Below are some very negative comments in response to my post on 5 Fatal Flaws of Trading :=
- "It's utter crap - that one should start out aiming for such a MEDIOCRE performance as simply NOT losing your capital."
- "I do NOT buy intimidation, scare tactics, empty philosophical gobbledygook, "well-intentioned" advice by old timers to make you fall back in line."
- "Yes, F***K them!! Just had to choose the period that I'm doing things right to give "well-intent" warning about fatal flaws, and never a word of encourage EVER (not that I expected it!). But it's my fault that I'm affected. I can't help but be irritated by CONCERNED old timers and vipers.I really HATE false teachers!!!"
- "We have our own beliefs and theories surrounding the topic in question - I didn't force mine on you, and I didn't like it that you forced yours on me, as if having someone to believe what you believe would somehow make what you believe a biblical truth."
- "To hell with people who cannot bear to see others NOT going through the same mess they've been through when they first started out."
- ".. I smell an insecure inferior *bleeping* asshole from a mile away. People who have desperate need for attention. People who need to impose their ideas on others so they can be praised for it. Eww!"
- "Well,giving advice or telling people what to do in blogsphere...is really some sort of ...egotistical masturbation act..."
- "So stop throwing your "fatal flaw" advice in my face!"
I started this blog in Jan08, initially to share what I thought to be relevant to T4L with friends and anyone else who might be interested. Along the way, it has somehow evolved into a trading journal of sorts. I have always been completely open with my ideas, methods, trades, motives. My intentions were always pure - to share my passion in trading with others less experienced and hopefully to inspire them to pursue T4L with some success. For me, the reward has always been a sense of satisfaction in sharing with others some of the joy of that trading has brought me.
By and large, I think my objectives for this blog has been achieved and I have imparted much of what I know about T4L here. Thus, after much contemplation, I have decided to call it a day on public blogging. I have started a new personal blog, purely for imposing trading discipline on myself, and for my eyes only.
This is my penultimate post here. I do not like bad endings so I am working on one last happy post to say farewell to those of you readers who have enjoyed the journey with me. Thank you.
19 comments:
I'm really sadden to hear that you have made this decision. I'm a young one started out and enjoyed your commentary and advice. your blog is oneof the 2 i look at daily after starting with over 20 I hope you reconsider. If not, all the best.
BH
P.S you're advice of tide, wave ripple has affected my trading greatly!!
Sorry to hear that you have received such venomous and undeserved comments. People can be such a**holes!
Have enjoyed your blog and learnt a lot - good luck with your trading. Will miss your blog..
Thank you for a great, productive read. Sorry it had to end this way.
I have been T4L since November last year and in the initial euphoria of information gathering your blog was one I stumbled across. Through the passing of time I have let most of these information sources lapse save perhaps 4 blogs, of which yours was one. Sorry that this entry has forced me to write - that's more my problem than yours!
Your writing was always balanced, sensible and worth the time of reading ALL the entries. T4L is not easy and realistic goals are tantamount to being successful (both at a trade level and macro level). So many cliches are thrown around regarding trading and most are true. If you are true to yourself, have a plan, have extreme patience and are not greedy, then a living can be made - eventually. A strategy with an edge is important but having a sound and strong mind is much more so.
It took me four months to become confident that my strategy worked and six months to actually learn the discipline to trade it. I will be profitable this year which is hard to believe given the start I had.
Your struggles, successes and knowlegable input through this blog have helped me and for that I shall always be grateful. I am on track for an enjoyable career which will always challenge and stimulate. I wish you every success in your future efforts and endevours...and if you're ever in Tokyo give me a holla, some sushi and sake would be small change compared to the value of information you have provided me!
This is so sad. Your blog is the first 3 blogs I visit every trading morning and as a reader and fan your blog has been very useful and balanced.I want you to know that you have done great service to me and to many readers. Remember, only eyes that can see value appreciate value. So, please ignore those unkind words that those idiots/clowns/as*hole have uttered. I hope I can read more of your blog. But incase you wanna make it private, I just wanna say a big 'Thank You'.
Ryan.
Wow - very sorry to read the negative response you have received.
I guess it's easier for those cowards to wait for some Mozilo-tanned asshat broker to sucker them into buying the next IPO than it is to think for themselves.
Anyone who has traded for more than a day knows that your blog represents the truth about trying to "trade for a living". It's the f***ing hardest thing anyone can ever attempt.
As another reader has posted, I hope you will reconsider your decision. Maybe a trial period with comments turned off?
Keep fighting the good fight.
Mark
Vancouver BC
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I think you are making a big mistake ... I know you are.
If you are truly a trader, then you'll know that walking away from a bad trade is just part and parcel of the game.
Your quitting this blog is as good as saying that you're done with trading ... all because of one bad trade.
What is this going to do for your psychology? Get back in the saddle. Continue this blog and move on. Get on with the next trade.
You privatize this blog and you might as well stop trading altogether. If you make your trades only known to yourself, you will never improve.
You started this blog to put yourself on the line. Continue to do so. All you have to do now is to keep your nose in your blog and not bother with what others say in theirs.
I will send you my email if you want to talk. You will know who I am.
taichi seal, i don't think you should stop writing this blog just because of their comments. you mentioned that you started this blog to share your knowledge and eperiences with the young ones, and i am one of those who have benefited from this.
I am sure that for every asshole that writes those nasty comment, there are 10 others who appreciate what you are doing and are learning a lot from you. By not continuing your blog, you are depriving us of some really important knowledge and a valuable source of education. please reconsider this!! i need you!!
MB,
No good deed goes unpunished.
Is this person Judas to your Jesus?
Yet, under the fell clutch of circumstance,
You have winced and cried aloud.
Your huckleberry of those dark days;
Invictus, you should rediscover.
yba
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
Then we will have the privilege of reading your musings and insights again.
I can understand where you're coming from, and I, for one, will miss you.
I can understand your reaction. In fact, I wonder if high quality "volunteer" (i.e., non-commercial) blogging will persist into the future because it is largely a thankless task.
A while ago, I questioned your decision not to use fundamentals. Your response still sticks with me, as I think about it frequently, and use it to reflect on my trading.
So, you have planted some seeds. You may not see them bloom, but I thank you.
Sad to see you go. I am so surprised at the venomous response to your link. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, thats what diversity is all about. No One is forcing you to read this blog. Don't let the vocal minority drown out the silent majority! Despite trading professionally at various major institutions for the last 16 years, I have always appreciated your honest views on this blog and I have learnt alot from it. I respect your decision to take this private. Thanks for sharing the last 2 years with us. It has been a good journey.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease, don't stop writing, it's highly informative, and it had motivated to start my own trading blog, whilst also giving me the courage to become a more disciplined trader.
I feel that the shutting down of your blog is exactly what your critics are aiming for - a anarchistic victory for them but a great public loss to you and the not so obvious readers that probably should constantly remind you of what a good job you're doing for the trading community.
It is still your choice to leave us, but isolation from your work is perhaps the final straw before a man could go insane - please keep in touch with the newbie traders like myself!
Very said to hear you're going to close the blog. Was reading it daily and had learned a lot from your posts. Hope to hear from you again - maybe later.
Thomas
Sorry to hear you deciding to stop -- I enjoyed your blog. I should note to the other commenters that these comments that Taichiseal quoted are all from a single blogger in her own personal blog, and not a slew of "anonymous cowards".
You don't have to bother those criticism. Many of us, like me, appreciate your work in this website.
Missed your blogs for quite some time because China blocked access to blogs. Just found out a way to get around it. Sad to know that you are stopping your blogs because of those unreasonable comments.
Just hope you will reconsider your decision after some time. You started out with such noble objectives and it need not be discontinued because of those unappreciative people?
Best Wishes,
Vincent
Human nature is a perplexing beast. In regards to the uncalled for attacks you have received-- if they didn't like what they read you'd assume they simply wouldn't read it. There's a neverending supply of information out there--some good, some bad, some great, some terrible. It's up to the reader to determine whether the information is worthwhile or not. I've always said that I'd listen to any advice people want to give, as it allows me to see a different perspective on a subject. Now whether I'm going to use that advice, that's an entirely different story. I enjoyed your posts and am sorry there will not be more to come. Some ideas I have agreed with wholeheartedly, others not so much. If I didn't like any of your thought processes, I'd simply reallocate my time elsewhere. It takes a supreme level of immaturity to exert the energy needed to write such malevolent responses. As for myself, I wouldn't take the time to think twice about those messages. Best of luck to you.
Hi taichiseal,
I hope you reconsider your decision. I urge you to ignore all these morons and cyber bullies. Their posts just show the kind of low life forms they are.
Please come back !
And to all those idiots who posted such awful comments, they should go and emasculate themselves.
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