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Strategies & Market Trends : Trade What You See, Not What You Think -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: h.g. who wrote (377)	2/1/2001 2:55:17 AM
From: The Flying Crane	Respond to of 867

Great posts, everyone!

To: h.g. who wrote (377)	2/1/2001 8:27:15 AM
From: Dominick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 867

h.g.: I wonder if a consensus could be reached? Would you agree that barring any chemical imbalances, emotions occur only if you care about the subject matter. For ex. Throwing trash out the car window means nothing to one but drives another up a wall. Or one has no respect for life yet is devastated when a love one dies. Or you are successful at paper trading emotion free,(no risk of loss).. So If greed or fear appears while trading then the bottom line is you care about the money or winning. Could a consensus also be reached that to really overcome an emotion one has to be climatized to it. For ex. phobias. To really overcome a phobia you should expose yourself in small increments until you are comfortable in each phase. So could the answer be to control emotions while trading you must train under a controlled environment of that emotion until you are comfortable in it and can function correctly under the pressure. Anything else is a waste of time because it doesn't generate the interfering emotion. Some examples of those that have trained to achieve that status are those in one on one competition like boxing, figure skating and public speaking. Just a thought, Dominick

To: h.g. who wrote (377)	2/1/2001 4:45:23 PM
From: Moving Sphere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 867

h.g., >>"Anyway, I think we agree on a lot of this and are trying to say the same thing."<< Indeed we are... the only difference is our choice of word, you say "dissipate", I say "redirect". But in a zero-sum world of ego, dissipate is really the same as redirect. This remind me of the ying/yang principle... black changing into white and vice versa... negative energy changing into positive energy and vice versa.... negative trading thought changing into positive trading thought and vice versa.... uummmmm..... all we need is to figure out how to turn the wheel of that ying/yang symbol using our will and intent.... <g> >>"We seem to be dominating the discussion.<< Another way to look at it is that we are just simply brainstorming in a quiet room trying to understand how we (the ego) fit into the art the of trading.... your contribution (and others as well) definitely elevated my understanding of myself and allowed me to voice my thoughts in a more organized and coherent way. Thanks! :-)