thread: What Was Your quotAhaa!quot Moment

My big Aha second was when I first saw the video for Take on Me. It was rad...

haha long live the 80s

TAAKKKKEEEE ME HOOOOOOOOOME

My ahaa came with Elliot wave principle!

My big Aha moment was when I saw the video for Take on Me. It was so rad...

Had I was drinking it'd have certainly came out of my nose only now.

I'm still waiting on my A-hah minute. I had a small one but I forgot to write down it.

You do not wake up in the morning and realize you've been blowing off accounts for the last 3 years. Ahaa moments are continual... if you are lucky enough. A number of my'ahaa!!!' Minutes:

- Countless hours of chart analysis do not improve my bottom line.
- My gut feeling is the most accurate leading indior that I will ever find - more accurate than price .
- The trend'really' is my buddy.
- The books were right about everything on the display going into slow motion when your in tune with the market.
- I get far better results once I allow myself the opportunity to be wrong.
- Every time I speak with my peers regarding the incredible day of trading that I just had, I give it back into the market double that number the following day.
- that I was never able to find'the machine','the machine' found me.

That last one really put it into perspective. The old expression about'find your character' is not apparent. That is why a lot of jump from one system. The chances of finding' is not likely. Gained knowledge of market related material will be filtered though the self (character ) and applied by itself. Heavy maaannn.

P.S.
Someone ought to begin a thread regarding the turning point that motivated the trader to his current obsession. Also referred to as Catching the Bug.

MM

I'm at the o-hooo phase nonetheless...

My aha moment came when I browse Bird watching in person country although this might seem like a infomercial. I gained a new perspective on everything and trading just seemed to make sense. Funny'cos I don't use anything near the method described in the publication. You really go out and simply get over talking about trading and do it.

When I saw top gun: chicks dig bikes, ahaaa, my aha was!

As soon as I found out that I dont have to watch the market all day long to earn money...

Nice thread!

Once I realized that:Instead of leaping from 1 system into another, I need to return to work and make MY system. The Trader is much more significant compared to System. Timeframes make the trader . Time is as important as price.

Another ahaa! Second as a intraday trader, was to stick 100% to London session. I used to also attempt to trade off peak hours and I would lose more trades than not. After several months I understood my specific trading style sticks off market momentum and requires an alive'n'blowing market. If the transaction doesnt take off my leadership within a short time period and butts round the entry level, I've noticed that my chances to score a loss multiply. That's why NY and Tokyo dropped and now that I trade the first 5 hours of London.

I also agree with few points being said above:

1) Being in the front of the display 24 hours wont earn you more cash.
2) The trader is quite a bit more important than the system. Someone said to me once that there are successful systems than traders, and it's totally true.