sure, everyone has a "system," even those playing negative edge slot machines
if anything, the past couple years showed just how unsophisticated some of the "sophisticated" players actually were
not a complete surprise for anyone who's had interactions with them and saw through the bs - not going to name names here but it's all over the news
my current theory on a quick way to tell the good vs. bad traders is that there's probably a positive correlation between level of pretentiousness and bad trading
it's strange how the universe brings you the answers when you were not expecting it
i remember coming away from my interactions with those-who-will-not-be-named feeling queasy, but it was hard to put a finger on it (or perhaps, it was hard to call out the bs without actual proof of their losses, as have now been made public)
in retrospect, maybe because they had to engage in that level of pretention because they were losers, and needed to manage their "street cred" even more fastidiously
lol, from now on i feel like i can see through them right away, and not feel guilty going against my best instincts doing so
