What a beautiful morning, sunshine and birdie singing.
As I sit back, enjoying my kuppa of coffee with toasted bread spread with kaya and butter, to watch the drama unfolds:
to: Imoogi (who is actually a loser and trying to learn some trade secret here and there, but always fails)
You are just adding oil into fire only, not adding any value, I guess you are trying to get into the circle of ZacLim. LOL!
to:bloodscalper (who is another loser)
I admire your courage of hanging on with 10K "virtual capital" and yet talk like a millionaire. LOL!
You have enough problems of your own, right?
to: Cat Owner (who is ZacLim's sidekick), working hard for his master, real hard.
Your tone has changed, getting nasty, a fearful person will try to cover his fear with strong emotion.
by the way,
Lim goh tong / no degree - but he worked hard and smart and didn't blog ;)
George w bush / he did not crack under pressure ;)
Warren buffet / actually a great writer, I suggest you go read his letters to his shareholders ;)
to: winner (who uses the same nickname of the original "winner"), is really providing insightful analysis.
They just don't like this nickname "winner", it irritates them, and you did a good job on analysing ZacLim's remarks / trades / flip-flop system. I understand you actually have zero interests at his system (a losing system to date, LOL!), but you just want to voice out the inconsistency of his walks vs. his talks.
to ZacLim - now I am really enjoying the show. ;) Can't wait to see your turn to make some $, as the show must go on. LOL!
>>>>>>> Kim (my kimbo), staying sideline, feeling embarrassed after the "dog has no brain cell" remarks. LOL!
I don't think i can find more informative comments than here. 52 comments when i saw this posting. Amazing.
I see that many have differing ideas, ranging from adopting the right system for the right time/product, to ways of reducing risk and maximizing profit. Well, that's how i summarize up regarding the comments. Generally, it's about performance optimization.
I think a lot of book-reading led to all these constructive arguments and many reader are going to benefit hugely.
I would like to share what i think of all these from a reader's point of view. As much as we present our argument to justify a trading concept, or a matter of choosing the right 'fit' to any trading system, we are bound to continue in a 'circular argument' that may answer our questions today but disclose an unwanted gap tomorrow. After all, we are talking about optimization and this is an open-ended project.
Whatever it is, whether we choose to accept or deny, we are in the 'business of predicting' which at best may be 'kind' to a particular system yesterday and today, but no guarantee for tomorrow. So, as we move on everyday, one after another, whether our system is performing or not, we are bound again to land ourselves in this discussion. I think we would agree on this someday. LOL
My two cents: personal experience will best shape one's system. No one has the same fund size, risk tolerance and expectation. The 3 elements are the variables which will shape the particular trader's concept on how a system should perform and be implemented. So, I doubt there will be a general rule for this. What's more when we dive into the topic of optimization.
In different trader's context and experience, he/she will have differing philosophies. So, for the 3 points highlighted, there will never be a straightforward answer and will forever remain debatable and 'need to be optimized' (lol).