Are you addicted to trading?

Are you addicted to trading?

  • Yes

    Votes: 35 56.5%

  • No

    Votes: 27 43.5%
  • Total voters
    62
Quote from volente_00:

Where do you draw the line in addiction versus passionate ?


Is something an addiction if you choose to spend 70-80 hours a week doing it because you love the game and the rewards from it ?
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I believe addiction = harmful compulsion that can not be stopped without serious pain.

Obsession = captivating fixation on something.

So if you can take a break from trading, or stop when your equity curve falls below your risk limit, it's probably just a safe obsession.

:)
 
It was an addiction until the day i single handedly brought my algorithmic server live.

Nowadays it just boots up by its own, powers up my program and IB TWS, starts trading real time, sends an email report to me via email at market close, and shuts down by itself (to save electricity).

No its not ad addiction anymore... my computers are addicted :p
 
Quote from volente_00:

Where do you draw the line in addiction versus passionate ?


Is something an addiction if you choose to spend 70-80 hours a week doing it because you love the game and the rewards from it ?
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If you are losing heavily in family loss time and money, it is an addiction. But at some point if/when you become profitable, you are much less at computer and much time with family. The passionate 90 hours per week day trading are now ugly long 14-35 hours per week.

But I have seen some who are still cranking tons of hours in it, making tons of money, but have lost their families due to family lost husband and Dad to it.

After awhile, we end up doing it not for sake of making money as much as playing the game. And of course, taken so long to get good at it, want to steal everyone's money in the process.
 
Quote from Handle123:

we end up doing it not for sake of making money as much as playing the game.

And of course, taken so long to get good at it, want to steal everyone's money in the process.
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money for nothin' and the chicks for free.

a wife will get you a 50% drawdown...........:)

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more of being addicted to the markets than trading. addiction in the latter resulted in overtrading :( (on the other hand maybe i just need to have better discipline)
 
Quote from SteveNYC:

not sure if i should watch porn while trading.....

what r the pros and cons of watching porn while trading?
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re read the Bat1 post-


I use the Porn to help with the stress of trading..


:)
 
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