Friends,
âTis with a heavy heart I report to you that after many a moon spent laboring on this, most fickle of passions â trading â I am a broken man; my funds are depleted, the profits that once freely flowed to my purse are but a distant, bittersweet memory and all Iâm left with is the somber, sullen realization â oh the pain! â that I, too, was taken by the siren call of easy money.
âTwas quite the ride; very much the dizzying highs and the terrifying lows. Itâs an open question whether itâs better to have glimpsed heaven only to have the vision abruptly smashed, as I have, or to have never seen at all; for the former leaves you wiser yet glum, the latter naïve, yet ever eager.
I donât know whether Iâll be coming again. For now, the pain of a dream ripped asunder is simply too great.
To the buddies I made, may the gods of trading continue to watch over you; to those I antagonized, heckled or belittled, I invite you to gloat over my demise â I was *truly*, in every meaning of the word, a fool. In no particular order: Commisso, Cubano, Pabst, rs7, Traderfut, darkhorse, chas, trader99, TriPack, richtrader, inandlong, magna, FPC, Babak, VinnyG, axeman, goldenarm, marketsurfer, candle, hitman, aphie, gekko, green dog, vlad, tampa and anyone else Iâve forgotten.
Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye?
DanielM,
I do not know you, but have noticed your high number of posts. After reading your farewell, I wish I would have known you. You seem like a very accomplished writer, that is able to communicate well. Do not judge your experience too harshly, as many have said that these days have been tough.
I will not discuss with you how many times I have blown out...as this thread is about you not me. But you are handling this so eloquently and able to post this farewell. You are past the bitter and angry stage because of your obvious intellegence. It was my loss to not be one of your students.
Michael B.