo with my Neighbor I took out my 2 Son to dinner. 22 & 19. Man.....where did the time go? I Observed how they interacted with the staff & how the conversation was so....grown up. My Heart hurt but....I can say my wife & I did a good job in
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The longer I am in this business the more insane it gets. What use to move the market to limits won't even move the markets half a percent now. participants need a different catalyst to shake the markets to the core. Look at all the fires going on around the globe & on US soil
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I am the only one who is sick and tired of all the woke bullshit?
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I am always shocked at how many on fintwitt/FinX screech about Fed this and Fed that. Unless you are managing money & such its a whatever situation. Why? Most are traders & or short term position traders. All that matters is whats trading in front of you.
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There's gonna be sooooo many NVDA experts in a few hours
sooo sooo many
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I have no idea why my account got "suspended or Locked"
I've been quite tame....if my post's have pissed off some bulls & they got offended ...well...fuck you
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With the wife out causing problems in cottage country My Old mentor of mine is coming over for dinner - an old 72 yr old who still trades heavily (but mainly
#ES_F
). I asked him if I could share some snipits of his approach with my SM/stack accounts, he said 2 things.
SFTU
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My youngest son came home to take me out to dinner with his lovely girlfriend. Issue I have is she has a Tesla.
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So many people thinking Trumps a Lock to win
idk......everything in my being screams nothing is set yet - 2016 & 2020 told you lots what to expect - I only see a nightmare situation incoming
I want to be proven wrong so badly on this.
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I respect all traders. Everyone has their approach. But..time after time I see some get success then go after all kinds of other traders telling them they suck..even going after some traders whom seen some real shit. Thats when those type of traders lose respect & in turn blow up
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What I know about myself when it comes to this business.
1. I am the worst scalper of all scalpers. I have destroyed more capital (monetary & mental) than I care to admit.
2. I am much better as a "Day swing trader" (Rotations > 10 ticks & hopefully much more)
3. My best
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Note to self: Stop...just stop over thinking when the indicator fires. How many times do I have to let fantastic reads/setups slip away because I over analyze the indicator prints. I did well but I could have done so much more. Will see next week but...frustrated
#ES_F
DAILY
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Last week I changed my trading. I know my strengths and weaknesses. I tend to get myself in trouble when I trade alot. I know I am a shitty scalper (worst & I hate it) and I try to avoid scalping like the plague. I know I am stronger in looking for decent day swing trades so I
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I give up....what ever the resolution is going to be it will be significant.
Good Luck...
#ES_F
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I changed my trading. I am much more mechanical now and limited inputs. Basically if X then Y and vice versa. Nothing more nothing less. I have rules that keep in trades and when to exit so I can participate with the signal. Does it work all the time. No. Do I get false
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seeing so many hot takes on the market. ....Including my own/self. tbh...who gives a shit. Only thing that truly matters is if you are & able to make $ out of all of this. Older I get, the more I trade, all that matters is am I ahead of the game at the end of the
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All of you Parents with young kids......You have no idea the impact it has on them when you are there. Every event no matter how tedious it was We showed up. I always loved getting to the rink just a little late for my boys so when they were warming up & then they saw me I could
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I trust nothing. So much propaganda/misinformation going on. SM & MSM both catering to whom they want to cater too. While innocents gets stuck in the middle. The true horrors of whats transpired will come out (always does) but for now I am guarded in what comes across my feed
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Merry Christmas stream - Nothing but blessing for you all today 🎄🎅 ❤️
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Before everyone disappears - Want to wish all my American Friends a
#Happy4thofJuly
Blow some shit up!
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People on here need to STFU and focus on their own style of trading rather than criticizing others & how they approach trading. if you bitch so much it just tells me you suck ass
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many of you seem to fail to realize that being a trader, especially a day trader is you have to be & act like a mercenary. You go to the side that pays you.
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The odd thing is there are multiple markets firing Greens/Pinks & such. I do not recall a time where so many are! from FX, indexes, rates & commodities. This tells me that the next major cycle turn will line up with all these prints & that is going to usher in quite the move
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market is set for a bear purge. No idea on anything and not making a call here but......scanning sentiment and the temperature of FinX I sense most are bearish.
I'm just trying to go with the side thats gonna pay me....I let the computer do the heavy lifting for me.
#ES_F
&
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Some people just don't get this....but its the truth and its gonna hurt your pathetic feelings
Life owes you NOTHING. You are entitled to nothing. If you were taught, brought up believing this.....you were told a very horrible lie.
But ...If you Work (yeah...work...its hard)
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What a waste of a day - fucks up the whole fucking week - only the commie fucks were productive today....meaning....nothing got done & normal people paid for it all.
fuck off
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markets have a way of punishing your view. Then after it's killed most, your view comes into play.....without you.
Using some much need patience & self control next few sessions.
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I am going to be doing some type of site or substack and posting my swing/long term work with my indicators. There will be a small price ($25) for it. Since the passing of my good friend & business partner/client i am taking my life in a different direction. I have a couple of
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