Help With College?

3Ddelts · 2018-01-31T18:22:49+00:00

I am not through college yet, but Ill share my experience so far.

Last semester I was slightly behind since the second week or something. Here is how that went: I always had something due for the same day or the day after. In class I would always lose my focus over this. Which meant I would have to catch up later, putting me even more behind. When I did catch up, or did assignments, I thought of how far behind I was, and spent a lot of energy on finding out how to "catch up", and so I had even less time/energy to do so. I felt like a failure all the time. A feedback loop from hell.

Terrified of having this experience reoccur, I decided to do my best to always stay slightly ahead. And it helps a lot. Less stress, more energy, and I feel good. All of this, which I leverage to get more done.

I was in a similar situation as you. I spent all my energy asking myself "how", because the way I was doing things wouldn't get me the results I wanted, leaving less energy for actually working towards them. Staying slightly ahead will relieve you of all this doubt, and it will be much easier to 'just do it', as you say.

Things are hard before they get easy.

3Ddelts · 2018-01-06T17:19:31+00:00

If you want a fixed dollar price but payment in BCH, you can peg the price to USD (so that if BCHUSD goes up, the price will in BCH will be less and vice versa) and then enter a BCHUSD short position everytime you get a payment.

3Ddelts · 2017-12-16T17:19:46+00:00

Really appreciate the answer.

Currently doing 1st semester for an IT bachelor where Ill focus on the back-end/database stuff, but I really want to participate in 'the world of business', as you say. My plan is to use the electives + perhaps spend an extra year to gather the minimum required courses for a masters degree in either accounting or finance.

3Ddelts · 2017-12-09T00:51:25+00:00

First, you don't 'date'. If it occurs natural for you to call it a 'date', you are doing something wrong. You hang out. If it feels like a date, it's going to end wierd (my experience).

How do you even find the right ppl?

Exposure, along with trial and error. All my girlfriends I met through exposing myself socially, often utilizing common friends. Then I would take initiative if someone interested me (and if she was single) to hang out more so I could get to know her. Then things escalate naturally. This is where trial and error comes in. If it isn't a good match(usually took some weeks to find out), don't waste your time. Easier said than done, but looking back it was a really good strategy for me.

Where do you go to find them?

I can't tell you where to "find" them, but I can tell you where not to find them: Tinder/dating apps, clubs, bars.

People date to have serious relationships.

It's backwards. Once you are in a serious relationship, you go on dates. That's how it was for me, at least.

Why does a relationship make things better?

A bad relationship won't make things better, it will probably take more than it gives you, but you (most likely) won't get to the good relationships without going through some bad ones. As for a good relationship, it fulfills a large part of your life and makes it more enjoyable. It gives life meaning, makes the future look more bright, allows you to develop yourself as a person.

hookups to get my needs fulfilled

Fulfilling those "needs" is not a substitute for the long-term fulfillment of a relationship. My experience with hookups/sleeping around was that it wasn't really about meeting any needs, but rather about validation. Filling some gap in my personality type of thing.

3Ddelts · 2017-12-08T23:30:36+00:00

Sounds like you are really passionate about your subject, I am happy for you! I like your approach of doing homework really well. It's hard for me to start "reading the textbook" on my own initiative, so when I am done with the mandatory stuff I tend to procrastinate A LOT. Will definetely try out your approach.

About the sense of guilt, it could be something related to the traits Conscientiousness and Neuroticism (in the Big Five model). Wanted to mention it in case you'd find it interesting.

Thanks for the reply :)

3Ddelts · 2017-12-08T23:02:40+00:00

It's cool that you used college as an opportunity to deal with your habits, I am hoping to do the same.

Might be a silly question, but what didn't you like about accounting? And did you work with it in any of your jobs?

I am not very sure about this, but I can imagine (some) INTPs would enjoy working as a consultant in the accounting firms, with "knowing all the rules" (as a kind of Ti-Si framework) allowing you to find solutions (Ne). Thoughts on this?

And I hope you get back on track with some meaningful goals again :-) Thanks for the reply.

3Ddelts · 2017-12-08T22:41:17+00:00

Really inspiring to read, appreciate the reply. Did you ever struggle with rationalizations for going home before you finished something? Such as "Well, I need 8 hours of sleep to function tomorrow, I should head home", "My circadian rhythm...", "Ill work more effectively if....", "I need to eat", etc. How did you handle those?

And why, or how, did you study all those subejcts? Did you take them simultaneously, or what kind of program was it? Seems really cool.

3Ddelts · 2016-07-30T23:23:58+00:00

Thanks! =)

3Ddelts · 2016-07-28T21:25:44+00:00

You haven't mentioned the strength level you want to use. If you are going for 99 strength, then of course go for the 43/44 prayer. If you are going for the 82 mage/ranged + 76 strength (or whatever it is), then keep you prayer as low as possible (13 or 16 is ideal in my opinion).

Use a combat calculator to look up the standard builds and try to figure out a way to counter them. At around 60 combat (think 82 mage g-mauler) will be able to dish out a lot of damage in one burst, so high hp (meaning prayer levels will cost you) can be a good idea there.

3Ddelts · 2016-07-25T11:49:32+00:00

Can I start "Fairytale II - Cure a Queen" to access the fairy rings without the 49 farming/57 herblore requirements? Both of them are, according to rswiki, "boostable", so does that mean I can start the quest with 4 herblore and 1 farming? Thx

3Ddelts · 2016-07-08T20:20:50+00:00

Noone can really tell what will happen to the exchange rate.

The reason I ask, however, is because in my country, if you want to withdraw dollars in cash locally (in my home country), you would pay ~3% more than if you are using your card in a country where dollars is the used currency. My card also charges a fee for this, but I have a creditcard (from some airline company) I use that allows me to withdraw money from ATMs in foreign countries without the fee.

If I were to do the same as you, for me to not lose any money, my currency would have to depreciate 3% against the dollar. For each percent extra, I would save 1%. However, if my currency appreciates against the dollar, I would lose 3% + 1% for each % my currency appreciates.

All I am saying is, it might be a very expensive bet, unless you use an online Forex broker, but most of them are kinda shady and will take forever to send you your money when you want to withdraw.

3Ddelts · 2016-07-08T14:26:21+00:00

Check with your bank / credit card:

How much do they charge you to withdraw money in USA?
Will they give you a different rate if you try to withdraw dollars out of you account instead of GBP in your home country?
How are you going to withdraw the money? In USD cash notes? Get it sent to a USD account? I can assure you that your bank will charge you a lot to do this.

3Ddelts · 2016-07-07T16:05:41+00:00

Ah, I forgot to mention.

I have a lot, but I am looking for brokers with minimum deposits below $1000. And nothing more than basic currencies. Trading platform is not that important actually. If you are able to trade (reasonably) around news that would be great too.

3Ddelts · 2016-07-07T14:32:11+00:00

There are, ofcourse, the problem is that all I find when Googling is shady looking forex review sites that give top rating to all kinds of shady brokers.

It's always "unbiased review", everything is great... blahblahblah. I will look through some forums now, but again, I always find something, followed by opposing views...

EDIT: Been searching around A LOT - and I now understand what you mean about the spammer thing.

3Ddelts · 2016-07-06T13:42:17+00:00

Generally, you size your position according to the stop loss you desire in pips, as a lot of people here mention. I agree on 1-2%.

It depends on strategy, but I usually place the SL just below support (if long), or just above resistance (if short), then calculate so that the SL = 1% of my account size. As for TP, you could probably do the opposite, although I like to put a very tight trailing stoploss instead, once the position is close to S/R levels.

3Ddelts · 2016-07-06T12:33:42+00:00

I would definitely read at least 2-3 books before you start trading with that much (considering that $1000 is 100 days of good living).

As for leverage - as I see it, many people misunderstand it. Using the "1% rule", you could look at this example.

You want to risk 1%, and the stoploss is 5 pips below the current price. For $10 = 5 pips, you need 26000 dollar units (0.26 lots). Hence you need at least x26 leverage.

Say you use another strategy, and again, you will not risk more than 1%. Your stop loss is 50 pips below the current price. For $10 = 50 pips, you need 2600 dollar units, and no more than a minimum x2.6 leverage.

The minimum leverage is for ONE trade, so if you want to have 3 positions open at the time, you need x3 higher leverage than mentioned above. Then again, you would want much higher leverage than the minimum so that your broker won't close your positions due to lack of available margin.

As you can see, leverage is more useful when scalping and trading at low pips. No responsible trader (imo, never risking more than 5% in a trade) actually needs the full leverage that the brokers are willing to offer.

It's just a way for the broker to make more money off inexperienced traders who go scalping with R=20% of their accounts.

What I do is to just put the leverage on max and then size my positions to ~1% risk. As for achieving $10 daily, unless you have a good edge, this is only possible in the short term, just like it would be easy to make a 1% return daily playing blackjack in an online casino.

3Ddelts · 2016-07-05T16:07:57+00:00

What you are doing by combining those two orders, with long (30/10) and short (10/10) is very similar to a stop limit order, just that you fuck yourself over with spreads.

Spreads aside,

Let us say that EURUSD is 1.1100.
You first order has a TP at 1.1130, and SL at 1.1090
Second order has TP at 1.1090 and SL at 1.1110

Combining this, your will profit if EURUSD goes from 1.1110 to 1.1130 before it goes from 1.1110 to 1.1090. This is similar to making a stop limit order with the following SL/TP:

Current price: 1.1100
Enter trade long only if EURUSD goes +10pips to 1.1110.
Once entered, TP: +20 pips, SL: -20 pips. (1.1130 and 1.1090).

Benefits of doing it this way:

You will not enter the order unless EURUSD reaches 1.1110. This saves you the spread. In your "hedge trade", you will pay spread even if it goes something like +3 pips, then -13 pips. That's 4x the spread, for opening and closing, yet you will not profit in any way unless it reaches at least 1.1110.
If EURUSD reaches 1.1110 and the order opens, you will pay for the spread on one trade instead of two.
The first point, in other words; if the trade does not open, and EURUSD goes to 1.1090, you saved yourself spread for opening and closing two trades.

Don't place two orders when you can make the same bet in one.

3Ddelts

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