Dark
Theme
Light
Theme
Register
Username or Email
Username or Email
Password
Password
Forgot
Signup
Forgot
Browse
Register
Downloads / Indicators
Articles
Upgrade to Elite
Unanswered Posts
My Posts
Return to Homepage
Today's Posts
Trading Reviews and Vendors
Futures Brokers Reviews
Traders Hideout (general)
Platforms and Indicators
Trading Journals
Elite Trading Journals
Psychology and Money Management
Off-Topic
The Elite Circle
Webinars
Trading Articles
Main Trading Articles Index
Article Categories
Help, Tutorials, How-To's
Traders and Trading Methods
Platforms, Tools and Indicators
Terms (Glossary)
Article Tools
List New Articles
List Recent Article Changes
Random Article
Most Popular Articles
Category Groupings
Wanted Articles
Most Linked to from Forum
Go to Page...
Quotes
by TradingView
>
Search Forums
>
Showing results 1 to 12 of 12
Filter subforums listed
Search:
Posts Made By:
chipwitch
Forum:
Psychology and Money Management
May 3rd, 2022, 08:47 PM
Replies:
51
Confidence in discretionary trading
Views:
9,959
Posted By
chipwitch
I think there is some confusion as to why I...
I think there is some confusion as to why I started this thread. There seems to be a big misunderstanding with people reading between the lines. Keab if you don't mind, I'm going to respond to your...
Forum:
Psychology and Money Management
April 26th, 2022, 11:22 AM
Replies:
51
Confidence in discretionary trading
Views:
9,959
Posted By
chipwitch
I think your post was very on-point and precisely...
I think your post was very on-point and precisely the kind of response I was hoping for. In the OP I was intentionally leaving the respondents to determine at their own discretion (no pun intended),...
Forum:
Psychology and Money Management
April 26th, 2022, 09:02 AM
Replies:
51
Confidence in discretionary trading
Views:
9,959
Posted By
chipwitch
Thank you for saying this. I feel the same way. ...
Thank you for saying this. I feel the same way. I do think edges are valid, but the connotation is as you say. I prefer to think of it as "the probability is favorable for profit over the long...
Forum:
Psychology and Money Management
April 25th, 2022, 09:04 PM
Replies:
51
Confidence in discretionary trading
Views:
9,959
Posted By
chipwitch
I disagree. I shoot pool. I play cards. I...
I disagree. I shoot pool. I play cards. I bowl.... all these things I'm confident in. I don't expect to win. But I do possess certain skills that I am confident in. And that I will win with a...
Forum:
Psychology and Money Management
April 24th, 2022, 03:01 PM
Replies:
51
Confidence in discretionary trading
Views:
9,959
Posted By
chipwitch
You make an awful lot of incorrect assumptions. ...
You make an awful lot of incorrect assumptions. This one, for example. You'll have to try a lot harder to get close to any of *my* nerves. ;)
Forum:
Psychology and Money Management
April 24th, 2022, 08:31 AM
Replies:
51
Confidence in discretionary trading
Views:
9,959
Posted By
chipwitch
Uncertainty is uncertainty. It is neither...
Uncertainty is uncertainty. It is neither something I avoid or embrace. I am not a gambler. I don't play Russian roulette. On the other hand I have jumped into so many things, way over my head...
Forum:
Psychology and Money Management
April 23rd, 2022, 04:25 PM
Replies:
51
Confidence in discretionary trading
Views:
9,959
Posted By
chipwitch
I am painfully aware. Great! A fellow...
I am painfully aware.
Great! A fellow pilot (or a sim pilot?). I have high performance, complex and tail dragger endorsements. I never got my multi, ifr or jet ratings, but I have about 600...
Forum:
Psychology and Money Management
April 23rd, 2022, 12:54 PM
Replies:
51
Confidence in discretionary trading
Views:
9,959
Posted By
chipwitch
You are correct. The Reader's Digest Condensed...
You are correct. The Reader's Digest Condensed Version of my experience in addition, is: I had my series 3 license (commodities broker) about 35 years ago. I had a brief foray into daytrading...
Forum:
Psychology and Money Management
April 23rd, 2022, 10:39 AM
Replies:
51
Confidence in discretionary trading
Views:
9,959
Posted By
chipwitch
I hear you to say that your confidence has been...
I hear you to say that your confidence has been up and down on the scale of years before obtaining a sustained sense of confidence. That's fair. Thank you.
I was specifically asking this of...
Forum:
Psychology and Money Management
April 23rd, 2022, 08:55 AM
Replies:
51
Confidence in discretionary trading
Views:
9,959
Posted By
chipwitch
You're getting hung up on the word "mistake" and...
You're getting hung up on the word "mistake" and not answering the question I asked. I'm interested in knowing what confidence successful discretionary traders have. Not theoretical. Not why I do...
Forum:
Psychology and Money Management
April 23rd, 2022, 04:22 AM
Replies:
51
Confidence in discretionary trading
Views:
9,959
Posted By
chipwitch
I appreciate the comment. Perhaps you are right...
I appreciate the comment. Perhaps you are right to a point, but I intentionally referenced, buying at the high, selling at the low wrt mistakes. It's uncanny how often I can make that mistake. The...
Forum:
Psychology and Money Management
April 23rd, 2022, 03:36 AM
Replies:
51
Confidence in discretionary trading
Views:
9,959
Posted By
chipwitch
Confidence in discretionary trading
This is a question directed at self-described successful discretionary traders.
How does your confidence in your trading profession compare to the confidence most people feel in their non-trading...
Showing results 1 to 12 of 12
What unexpected challenges have you encountered while trading on a "Funded Trader" platform?
Limited trading instruments
High platform usage fees
Lack of support or mentorship
Unrealistic rules and requirements
No significant challenges
Something else (discuss in thread)
View Results
Discuss Poll
futures io is now NexusFi
Trading Webinars How-to's
Trading Reviews & Products
Join Markets Chat waitlist
NinjaTrader Brokerage (Broker)
Ninja Mobile Trader (Server Hosting)
Apex Trader Funding (Prop Trading)
Tradovate (Trading Platform)
NinjaTrader (Trading Platform)
SharkIndicators (Trading Software)
© 2024 NexusFi™, s.a., All Rights Reserved.
Av Ricardo J. Alfaro, Century Tower, Panama City, Panama, Ph: +507 833-9432 (Panama and Intl), +1 888-312-3001 (USA and Canada)
All information is for educational use only and is not investment advice. There is a substantial risk of loss in trading commodity futures, stocks, options and foreign exchange products. Past performance is not indicative of future results.