Friends and family giving you shit about trading..

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Risk is putting your future in the hands of strangers, who, at a whim, will eliminate you and your job without a second thought.
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Yes, I think that a lot of people underestimate this risk.
 
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"Why do you want to trade? It's too risky. Why don't you do like me and work your way up in the company, get your benefits, invest in your company's 401K, and get a pension? Do you think you're too good to be like everyone else?"
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You think that's nagging? Try bringing 10 lbs of fine herb out of your "secret garden" every 3 to 4 months. The complaints about my trading are mild compared to my farming.
 
yes unfortunately some of our parents or family have old values instilled they just cant seem to get over. also some even bring along cultural values on top of that. i guess we can feel fortunate to be able to see the grass on the other side of the fence.
 
The topic touches a nerve because I had a very respected semi-friend in the industry laugh at me when I told him it was a goal to get into daytrading within the next 6 months. He dissed me on the entire topic and even walked away when I talked about it.

I believed in myself and had support of my wife of one year so that's all I needed, but it still hurt (and probably still does a little.)

Success is the best revenge tho and that was back in '98, but I'm still motivated by the fear of failure that would make him 'right'.
 
I would say ignore them and tell them to mind there own business. The only way to succeed in life is to do what you have a passion for. If its trading, then let it be, its your business not theres.
 
'But, hey, whatever works, eh?'

Conning does not work in trading.............most of the traders are conning themselves in one way or other.........those who have stopped self betyral are the one's in the elite 10% group which makes really heavy loads of money each single month.

Trading is is is is is is the TOUGHEST PROFESSIONAL IN THE WORLD............GO FIGURE WITH A SMALL CAPITAL, PLAY CAPITAL HOPEFULLY.
 
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I swear, my friend's and family's financial IQ is zero. They keep saying...

"Why do you want to trade? It's too risky. Why don't you do like me and work your way up in the company, get your benefits, invest in your company's 401K, and get a pension? Do you think you're too good to be like everyone else?"

So I bring up the fact that you get out of life what you think you're entitled to. So then they claim that I think I'm better than them.

Sometimes I just want to move to another country and be by myself. It seems that there has to be a core of anger to success because the more angry I get the better I do.

Anyone else know what I'm talking about or am I just suffering from low test levels?
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i had same problem when i started out trading fulltime, my dad thought i was retarded to go fulltime telling me i wouldn't make any money, of course i reminded him everywk that first yr i was 27 and made 300k for the yr lol, much much more than i would have made at a "real" job, so people will shutup once they see the results
 
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