(Quotes from Ed in Red)

Ed Says

Dear Ed,

I don't know if it is you personally that reads this mail. But if, I just want to take the time to say I really admire your work, and the way it appear you are thinking about the market. I am currently studying and spending my nights trying to build different trend following system. Whether or not they work is a different story but I find great pleasure in analyzing the numbers. So its a win win situation:-)

But that is not why I am sending this E- mail. I was wondering where you can get a hold of your book The Trading Tribe. And also, are you planning on publishing anything new in the near future

I plan to have my next book to the printer by September 23.

A very interesting clip:

Are you Happy?

Some strive to be happy; others learn to accept all feelings along with their positive intentions.

You might consider working out your models on an Excel spreadsheet before you tackle the intricacies of Runga-Kutta and stiff matrices.

I only find back-testing. for Richard Donchian
6 MONTH-Rule System

I would like to see the back-testing. for Richard Donchian 2 week-Rule System

Do you have it? and if not can you advise, please a way to make back testing?

Thank you very much for your help!

First of all congratulations for your website. You are a living legend to me and I find it fantastic that you do take time to help other people in their search for an healthier life.

I would like to buy your book but I live in [Country] and I was wondering if the price indicated (125 USD) does include delivery to Continent.

If not, please simply tell me which price should I pay, and I'll transfer via PayPal the right amount.

PS: Should you come around [City] do not hesitate to get in touch, I will be glad to meet you and show you around.

The price of the book is the same everywhere and includes postage.

Relating to Children

Chief,

Thank you for your interest on my relationship to my children and wife and for your ideas. The day after our talk I visit my children. My son (12 years old) asks me each time that he sees me “How are you doing?”. I can really feel his interest: he is sincerely asking HOW I FEEL. He has an argument with his younger brother and shouts at him. The little boy is scared and cries. I tell my son that I would like to talk to him. He wants to make a phone call. I wait. As he finishes I talk with him:

- “Maybe you recall that I used to shout at you, and that you were afraid of me”.

- “Yes, I do”.

- “When you shout at people, you scare them. It is ok, if that is what you want. But maybe you have a different goal. I think that it is important that you know that”.

- “Dad, how should I react when my little brother harasses me?”

- “Well, maybe you can tell him that he is irritating you and ask him about his intentions”.

- “Well, thank you for your advice. I will consider it”.

Shortly after that I meet my wife. I ask her:

- “How are you doing?”

- “Hnnng.”

- “I wonder what you mean, hnnng.”

- “I don't know how I am doing.”

- “I see. Yesterday I had a long talk with Ed. Do you remember him?”

- “Yes, he is the guy who is guilty for everything”.

- “I see. Well, I have to buy some groceries. Bye”.

Some people walk the road from control to intimacy. Some others stumble over scapegoats.

As always, I appreciate your comments and pointing to inconsistencies from my side.

You might consider taking your feelings about <wanting your wife to behave according to your model> to Tribe.

Attracting Women

Chief,

1. After a very promising start, a lovely girl does not answer my calls. I sleep badly for several days. I think a lot about her. The feeling is “I don't know what she wants to do/I don't know what is happening”, and it is very nasty. I take it to the hotseat; after that, the same feeling is loads of fun. After I accept the feeling, I expect a resolution of the conflict: maybe she calls me, or I understand what she is doing, or whatsoever. Fred decides differently: the very next day a very attractive woman contacts me and makes very clear that she wants to have sex with me. We start an affair. The issue with the first girl turns completely irrelevant. I plainly do not care anymore about her.

2. Some days later I manage a process. The person on the hot seat, a woman, is a new member of my Tribe. I find her very attractive, and before the meeting she sends some signals which I interpret as interest on me. During the process I cannot concentrate; I start thinking about a relationship with her. I tell it to her and she answers cordially that she finds me a very nice person, but she does not want to have a relationship with me. I feel horribly. The next day we talk: we both feel that the process activates some mutual feelings that we are trying to avoid. To me, it is “I am ugly, I am too short, and women do not feel attracted by me”. We decide to host a second meeting the same day. She works on her issue, and I on mine. I do not recall digging so deep and putting so much effort to “knack” a feeling before. It seems to be a really core issue. With her support I do it. After that, the notion of “I am ugly and too short, and women do not feel attracted by me” makes me laugh very loud.

FOUR HOURS LATER I meet a really very attractive woman who shows a lot of interest on me; we agree to spend a holiday together in a few weeks.

TTP is plainly magic.

Chief, I recall telling this to you before, but I repeat it: I really appreciate your guidance and your work on me. I am very thankful for your friendship. Thank you.

clip: www.marketwatch.com/trading-strategies

Thank you for sharing your process and your method for sticking to your system.

E.G. a mathematician or statistician or close friend like [Name] ??

If you can do that, you might consider bringing back the price itself.

From Control to Intimacy

Dear Ed,

In session #1 of the Austin Tribe I learned about the value of the Intimacy-Centric model. In session #2 I learned some powerful resources for the practical application of the Intimacy-Centric model in my life. The three hot seats of the session turned out to be about dramas caused by the Control-Centric model: the first was about a dysfunctional relationship with a mother-in-law, the second was about physical abuse by a bullying older brother, and the third was about an abusive father. I will not go into the personal and painful details of the specific dramas. Nonetheless, with the help of some powerful role-playing exercises it very revealing to see the Control-Centric model as the common cause and the Intimacy-Centric model as the common solution.

The transformation caused by the application of the Intimacy-Centric model was almost incredible especially because at the start of each of these hot seats I could not see the applicability of the Intimacy-Centric model to these specific situations. Yet, as a result of the willingness of each of the respective tribe members on the hot seat to change and to apply the new model, significant progress could be noted by the end of each of these hot seats.

The key to living the Intimacy-Centric model is to focus on feelings rather than on logic. There are two facets to the focus on feelings: ask the person you desire to be intimate with if he/she would like to share their feelings with you, and ask the person you desire to be intimate with if you can share your feelings with him/her. During this process of sharing feelings, I have to be careful not to become judgmental or to apply logic. Instead, I should be open and receptive, thank the person for sharing his/her feelings, give him/her an opportunity to share more and deeper feelings and thank the person for listening to my feelings.

That’s it. This TTP technology is opening up a whole new and better world for me in ways that just a few weeks ago I could never have imagined.

Thank you very much Ed and thanks also to my fellow tribe members.

Thank you for sharing your process and your insights.

Dear Ed,

Since our first Tribe meeting, I progress nicely towards completing my project. This makes me happy. However, I feel upset and uneasy with myself because I pass up many opportunities to work on my project during the two weeks. Instead of working on it I waste time with things that do not bring about completion and do not need to be done. The activities I do instead are truly time wasters. This is a recurring event in my life from projects at work to chores at home and everything in between.

I am thinking about this when the meeting begins and feel a mixture of happiness that I am reporting some good progress but a disappointment that I didn’t do more when I know I could have. Ed explains this may be a carry on effect from public school. It may have something to do with getting a feeling of satisfaction that I completed the task on time.

As the meeting goes on I let those feelings pass. I focus on the now and commit to support my fellow Tribe members by being in the now. One member expresses he has a problem with his mother-in-law and wants help. However, it seems clear in a short period of time that the issue has more to do with his wife and mother. I participate as a role player. It is fun and exciting. I enjoy helping my Tribesman.

He is given several new resources to use. Some he is comfortable with others not so much. We experiment and try to discover those resources that falter and those that will work. We try one or two that move us back towards logic or even ask the other person to tell us “why we can’t have something.” Ed says you can’t out-logic a woman. I realize that the arguments we have are not normally about logic and reason rather they are about filling the intimacy void that is left by the control centric model.

Whether it is a fight between husband and wife about spending, big brothers bullying little brothers, or dads beating sons while moms and sisters accommodate, they are all centered around a lack of intimacy and the desire that each player in the drama has to feel… to feel loved, to feel respected, to feel needed, to feel cared for, to feel like the protector they want to feel like.

During dinner I commit to myself that I would volunteer for the hotseat tonight. Ed asks if someone has something they want to work on. I raise my hand at the same time as another member. Ed asks the other Tribe member what he wanted to work on and then asked what I wanted to work on. I want to work on my problem of wasting time rather than moving forward. Ed jokes and says he is supporting my “all powerful” intention by helping me put this off. I laugh and feel that is okay. My fellow Tribesmen has an issue that seems to better fit the tone of the evening.

After the meeting I start to realize that my goal I set at dinner was met. My goal was to volunteer for the hotseat. Which I did. I never set a goal to actually go through with it. I am happy because, I did what I committed to do. I stepped out despite being nervous and volunteered for the hot seat. Perhaps I need to take the feeling of being nervous about stepping out to the hot seat instead of procrastination. I wonder if they are tied together. Maybe they are tied together in the same knot and are really just two sides of the same coin.

I learn that a goal and a commitment are very powerful. I want to be sure to define my commitments better so I get what I really want rather than just the first step. This also makes wonder about the power of setting a goal and committing to it. I feel awe.

Thank you for sharing your process and your insights about completions.

Trading Systems Project

Hi Ed

Thank you for giving us the TSP exercises to enrich our knowledge.

Approx 9 months ago I replicate the EA crossover system in Excel.

I am pleased with myself.

At my place of employment, the investment department produces a similar system using SMA. Their optimal results are similar. This is a further confirmation for me of the EA system results and of long term trend following.

I begin replicating the SR system in Excel straight after completing the EA exercise.

I don’t get very far, I get stuck, I can’t seem to make progress.

I find the SR system much more difficult than the EA system.

The SR system is intuitively simple, but when I attempt to replicating the results in excel I get confused between all the decisions which have to be made, and the order that they have to be made in.

I can’t seem to write the formulas. They don’t seem to work.

I start to feel that perhaps it may be beyond me.

I doubt myself, perhaps I am not smart enough.

I get distracted by other problems in my life. I’m always too busy and can’t seem to find the time, I always seem to tired or have some kind of excuse.

The SR system is always in the back of my mind. I know that I can’t trade anyway as I have no equity stake. I need to build up a significant amount of capital until I can begin trading with a system of my own.

After a long break I decide to try the SR system again. I think about it.

I have a breakthrough. I come up with a plan to draw a decision tree for each problem I face. I structure the tree so that I ask a simple question for each of the required decisions. The yes / no answers lead down a branch of the tree to further decisions with further Yes/No answers until I reach the outcomes I seek.

I use these decision trees to create IF statements and find it almost effortless.

I use this method to complete the required logic for the system.

I complete the system.

I match Ed’s results for the 140/20 system and the 120/45

I feel really pleased and proud of myself.

I complete the exercise by running a simulation using the same optimization grid as Ed’s.

I graph the Bliss.

I notice some problems.

I end up with errors in my formulas and I trace this to the LN of negative numbers.

I notice this is where I end up with negative equity. I realize this is impossible, I correct this by only allowing the equity to drop to zero.

I notice a further problem. It makes me uneasy. I notice that not all my results are the same as Ed’s when I compare my grid against Ed’s. I’m not sure how these differences arise.

My optimimal bliss solution appear as the 20/15. I worry that if I didn’t have Ed’s results to compare with I may base my decisions on incorrect results.

I see that this set of parameters are surrounded by low bliss, so this parameter set’s results seems a bit dubious.

Ed please could you post the results of the 20/15 to enable me to find my errors.

I submit my rendition of the SR system and the results for your comments.

I think about the system.

I wonder what would be the warning signs that the results from a particular set of parameters are not valid?

I wonder if it is better to pick the highest bliss solution for live trading or would it perhaps be better to use a more robust set of parameters such as those surrounded by similar bliss results, even if these were slightly sub-optimal in the back test results?

In the SR exercise the highest bliss solution appears to be on the edge of a bliss cliff and brings up a fear of falling, of doubt and of failing.

My first Tribe meeting in Austin starts with a procedural event, that promotes connection with all in the group. It builds on a platform of trust. Several members then share personal stories. What becomes evident is how we all share common backgrounds and each persons experience is a catalyst to a similar memory and situation in my life. As several people share about family issues, the same memories appear for me, and I am left to confront the same personal actions and the subsequent impact on my behavior.

We proceed to identify and work-thru problems and recast our reactions to past events thru exercises. It becomes clear that when I work on my behavior, I can reprogram my actions/reactions and that allows for everything around me to change. Our intentions have a direct impact on results. We become the most effective when we are the most vulnerable. I intend to visit with my wife about some issues, be committed to being vulnerable and to change my attitude towards past problematic circumstances. I am optimistic that I can move forward and experience a different response to the same triggers.

You might consider sharing some of your own personal feelings about issues that are currently up for you.

After 90 minutes of assisting, and the victims were taken to area hospitals, Dr. Scott commented, “A person with my skills simply can’t drive by someone who is injured. I refuse to live my life that way.”

Ed, thank you for calling out and sharing your life's skill set with those of us in the Austin Tribe last night. Thank you for allowing me to participate,

You might consider extending your comments to include your own feelings about helping others.

Ed,

It's Friday at 20:18 and you'd think there would be something better for me to be doing than sitting here typing about trading.

My disappointment this week is extreme and made worse by the fact that I had done well and brought the account back a long way.

This really goes to show that if you're going to make money in a sloppy, high risk way, the gains are nothing more than on loan until you give them all back again.

I've become stuck in exactly the same sort of trade that's wiped me out before where I fall in love with a particular direction as the charts look so obvious that is the next step.

The market then moves against me and instead of using this knowledge of 'the sells not selling' as a great reason to get long with a low risk entry and a long stop I miss the chance and out of spite dig my heels in and watch the losses mount. do I enjoy losing money or having reason to mope around feeling sorry for myself?

At least this time I am in options so there is a maximum downside and a time limit.

I can't see a way forward from here, not really for the positions. they might work out ok if the market takes a drop again, but for my trading.

I have no real plan and no real system. I flit from idea to idea not really making any of them work and stopping with one after one loss.

This week I'd also question if at times my behavior has even been compulsive and if I am at times 'addicted'.

I need to bear in mind the fact that the only thing that matters is making money. and not being right. in this context losses are fine and the smaller and quicker they are taken the better.

I need to reframe them. 'it's just a small controlled loss on the way to the next win'. 'it's only one trade out of maybe a few thousand I'll take this year'. 'don't sweat it, do the right thing and move on'.

as I write I am getting more and more angry about a £1 per point dow futures bet that isn't working out. the market is in a typical yoyo Friday. i have my stop in above the market and my plan to move it to even if the cash reaches a certain level. none of these has happened so i don't know why I'm so worked up. it will either get stopped or hit my target some time next week, what's the problem? i keep asking myself, what would a good trader do? the answer is trade the plan. the position has a stop in place and if it get's hit so be it.

tricking myself in to being relaxed isn't really working. I'm too emotionally involved now and need a break. I just hate bad Fridays, they leave you the whole weekend to stew.

I take a bold step and immediately feel relieved. I turn the account off. I can't see what's going on, I am not tuned in to the tick by tick moves and I now trust my plan and my stops.

Even if this was making money it wouldn't be worth the stress and strain on relationships around you.

Am I trading badly because I hate myself?

I notice that when I'm losing I'm energetic and dynamic, hard working and open to new ideas and changes, when I'm winning I feel tired and depressed. I wonder if the positive intentions of these feelings are to keep me emotionally balanced, offsetting the opposite feelings normally arising from winning and losing, and to help me overcome difficult periods, whilst keeping me cool and with my feet on the ground when winning, so as to avoid taking excessive risks.

You might consider taking your feelings about <anxiety>, <war>, <depression> and <high energy> to Tribe.

Ed,

I've heard good things about u & TT.

Why is the book so expensive at $125?
 

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If not, how can I do the back-testing?

The page you cite contains the rules for the system and the back-test.

Depression

Hi

I am one of the thousands of lurkers who has enjoyed your site for years.

I am currently in one of the deepest depressions of my life.

I am overwhelmed by the bad economic news bombarding me from the media and friends.

I pride myself of spotting trends, and all the trends I see indicate that things will be getting far worse.

How do I get myself out of this funk.

By the way, you have just moved to my favorite city. Is the entire world moving to Austin?

Thanks in advance.

Clip: http://perkisabeast.com/blog/?p=2023

As I think more about what inspires & attracts me to this stated intention, I realize that the image I hold of Impeccability somehow includes insulation from uncomfortable feelings, so I question myself as to whether what I am really saying is "I want to live a life in control and without bad feelings". I realize that I have a created a most noble intention to camouflage my mind's determination to stay in control and "be very comfortable indeed, thank-you" !

I feel exhilaration at seeing this so clearly and laugh at myself from deep within.

My journey to true Impeccability - its understanding and realization - continues.

Thanks, Ed, to you and my Tribe.

Thank you for sharing your process.  I wonder who gets to determine what are "good" and "bad" feelings.

Dear Ed Seykota,

Pleasant greetings!

I am writing from [Country] I had read about your amazing investment return in Market Wizards! May I know what software you use to back-test your trading methodology?

Thanks in advance for any help.

PS - I have yet to read through the Trading Tribe website. This I is will do soon.

I use my own Software and also cross-check with other commercial products.

My intention is to attend a workshop of yours and take TTP back to [Country] with me and start a Tribe. If you have any workshops coming up and are accepting attendees, I would love to attend!

Thank you for sharing your process.  I schedule Workshops when I perceive a demand.  I am considering presenting one in Austin, TX.

Interesting thing happened Friday night. I did not feel well and went to bed early with a stomach ache. I get up Saturday and do not feel well all day. I thought I had a stomach or intestinal flue. Saturday night I finally heed my wife's pleadings and go to the hospital where they diagnose me with bad appendicitis. Sunday the surgeon removed the inflamed appendix and I am feeling better now. I find this quite odd as I am usually healthy and do not have stomach problems.

Thank you for sharing your process and your insights.

Hi Ed,

I have often heard you deride short term trading as a way of not facing your emotions. My feeling is that, in some ways, short term trading makes you feel your feelings quicker than long term trading.

I put this to you - How do you counter the argument that actually long term trend following allows you to avoid your feelings? Since there is such a large gap between actions (ie taking losses and profits, riding a position etc), there is more time to stay within your comfort zone and not have to face the hard realities of taking losses etc.

I would be interested in your thoughts.

Best Regards

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Thanks

I expect completion by September 23, 2010 - at which point it goes to the printer.

Several exercises really drove home the point for me. I left the session with a conscious decision and promise to myself that I would always try to practice the Intimacy-Centric model. In one week, people close to me have seen the difference and have commented about it. I don’t know how, but it has somehow placed me on the path to becoming a better trader.

I learned a lot more from session #1, but I want to keep this entry short to emphasize what is for me the single most important learning point.

TTP is very useful and powerful. Thank you very much Ed and thanks also to my fellow Tribe members.

Thank you for your report.

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Many years after, the Apprentice is not an apprentice anymore. He became a Master of Trading himself.

I wonder who gets to say who is "the best" trader on earth.

I am beginning to express my appreciation to those around me and who I deal with on a regular basis. For instance, I express my gratitude to my friends even more and to the nice people I do business with such as at the gas station, the grocery store and the bookstore. I have also noticed a general increase in my focus on matters. I am now able to get more done, especially on getting my trading system up and running. I am also able to eliminate more distractions.

I realize that I have just started the Trading Tribe journey and still have issues and k-nots to work on. Nevertheless, it is great to know that I have my friends in the Tribe who will help me with my process and that I will gladly support them as well. I would like to thank you for your guidance, Ed. I also want to express my gratitude to my fellow Tribe members and to those who shared their process.

I look forward to seeing all of you at the next tribe meeting .

Thank you for sharing your process.

One of the Tribe members takes the hot seat and goes through a process where he and his mother are in a control-centric process. His mother is in control and then he becomes in control. Ed points out that they are both remaining in a control-centric process. We continue the process and the tribe member on the hot seat finds new resources and applies them and enters into an intimacy-based relationship with his mother. This is a big AHA for me as I realize that my process with my father and mother is still control-centric and is not intimacy-centric. The difference is that I’m now the one in control. All the while I think I am moving toward having a more intimacy-based relationship with my parents when actually I’m just continuing the control-based relationship, and I’m now the one in control.

During the preliminary set of exercises at the meeting, I experience strong feelings of guilt when controlling another, and anger at being controlled.

As I drive home from the meeting. I think about the Tribe member that sees me pulling up in my car to Ed’s house and graciously tells me where to park. He is helpful. He is courteous. He is nice. He explains to me in detail the parking situation and offers a suggestion of where I can park. I thank him, and I park in the place where he suggests.

I continue driving home and think, “Oh, great. I make someone else also late to the meeting. He would be at the meeting on time if he had not stopped to provide me with a warm greeting and helpful information.” I feel guilty. And I acknowledge that I must be getting everything I want. I get to be in control and feel guilty. And I think this sucks, and I am thankful for the Tribe for helping me become more aware of my actions, of my intentions, and of my feelings.

Now I am more aware. I return home and tell my wife about the experience.

During Tribe, when talking with Ed I notice that I am not clear on what I want to accomplish. I am confused, and I am passing on my confusion. I realize that I have to get clear on what I want. I think about this and am becoming clearer and clearer. Ed says that it has to be fun and I have to get something out of it.

At home, I begin rewriting what it is I want to accomplish, and I begin by stating clearly how I benefit from completing this project. I continue to write, rewrite, and think about what I really want. I notice that what I want to accomplish becomes increasingly clearer, with much less verbiage. I notice that when I am confused about what it is I want to accomplish, I cannot express what I want to accomplish clearly and concisely.

I am aware now that I have a lot of K-nots, and that I am repeating patterns using control-centric relationships.

Today I have an agreement with my family to leave the house at 11:30 a.m. to go on a short trip. It is 11:32 a.m. and I am not in the van. I stop and say, “I acknowledge my intention to be late.” My wife hears me, and she is not in the van either, and she says, “I acknowledge my intention to be late.”

I have an agreement with my son that bath time ends at 8:45 p.m. I notice that there is wiggly room on the definition of what constitutes the bath time ending. We agree that the end of bath time means that the plug comes out from the drain and bodies come out of the tub. We also have an agreement that I read to him until 9:00 p.m. It is 8:45 and the plug comes out of the drain and bodies come out of the tub. I read to my son until 9:00, not 8:57, not 9:02. My son and I both honor our agreement. I notice how things go smoothly when we both honor our agreements.

With the Tribe’s help, I am more aware of my results and my intentions. Results equal intentions, so I look at my results and know what my intentions really are. I recognize that I have K-nots and entry points for TTP. My intention is to use TTP, go to Tribe, feel all my feelings, find the positive intentions of my feelings, turn my adversaries into allies, and change my control-centric relationships to intimacy-centric relationships. I know that my results reveal my intentions and willingness.

I submit my information for a new Tribe.



 

Australia

Getting Out of Debt

Dear Ed

I thank you for your previous comments.

I discuss your comments with my wife.

I accept the authority of my budget and no more drama.

My wife is keen for us to stay in budget and get rid of our debt.

I am lucky to have her as a wife, I give her the budget figures, she takes the lead and responsibility for the daily shopping. She is fantastic at sticking to the budget and economizing. I am good at spending, I pay the bills and fixed expenses and review the tracking against budget.

I support her and she supports me.


Week 1

I waste only $10, a big improvement on the past.

We unexpectedly receive a car repair bill for a $880, saving $20 seems pointless in the face of such adversity, none the less, we persist with the budget.

Somehow we cope with it and manage to absorb it without borrowing more.

Week 2

I have not overspent a cent, I stay away from the shops to avoid spending.

We are within budget.

Week 3

I have some temptations but walk away, I’m beginning to enjoy not spending.

We are within budget.

We get a call out the blue, a buyer wants to buy a very illiquid asset of ours which I should never have bought in the first place.

We get an excellent price considering what has occurred in the last 2 years.

This sale will remove a large chunk of our debt which will in turn further support us in reducing our debt.

I don’t know whether it’s co-incidence, prayer or TTP, but I accept my feelings, commit to sticking to the budget and all of a sudden it’s a lot easier.

I am working on trying to be supportive, accepting and receiving of the feelings of others.

I am working on trying to share my feelings instead of trying to command and control.

Thank you for your support.

Hello Sir.

It is an honor for me to even write to you.

I came across your name while looking at the Michael Covel's influences for his book the complete Turtle Trader.

I would highly appreciate if you could just have a look at my work in the field of trading and investing. you will not be disappointed.

Enclosed in this email is a copy of the US 2 Yr Treasury Chart and another chart of my proprietary indicator for the same. in the last 12 years we have only 5 times that the indicator has come to the watermark 800 level, from where we anticipate a trend. the time line on the indicator chart are replicated on the price chart, the results are phenomenal. we've been able to catch the most important trends in the US 2 Yr Treasury market and ride it. not mentioning the predictive value of this indicator on the treasury prices, interest rates, the economy and its effects on the stock markets.

We are once again at a critical level in terms of the US 2 Yr Treasury.

Your reading this email and your specific views with regards to its collaborative use, would be highly appreciated.

I wonder if you can formulate your work as a system and then back-test it to determine your MAR.

I notice tears in her eyes and her voice quivers. She has a hard time making amends, saying she is wrong but as I practice the intimacy-centric model I receive this from her without so many words. She calls me the next morning and very refreshingly says how much she thoroughly enjoyed us just talking.

Saturdays my ex-wife brings the children to me. I expect her at noon. She does not arrive. I call my daughter several times and ask what happens. My wife is still not at home. At the end she appears at 3 PM. I am very angry. I drive with the children to a party and have a great time with them.

On Tuesday I call my wife and tell her that she does not keep our agreements, that I don't like to be kept hostage and uninformed. I tell her that I expect a clear agreement, and that we both keep it. As the talk goes, I feel more relaxed and how my anger disappears. I comment it to my ex-wife. She mentions “I know why you don't feel angry anymore”. I am intrigued. She says “I was listening to your feelings and trying to understand you”. In fact, she was receiving me. At the end we have a very friendly conversation, I ask her how she is doing and she tells me that she needs more free time. I agree to take the children to me several days in the week.

Receiving works also on the phone…

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Hi Ed,

I wonder if you could share some of your knowledge on stop loss, how to place them, and how and when to move the stop loss, to protect your profits.

Thank you very much

You might consider determining which stop placement policies are best for you through back-testing.

Is there a rebate for students or a general rebate for tribe members on the book?

Are new lectures for the TSP (Trading System Project) planned?

The price of The Trading Tribe is the same for everyone, all over the world.

If you want them to get through, you might consider encasing them in a steel box.

Many thanks

You are welcome.

I attend the tribe meeting in Austin.

During an exercise to identify authority issues, no issues surface for me. During an exercise to identify rejection issues, I recall issues with my ex, but the feeling is mild, a gentle reminder.

In reviewing one tribe member's family issues, I see the situation is very similar to my relative's, and the family he married into. The issues are quite similar to ones existing around his wife and mother-in-law.

As we review another member's relationship to his father, I see my behavior has been similar to his father's in resisting intimacy.

OK.