People are negative about trading

[murray t turtle]

so what does it correlate to?

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ANY business. ANY business can have much better risk/reward than a job. Except you could work banker hours + do better than banker.
Personally, i would not want to prove the business principle ''too much snooze= to much lose''.
IF some wants to be average, they maybe negative on trading/ investing+ running your business.......................................................................................................

 

[skeltor]

It really sucks that the average person is negative about trading. I’ve gotten to the point where I do not share my trading life with much of anyone. I have 1 friend who is very supportive, no surprise that he was trading for about 1.5 years until recently. One of my closest friends continues to say that I should focus on my regular job and forget about trading. Another close friend is a financial advisor and he is happy to deliver index type returns and would never support the risks of trading. I could go on and on of people I cannot share my success and failures with. But at least everyone here gets it.

Thats because most traders, and I mean most will lose.

 

[jnbadger]

Just give them this line. Works every time when they ask what you do for a living.

The last time I got my haircut, the girl asked what I do for a living. I just said "stock market" It's easier that way. I don't think she would have gotten the reference to spors mold and fungus, since I don't even think she was alive yet when 9/11 happened. I was on my way to my trading desk in Minneapolis that day when I heard about it.

 

[deaddog]

The last time I got my haircut, the girl asked what I do for a living. I just said "stock market" It's easier that way. I don't think she would have gotten the reference to spors mold and fungus, since I don't even think she was alive yet when 9/11 happened. I was on my way to my trading desk in Minneapolis that day when I heard about it.

A stock answer to what do you do for a living is "I'm a money manager." You don't have to tell anyone it's your money.

 

[Overnight]

A stock answer to what do you do for a living is "I'm a money manager." You don't have to tell anyone it's your money.

Yeah, that's how they goad you.

 

[HeSaidSheSaid]

if your wife is happy about it, then I'd say u r a successful trader.

 

[nodoubts]

I would probably tell those friends to look where they're going, not where I'm going, since doing so makes them more likely to become the next hood ornament on someone's car.

 

[nodoubts]

It really sucks that the average person is negative about trading. I’ve gotten to the point where I do not share my trading life with much of anyone. I have 1 friend who is very supportive, no surprise that he was trading for about 1.5 years until recently. One of my closest friends continues to say that I should focus on my regular job and forget about trading. Another close friend is a financial advisor and he is happy to deliver index type returns and would never support the risks of trading. I could go on and on of people I cannot share my success and failures with. But at least everyone here gets it.

People are always intimidated, jealous, envious, etc of what others can do that they can't. It highlights a shortcoming, exposing a raw nerve of their limits they prefer not to see, so of course they're sore all over. We walk on.

 

[Dr_Trade]

Might be the reason is that they fear to share the failures or even the worst that they can't explain how did they reach at that point. I find no harm in sharing whether it is a bad trade or good. It's all about understanding and learning through the experiences.

 

[nodoubts]

Because you're humble, willing to learn, smart enough to recognize the value of growing. You put your fears behind those goals, not blocking them. You'd rather grow as a person than be frozen in time. You know you don't know it all, and are not afraid to admit it.that's called integrity. Well done.