Unforeseen trading problem, other people hate success

[fhl]

Quote from DreamerLikeYou:



But I find as soon as people hear you are making money of the market, you become a lot less liked




there are plenty of people I hated: religious fanatics both christian and Bush

I guess the obvious question is why do you think it is ok for you to hate people, but people can't hate you.

Have you heard of something called "sowing and reaping?"

 

[Anaconda]

Quote from DreamerLikeYou:

I made the whole thing up

It was obvious, why are people even responding seriously?

Intelligence levels been dropping here lately.

 

[oddiduro]

Quote from DreamerLikeYou:

I admired successful traders, I wanted to know what they know

But I find as soon as people hear you are making money of the market, you become a lot less liked

next thing you know, no invitation to BBQs etc



there are plenty of people I hated: religious fanatics both christian and muslim, evil folks like Saddam and Bush

but I never hated successful traders,

that just doesn't make sense

Marketsurfer turned me on to a book when I posted on this a few years a ago. It is called Envy: A theory of social behavior.

Read this book. All of it.

 

[oddiduro]

Quote from NY0BScalper:

Great post!!!

Making conversation with people outside the business about the business at all is not useful. Talk sports, American Idol... hell, even politics, religion, and SEX before talking about your trading in depth.

"I came in, feeling nice and relaxed, then and right off the bat 15 minutes into the day I was up a smooth $1500. After that, I started slowly bleeding money, $150 at a time... 5 times in a row, I was up only $750 an hour into the work day. Then I took a $400 loss and got so pissed off I threw away another $400. I was steaming pissed, now I was slightly negative on the day. I walked outside, took a break. Came back in, relaxed, saw a sick setup, because I was still a little pissed I took more size than I should have, but it worked out, and I made $800. From there until the rest of the day, I was able to grind together another $1000 and finished up about $1700."

Some might read that and think I trade too emotionally (I probably do, my downfall), but my point is... people outside of the business just can't relate to that! That's what a normal day might be like, but they hear that and are like "wtf."

You, my friend, are going to blow up