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There are no short-cuts. It's not like losing weight where you have a choice between liposuction or diet- and-exercise. It takes a lot of time, money and deliberate practice to become a proficient trader.

Totally agree, you can read all the books in the world about playing football and watch the best players play but it doesn't make you a good footballer, it makes you a......

Rhetorical question, What does it take to excel on the pitch? Skill, focus, experience? An edge? All of these things!

You can be taught about trading the markets but no one can teach you *how* to trade. You have to figure it out for yourself, it's a difficult and long process, study, study, study, gain experience, learn, improve.


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THE ONLY AND TRUE HOLLY GRAIL IS:


-STOPLOSS=ACTIVE
-TAKEAPROFIT=ACTIVE
-Mathematical Expectation=ACTIVE


iF YOU CAN MANAGE AND KEEP that in CONTROL you will havea a Ghlly grail


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