"The following are the warning signs of a possible online-trading addiction:
· You're a thrill seeker and enjoy the challenge of trading as much as â and maybe even more than â making money.
· You're a big risk-taker, willing to gamble large sums of money on a few stocks.
· You invest heavily on margin and are probably overextended on other credit lines.
· You have unrealistic expectations about a stock's prospects for increasing in value and the general direction of the market.
· Family members and friends express concern about your trading.
· You try to erase your losses by taking bigger risks."
http://www.smartmoney.com/onthestreet/index.cfm?story=20010124
The last item is known as doubling up/ averaging losers. People that do that tend to have a gambling problem.
· You're a thrill seeker and enjoy the challenge of trading as much as â and maybe even more than â making money.
· You're a big risk-taker, willing to gamble large sums of money on a few stocks.
· You invest heavily on margin and are probably overextended on other credit lines.
· You have unrealistic expectations about a stock's prospects for increasing in value and the general direction of the market.
· Family members and friends express concern about your trading.
· You try to erase your losses by taking bigger risks."
http://www.smartmoney.com/onthestreet/index.cfm?story=20010124
The last item is known as doubling up/ averaging losers. People that do that tend to have a gambling problem.