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To: longdong_63 who wrote (19808)	10/4/2002 10:08:34 AM
From: isopatch	Respond to of 36161

L.D. Not at all. Nobody sees the bald headed little man pulling the leavers behind the curtain, right away. Started working on a lot of these ideas many years ago. Then was lucky to have been mentored by some 1st rate W.S. players when I was a broker with one of the top firms. After that by a brilliant multi-millionaire professional investor who made that money in the stock market. Not from other industries as I've noticed is common other threads. Doubly fortunate in that he was a retired petroleum engineer from Oklahoma who specialized in block positioning energy stocks, where I'd done most of my work during my years as a broker. He was a great role model who also provided invaluable advice that helped launch me as a professional investor/trader in 1986. We had a field day loading the boat with energy stocks coming out of the crude crash to ten bucks/barrel that summer.<g> My own modest gift, if I have one, is that my instincts -about what was important to focus on in the big picture - have improved over time. In that context, bits and pieces of the puzzle just continued to surface over the years. No matter how intelligent and hard working a trader may be during his first 5 or 10 years, there's really no short cuts along the lengthy learning curve for each of us to develop our own unique mental potential to yield worthwhile insights. Thanks for your supportive comments. It's encouraging to see my posts are being read and understood. Don't be hard on yourself. Time and the patience to focus on the few good ideas that do surface on cyber space - from time to time - is a big plus. Contrary to popular belief, it's not the day traders that post 30-40 times a day on some of these web threads who speak to what I've found to be important and helps my thinking progress toward generating tradable ideas. Trust me, L.D. The dummies who can't get the basics straight no matter how many times it's explained to them are on certain "other threads". Slider and I made sure of that a long time ago.<g> Isopatch