The way this was handled is very disappointing to those of us who found Ed's trading style and educational content a really good fit. It's not the only reason I decided to join the BBT family (and pre-pay for the year) but it was a very important reason. A few days or a 1 week heads up would have been appreciated and much more considerate.

Here is the survey for easy access see you all Thursday Attitude Survey 1. To make money as a trader you have to know what the market is going to do next. Agree Disagree 2. Sometimes I find myself thinking that there must be a way to trade without having to take a loss. Agree Disagree 3. Making money as a trader is primarily a function of analysis. Agree Disagree 4. Losses are an unavoidable component of trading. Agree Disagree 5. My risk is always a cost associated with finding out what the market may do next. Agree Disagree 6. In my mind there is aways a cost associated with finding out what the market may do next. Agree Disagree 7. I wouldn’t even bother putting on the next trade if I wasn’t sure that it was going to be a winner. Agree Disagree 8. The more a trader learns about the markets and how they behave, the easier it will be for him to execute his trade. Agree Disagree 9. My methodology tells me exactly under what market conditions to either enter or exit a trade. Agree Disagree 10. Even when I have a clear signal to reverse my position, I find it extremely difficult to do. Agree Disagree 11. I have sustained periods of consistent access usually followed by some fairly drastic draw-down in my equity. Agree Disagree 12. When I first started trading, I would describe my trading methodology as haphazard, meaning some success in between a lot of pain. Agree Disagree 13. I often find myself feeling that the markets are against me personally. Agree Disagree 14. As much as I might try to “let go” I find it very difficult to put past emotional wounds behind me. Agree Disagree 15. I have a money management philosophy that is founded in the principle of always taking some money out of the market when the market makes it available. Agree Disagree 16. A trader’s job is to identify patterns in the markets’ behavior that represent an opportunity and then to determine the risk of finding out if a patterns will play themselves out as they have in the past. Agree Disagree 17. Sometimes I just can’t help feeling that I am a victim of the market. Agree Disagree 18. When I trade I usually try stay focus in one time frame. Agree Disagree 19. Trading successfully requires a degree of mental flexibility far beyond the scope of most people Agree Disagree 20. There are times when I can definitely feel the flow of the market: however, I often have difficulty acting on these feelings. Agree Disagree 21. There are many times I am a profitable trader and I know the move is basically over, but I still won’t take my profits. Agree Disagree 22. No matter how much money I make in a trade, I am rarely ever satisfied and feel that I could have made more. Agree Disagree 23. When I put on a trade, I feel I have a positive attitude. I anticipate all of the money I could make from the trade is a positive way. Agree Disagree 24. The most important component in a trader’s ability to accumulate money over time is have a belief in his own consistency. Agree Disagree 25. If you were granted a wish to be able to instantaneously acquire one trading skill, what skill would you choose? 26. I often spend sleepless nights worrying about the market. Agree Disagree 27. Do you ever feel compelled to make a trade because you are afraid that you might miss out? Yes No 28. Although it doesn’t happen very often, I really like my traders to be perfect. When I make a prefect call it feels so good that it makes up for all the times that I don’t. Agree Disagree 29. Do you ever find yourself planning trades you never execute, and exciting trades you never planned? Yes No 30. In a few sentences explain why most traders either don’t make money or aren’t able to keep what they make.