To the 40 over people who were here that didn't use to drop by, I hope to never see you again.
To those who claim I didn't have to read taichiseal's blog if I don't like his opinions & views: well, I stopped visiting his site months ago (I have always been very straightforward about this: if I know I'm not going to like what I read, or if I feel I'm going to get affected and influenced, I simply stop visiting the site. It doesn't mean that I hate the writer. I've stopped visiting even Don Miller's site before because I felt I was not ready for what he had to share. I went back in when I felt I was coping better. Don knows about it. I had shared that with him in an effort to spur him on in his blogging endeavor.), it was taichiseal himself who wrote to ask me to check out his own post (POMPOUS ASS!). The same person who claimed I was making too little at first, and even sent me his trading results to show how his method is far more superior, and then a few months later, seeing that I'm making consistent progress - trading MY OWN WAY - sends me a warning that I could be expecting too much.
I know it when someone's sincerely wanting the best for me. I'm more perceptive than what most of you out there can imagine.
I can smell a false teacher from miles away.
For someone who claimed to have started a blog just to share your trading insights with your friends, you were a real busybody to have initiated contact with a total stranger (ME) to tell her how to trade.
Please, spare me all the hypocrisy. Not swearing doesn't mean you are a good person.
You invaded my space first, and I always have been the one to keep my comments on my own blog. Did I ever make a comment on your blog?? Did I even mention that YOU were the one who sent the email and wrote that post?? Did you not come in here looking for a fight????
WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE??????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I quote one of your fans who wrote:
"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."
I don't suppose you have the guts to tell him that you were attempting to do exactly that: suckered me into thinking YOUR WAY, coz yours represents the TRUTH about trading for a living.
And he's damn right that trading for a living is the fucking hardest thing anyone can ever attempt! So, was that what motivated you to keep tabs on me all this while - to make sure I'm having a hard time, and when things didn't seem to turn out the way you expected you just can't rest until you see me fall hard the way you did in your first year trading your own money (I feel sorry for you that 18 years of trading other people's money in the bank didn't teach you a thing!!)??
You are a classic.
Since you want justice, I'll give you the satisfaction. I'm posting both your post and YOUR readers' comments to save avid blog readers from having to hop around blogs.
Your post that sickens me to death (what sickens me the most is that you keep saying that you're merely using your blog to share your knowledge and wisdom and what nots, and not a word on how you have actually crossed the boundary, hopped out of your blog and came into mine, meddled with my trading for whatever reason I really do not have the slightest desire to find out EVER, and the claim that my picture on blog catalog was what drew you to my blog when I first started trading and blogging one year ago; that screams: like the majority of your fellow Singaporean chauvinistic men, you didn't think I was going to make it and you weren't interested in my trading, you were basically just checking out a chick!! You are nothing but a hypocritical drama queen - the calmer you are, the more it tells me your objective has been achieved and you're simply relishing this - my OUTBURST. And I don't care that this is exactly what you want to see, like I said, I don't care if the people I don't care about get or not get what they want, if I want to rant, I will rant!! You can be the cool, calm, righteous victim who continues to believe in his own lie about who he really is. I will be ME! Uncool and vulgar and all, but at least I don't have to hide behind a suffocating mask! AND REALLY, WHAT IS IT ABOUT MY TRADING THAT MAKES YOU THINK I NEED HELP????? THE ONLY TIME I DID HORRIBLY WAS BECAUSE YOU, THE EXPERIENCED GURU, MADE ME DOUBT MYSELF AND I FELL INTO A SLUMP I THOUGHT I WILL NEVER PULL MYSELF OUT FROM EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!):
Going Private
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.
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!!
8/7/09 10:39
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..
8/7/09 10:50
Thank you for a great, productive read. Sorry it had to end this way.
8/7/09 11:08
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!
8/7/09 11:18
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.
8/7/09 11:36
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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8/7/09 12:04
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.
8/7/09 12:21
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!!
8/7/09 12:40
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
8/7/09 12:54
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.
8/7/09 13:21
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.
8/7/09 16:06
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.
8/7/09 16:26
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!
8/7/09 16:26
Guys guys .. I am still here, trading as always. And I have given you my best secret for success in post #1072 = Strive for trading excellence so you can make the truly important people in your life happy. Lets celebrate. Don't be sad please.
8/7/09 16:36
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
8/7/09 18:56
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".
9/7/09 00:33