My marriage and career are both gone. I don't miss them for a minute
Don't you miss it even a lil bit? (marriage)
Why not?
How has the pursuit of trading impacted your life?
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Don't you miss it even a lil bit? (marriage)
Why not?
Career? Yes, quit day job a long time ago. Marriage? No. only told my better half my wins, not my losses.My marriage and career are both gone. I don't miss them for a minute
I don't miss that superior idiot useless woman for a minute. At my age, a healthy man has tons of women to choose from, just unending supply. No reason for me to stick around and take shit from that moron at all..
Well Marriage isn't even a real thing anyway, it's not like anything changes when you get married, social programming crap. ( kids are a REAL thing, not marriage )
Lifes just wayyy more fun, if you ignore the rules imposed, all relationships get boring, just see them till the sex / fun drops off, then replace and repeat, die alone and happy and not and unhappy, your choice.
At this stage it has stripped away all the BS from my life and now the market is everything. It has cost me a dead-end marriage which was no loss anyway. It scares me silly some days and makes me very happy on others. Very few people have any idea what it is that I do and it is better that way.
What about the s3x. Don't u miss it?
How has the pursuit of trading impacted your life for better and worse? How has it changed you as a person? How has it changed your outlook on life? How has it affected your relationships?
Let's discuss since it is the weekend
The field of trading taught me a great lesson between news and price action being completely disconnected. I previously believed one could invest/trade based on the news being reported at the time, only to see what an incredible lag there can be between the early signs of financial problems and a big market drop or vice versa with the market rising well before any major signs of recovery have been reported. As a result, the way I listen to and interpret the news is much different now than in the past.
A key aspect of trading was discovering and conquering my built in biases. Realizing the market doesn't care what I think and I needed to lose my attached biases along with the need to be proven right. In other words, being willing to take losses early with hard stops rather than hope for a turnaround/reversal. Removing bias is good in social relationships because it makes it easier to weigh two sides of an issue and being able to really listen to a counter viewpoint.
Trading by its nature is more solitary so co-worker camaraderie is missed. On the other hand, it's a true meritocracy with my abilities and progress being directly shown in my P/L. It feels much more empowering to be able to commit my mind to solving problems where I will reap full benefits as opposed to just a pat on the back and/or a nominal raise when working for someone else.
I'm with KeLo and Overnight--it's all good. Very positive and empowering. But I don't kill or even eat much meat, so maybe I don't understand everything 
Trading seemed lonely for some years but I spend so little time at it now that it's no longer a major avocation or focus. Also have found a local group of investors/traders to shoot the shit with once a month or so. Good enough.
Trading seemed lonely for some years but I spend so little time at it now that it's no longer a major avocation or focus. Also have found a local group of investors/traders to shoot the shit with once a month or so. Good enough.