Trading Superstitions??

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ruthlessimon
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LeTiss wrote:
Mon Sep 11, 2017 7:01 pm
Just what I thought.........this place is full of nutters
who's got the skulls & crystal balls on their desks, own up!!

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Euler
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workpeter wrote:
Mon Sep 11, 2017 7:06 pm
My bots always seem to work better when I'm not observing or interacting with them.
We have a saying in the office that you quantum lock automation if you observe it.
oscar123
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I used to be funny about the number 13 too, though after the horse Triskaidekaphobia won for me a couple of times at Wolverhampton I got over that.

Now I don't like it when I see the number 666, either on the grid, or in my pnl, I always see it as a bad sign. Hopefully somebody will have a horse soon called Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, so I can get over that one too.

I remember one day when I had been losing and chasing I checked my pnl at the end of the day to see what the damage was and it was bang on minus £666. That was quite spooky.

In all seriousness though, i realised that it is probably best not to have any number superstitions when trading, as if you are staring at ladders and grids all day, chances are you are going to see your favourite or least favourite numbers hundreds if not thousands of times a day.
oscar123
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I also have a tendency where if a trade is going well I will leave the room. This is partly to try and let profits run and remove all temptation to cut out too early, though also in part superstition as I think the market won't move the way I want it to if I'm watching!

This is also a stupid thing to do, as I could be missing something really important, but I often do it.

I also only made this post because I didn't want to leave my post count on 400. Prefer 401.
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Euler
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What's going to happen when you get to 404?
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ShaunWhite
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oscar123 wrote:
Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:12 pm
Now I don't like it when I see the number 666.
666 the number of the beast.
667 the fax number of the beast.
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stueytrader wrote:
Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:43 pm

Would that extend, I presume, to also never backing (laying?) at 13.0?

I've often wondered about that price for this reason...
possibly i rarely trade (open) anything above 8.if it was at the front of my mind 14 would possibly make me uneasy (13/1). oddly the thirteenth of the month does not bother me, even the dreaded friday. its all stupidity really.
oscar123
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Always listen to your (Bet)Angel, and never to your (Bet)Devil sat on the other shoulder.

Never chase your losses or go inplay.

All good traders go to heaven, bad traders burn in hell.
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Euler wrote:
Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:10 pm
workpeter wrote:
Mon Sep 11, 2017 7:06 pm
My bots always seem to work better when I'm not observing or interacting with them.
We have a saying in the office that you quantum lock automation if you observe it.
It's interesting one that - when I used to be a straight punter on Tennis long back, I always used to (or at least often it seemed) see one of my selections doing really well just watching a score, but the moment I turned on the TV/Video to watch them, my player was suddenly spraying DFs, UEs all round the flaming place! :lol: :|
oscar123
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trader44
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It's not OCD because my workshop looks like an explosion in a scarpyard and somehow that's fine, go figure."

haha very funny :D
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Dave Angel
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I always go long on Silver because I bought a Silver chain one day, the other reason being "Long" John Silver! :lol:
Gold on the other hand rhymes with "sold" so I always short it!
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