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DON'T EXPECT THE GURUS TO GIVE YOU THE GOLD
An SI Board Since February 1999
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This is a thread of remorse about not easily receiving the tips and strategies that seem to really pay off. Ask as you might, here or elsewhere, few of the true and tested experts in stock trading seem to be willing to just plain tell you how to make a bunch of money selecting and trading stocks.

Why should they? They have spent sooooo much time and effort in acquiring their skills and methods. They have substantial vested interests to protect. They don't want a bunch of newbies making money based on the strategies they have taught themselves.

In fact, the bottom line in this 'game' seems to be to cull here and there the tidbits that come your way, and to then really work at learning it yourself. Basically, you have to educate yourself, from the ground up. And that appears to be about the only way to enter into that elite club of successful stock traders.

So, this thread is just a place to complain and commiserate about not getting answers to questions you wish someone would just give you on a silver platter. Share your anecdotes. Share your trials and tribulations stumbling down the learning path. Tell of the pitfalls you've encountered.

But also perhaps write about some of the triumphs and 'eureka' insights that eventually came to you that seemed in retrospect to have made some difference in your trading, and in your life.

Best of luck on your learning expedition!
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32Have I found the 'gold' yet? This thread arises from the archive basemeTA2K-7/10/2000
31Over a year later, I wonder... Did you ever happen to find the gold?CatLady-7/10/2000
30 "Jon DeBry, one of the top MetaStock programmers in the nation" Did Richard Estes-5/22/1999
29 "What is my Holy Grail? I'm not going to reveal that! Would you?"TA2K-5/21/1999
28 "I am not giving you anything. Get it yourself, you are the one that has tTA2K-4/21/1999
27 Absolutely, a sense of humor is precious. The reason for the post, in additionTA2K-4/3/1999
26 A sense of humor is a precious thing, don't you agree? CatLady-4/3/1999
25 "Since it's the Easter weekend, can't we finally come up with the TA2K-4/3/1999
24 "Find something that works...Then use it.. I know what works for me, and iTA2K-2/24/1999
23 Why wouldn't a "guru" give out the secrets of success? If your Travbfree-2/21/1999
22 "It gets easier." Finally from one long experienced guru, a light atTA2K-2/17/1999
21 "I'm [The TA Guru] not gonna outline step by step to a newbie what I dTA2K-2/16/1999
20 "The first three paragraphs are so far off base I can't even bring mysTA2K-2/16/1999
19 For the most part I have, but having only a few years experience, the market stJudy-2/16/1999
18 "Have you yet read any early posts on the TA Beginners thread?...." TA2K-2/16/1999
17 Thanks, Judy. Yes, browsing at the book store, Trading for a Living looked gooTA2K-2/16/1999
16 Don't know if you are still looking for a place to start, but I found ElderJudy-2/16/1999
15 "The specifics are for you to hash out. Like magicians TA guys are sworn tTA2K-2/14/1999
14 Here's a particularly excellent post by one major guru, and though no speciTA2K-2/12/1999
13 "TA provides set entry/exits for a stock based on precise measures." TA2K-2/12/1999
12 "Our [the gurus] analysis is leading edge. With many of the good ones usinTA2K-2/12/1999
11 "I have ceased following stocks posted on the threads. If I see a stock I TA2K-2/12/1999
10 "If there is one special soul that has felt like myself who would like to TA2K-2/12/1999
9 "4) When using private indicators, please make that known. Of course, no nTA2K-2/12/1999
8 "I have bought expensive books and paid as much as eighty dollars for one TA2K-2/12/1999
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