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    Posted on December 4th, 2007

    Written by Mr. White Folks

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    This post was contributed by a guest author, and does not necessarily reflect the views of Richard or MovetheMarkets.com

    It only takes a small slip-up to create big negative effects. Conversely, the road to success in many of life’s ventures seems to be more incremental. Think of the engineering behind cars, space shuttles etc. One small error can lead to total disaster, but for everything to work, so many things have to be ‘right’.

    Have you checked out the 3500 lately? There isn’t a more introspective trader out there. It’s one of the few blogs that I still read.

    The others are Trader’s Narrative, Dr. Brett, Tyro Trader, Dummy Spots, Boogster, and DT. I’m a voyeur, so naturally I gravitate to blogs that post results in terms of real $ (even though I can’t handle that kind of pressure myself!)

    This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 at 8:33 am and is filed under Trading. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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    1. Dec 4th
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      Thanks for the link to the 3500, its a great post. I will add it to my feed.

    2. Now I need to update my description of the MtM team to “trekkies, emo-kids, perverts and voyeurs.”

      Sheesh!

      -DT

    3. perverts would include voyeurs, but the added recognition would only drive more traffic to this 2nd tier blog

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