I prefer to learn methods/insights/thinking patterns which as you said Pradeep is very adept at doing. That’s why I like his blog so much. (Yeah I liked his description of implicit memory today too, perhaps the best advice I could give a younger version of me is to just observe markets everyday for year or so before I started)

Thanks for the caution though.

Anyway Reaper I do hope you write your own “Reminisces of a Reaper” someday. You are a talented writer and your evolution/doggedness to your craft would make for an interesting story I think. Being buds with Sykes I’m sure could give you some colorful anecdotes.

OT: I think “Floored” could be a fascinating documentary when it comes out. (It’s about floor traders, a dieing breed as you well know)
flooredmovie.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW37sEkXMMc

I’ll be sad if Floor traders go completely extinct, they add a lot of flavor to the markets.

Tastylunch :

Thanks for your two cents

That’s a good point about knowing you own niche. I think mine is different than yours which is why you don’t see me in chat

It does seem like every market players spends a couple years finding what works for them.

FWIW Superman I think is using a bastardized version of Zanger’s early days.

oh and btw thanks for turning me onto stockbee with your post about ZRBA a couple months back (btw did you see they just got bought out at 9.00!). I’ve found his blog to be very helpful.

That’s a good point about knowing you own niche. I think mine is different than yours which is why you don’t see me in chat

It does seem like every market players spends a couple years finding what works for them.

FWIW Superman I think is using a bastardized version of Zanger’s early days.

oh and btw thanks for turning me onto stockbee with your post about ZRBA a couple months back (btw did you see they just got bought out at 9.00!). I’ve found his blog to be very helpful.

Otherwise, I don’t care about him. I have my niches now and I do well in them. There is no point in me trying to learn to play other people’s games too.

No mention of DEAR today? It is either a supernova (btw, what constitutes a supernova in your book?) or one glorious pump. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it.

Thanks!

Anyway I’ve been reading the new Jon markman version of Reminisces of a stock operator (it’s really really good, Markman adds a ton of value through all his historical commentary. I highly reccommend that version of it).

For some reason upon this reading of the book ( I couldn’t help but think how much Zanger’s style (while an obvious IBD CANSLIM derivative) and performance shared a lit in common with Livermore…

I don’t know much about Zanger’s early years, which interest me more than what he does now, I do know he had it timed right (99 was a fun year for anyone with a pulse) and played lowfloat/high earnings stocks. But I figured he must done something else as well in terms of leverage/money management beyond the obvious.

Not liking the -100% return on Covestor for me right now. lol