Now that I am retire-ded (be careful how you say that, boy!), I don't give a shit what anyone thinks of me. Else, why would I post in this din of inequity? Anyway, when people ask me what I do now, and I tell them "I'm retired," and they ask hoping to embarrass me "So what do you do useful in retirement?" I reply with great relish and mustard "I daytrade!" End of conversation. Downcast eyes. Torso turned slightly away. Awkward pause. I am thinking of adding "Yes, but I am thinking of importing underage Asian girls in sealed containers." Or "I go to the range every day to improve my self-defense shooting skills." Or "I just got my concealed handgun license!" The latter probably would be better than saying I daytrade. But both together would clearly mark me as a looney to scream and run from. "Ya wanna come to my house when my wife's at work and watch me daytrade naked with my guns strapped on?"
The Stigma of Daytrading Lives
- Thread starter Arthur Deco
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The only two types of people I would tell "daytrade" are
1) the poor
2) frumpy rumpled suited state workers
The poor will respect you because they view it as gambling and them being "poor" they understand you will be too, later rather than sooner.
As far as the state workers, this really annoys them, they've sold their soul and life is passing them by.
1) the poor
2) frumpy rumpled suited state workers
The poor will respect you because they view it as gambling and them being "poor" they understand you will be too, later rather than sooner.
As far as the state workers, this really annoys them, they've sold their soul and life is passing them by.
i knew that most pple on ET were retirees long ago
No, Omomilob, I use a stop optimized to the particular system in play.
