As usual I could not read all the interesting messages on this very interesting thread, like all Psychology threads are. By the way, this is by far the best forum in the world (I have seen them all) when it comes to discussions on the psychological aspects of trading.
My opinion about feeling guilty when I make money, because I don't produce anything for society, and I take money from other people who lose it (it is indeed a zero sum game), is that I feel guilty toward society, and, if I cared about society, I would stop trading. And I do care about society, in the sense that I hate people. I hate average people, and I find them stupid and false. So I am very happy to get back at them by taking their money. The only thing that I would feel sorry about is if someone generous, sincere, intelligent, anticonformist, and sensitive like me, lost money. Then I would try to help him. That's why I write on this board, where I can find people like me, and we can help each other by teaching each other how to take money from these bastards.
