Are most traders married?

[HotTip]

Married with 1 kid. I met my wife shortly after a startup I was working at disintegrated in 2002 and I was collecting unemployment. We got married when I was trying to trade fulltime with 30k in the account and 30k in credit card debt (not to mention 40k in student loans and zero assets) and my only goal was to keep my trading account growing faster than my credit card debt. Had our baby in 2005 when my trading finally took off. Now our only financial concern is how to avoid paying AMT.

Throughout it all she never lost faith in me. She even shifted her 25k in savings over to the trading account so we could grow it faster (once my profits were consistent). Call it stupid, or naive, or just unwavering confidence, but I can't imagine any other woman putting up with what I put her through. We're going to start working on child #2 next month, and I'm getting her 1-carat diamond earrings for our 3rd anniversary as a small token of my appreciation.

Oh, and I keep her up to date of our profit/losses on a daily basis.

 

[jazzsax]

Quote from SiSePuede!:

Is her curiosity in a selfish manner...kind of like she only cares if she can either buy a new Jag or has to go shop at the thrift store? Or is it more of a gauging of just how you're doing to get a feeling in general?

Has nothing to do with buying a new jag because the funds we're trading very actively are tax sheltered (rrsp's in canada) so there's no benefit until we decide to pull them out later.

It's more that she's actually interested in knowing how we're doing mainly because we have very different "interests" and that she actually likes hearing me talk about things that I enjoy (ie, trading) though she might not understand some of the concepts. She still hasn't figured out options!

Really though, she'd rather know than not know so she doesn't have to wonder if I'm hiding anything. She's very trusting...

 

[zdreg]

Quote from bigbadbaz:

Only the 95% that lose are married

what is your conclusion?
women like losers
95% of this board are losers

women have come to the right board to find a husband

 

[Buy1Sell2]

Quote from jazzsax:

I am married, my wife is 7 years younger...

She wants to know how I am doing, but doesn't care about the details.

She wants to know about big losses or big wins, when they make a difference in where we sit overall.

After all, it's both of our investments. SHe trusts my decisions and doesn't question them, even on the losers....

How are the account and relationship going?

 

[budcampbell]

Quote from Buy1Sell2:

How many of you are married and discuss trading with your spouse or family?

Huge Mistake. Big time.