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That, depending on who you are and who I am, we could both be ridiculously succesful traders while at the same time being on opposite sides of the market.
As long as we were both in for the correct amount of time.
PW, I was a music major, and so music is a big part of me. I focus on the musi itself far more than the words, probably could not tell you words to 50% of the songs I listen to. But for me, I want to just feel comfortable. This is a bad choice for probably some people, but I listen to blues, funk, rock, disco, but only songs that I would sort into a favorite list, and that have a positive vibe.
"Whipping Post" by the Allman Brothers, not in my trading song list. But I like the song. I also would not want "Too Hot" by Kool & the Gang. lol! I am being dead serious here. I like those songs, but not for trading.
I have one more, in my head as I was in the shower. I promise to quit after this one....
So what changes as I increase size, is my percentage slipps a little; 48% - 58%... and my win/loss ration slips a little; 1.2x,1.4x, and after commission I get nothing.
The answer, for me, is to relax the same way, allow my winners to be winners.
Many times I know the difference, but with size I don't listen the same way.
That is why I am pushing size coupled with believing myself... harder than indicators right now.
i am a huge music guy....i spent many years on various instruments but most of it was big band, classical and jazz. Not interested in those genres for trading. Especially jazz. I hear the layers, the backbeats, the offbeats, the alternative melodies interwoven through the music and I lose all concentration on anything else.....classical is ok but its very structured and I think something less structured would be good for trading.....I am a child of the 80's hair band rock and roll and that makes me take crazy risks....so something that doesnt present any of those issues would be good.....
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, Leonardo da Vinci
Most people chose unhappiness over uncertainty, Tim Ferris
I wish I could send my playlist, it would be so much easier. I recently turned Big Mike onto some instrumental stuff, but it is not what I listen to.
Here are some from today, no particular order;
No Diggity - Oli Brown
Belief - John Mayer
Just Friends - Ernie Halter
Woodstock - Crosby, Stills and Nash
#41 (live with Victor Wooten bass solo) - Dave Matthews
Sweetest Goodbye - Marron 5
Money Makes the Monkey Dance - Nil Lara
Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin
Shakin Hands - Nickelback
Do It Again - Steely Dan
La Belle Dame Sans Regrets - Sting
Melancholoy Collar - Tony Lucca
Lost Without You - Robin Thicke
If You Laugh - Rob Blackledge
Spoiled - Joss Stone
You Cut Me to the Bone - Robben Ford
Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann
Red House - Steve Lukather and Larry Carlton
Once in a While - Matt Schofield
For The Love of God - Steve Vai
Odds or Evens - Mike Stern