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Originally posted by autofx
PittsburghFX, you making a statement like this has really
got me wondering about you.
Again, you're glamorizing the whole "cut-throat" thing. This
is the typical type-A style of thinking.
Well, I'll tell you what. People with this exact mindset got
killed trying to prove they could put mind over matter in 1996
as they strove to summit Mt. Everest. They had to "win at all costs".
They didn't summit until well after noon, and the weather came
in, and they all died. All except for Beck Weathers, a guy
who had bought some excellent boots that kept his feet
from totally freezing so he could climb down. Still, he lost
his nose and his hands.
This was a bunch of rich hobby climbers with the exact mindset
you seem to worship. This mindset is what can make you LOSE
BIG, and it's consistent with how you show screenshots with
no stops in place and how you go quiet when it's clear you
would have LOST BIG.
I personally break it down without emotions (correction...-I-
have emotions, but my computers do not), and just run
the numbers, and do have the nerve to put real money down.
And honestly, I sit and laugh at the type A jerks who think
this is all a big murderous game. I say, keep on thinking that
way. I'll do things my way -- very little effort for decent reward,
and you guys can show us all how you let your testosterone
and adrenalin rule your actions.
If I see your name on the billionaire list one day, I'll take it
all back. [/b]
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If and when I am a Billionaire, no one will know. Just Paypal in a offshore account.
Also, I feel that all the cut throats I have encountered were more successful in the markets.
Think about it, really hard. Bill Gates, sliced Steve Jobs throat, etc... It is the savy cut throats that make quick planned, business decisions.
When I am trading I am not wearing a patch over my eye yelling arrrrrrrrr, but it is a personality trait I have noticed in all SUCCESSFUL traders I have talked to.
Some brainiacs get it, most don't though.
I am an old fashioned home town values type of person, but we are talking about a trading mentality, not a lifestyle. When I am doing volunteer work and helping others, raising charity money for Childrens Hospital of Pitt, I am not acting or thinking about cut throat mentality. But when I sit at my charts I ask myself what is the smart money doing and what are the morons doing. Thats all I meant in any entirety through the thread.
I never meant to cut you up personally, if I did, sorry.