What is trading to you?

[comagnum]

It's just a game... nothing more.

 

[formikatrading]

Simply an awesome perspective!

Well I don't really want for anything and I'm grateful for what I have.

As I heard in a song somewhere; "The days my gratitude is higher than my expectations, I have really good days."

 

[TimtheEnchanter]

I once knew a super wealthy retail commodity traders in New York City. He used some obscure and virtually impossible-to-understand Gann trading system to make truckloads of money every year, rain or shine.

One day, after a few beers in his Park Avenue penthouse, around 2 AM, he told me, in the most mysterious way : "You know, I do not trade to make money, it is not my ultimate goal, and it shouldn't be yours either...", and then he went to sleep after saying good bye.

He passed away a few months later, lung cancer.

I will never know the meaning of his conversation, and to this day, it still haunts me.

It is obvious that focusing solely on money (greed) or playing with scarred money is the killer in trading.

 

[cafeole]

I am retired and would like to supplement my retirement. I just haven't found a way to do that yet.

 

[Specterx]

Do you see it as a career, do you see it as a job, hobby, dream job, path to financial freedom, a way to make money,9to5 replacement, means to an end, game or anything else?

All of the above I'd say.

 

[themickey]

I'm so super unique, always digging around unlikely places for new ideas.

 

[deaddog]

I'm so super unique, always digging around unlikely places for new ideas.
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Looks like you're sticking your head in the sand.

 

[pixel]

A lifestyle!

 

[Peter8519]

For me, it changes over time. When I started in 2008, I naively believed that it would be just a walk in the park for me. I am alright with programming skill and how difficult can it be ? I was just tired of the corporate world where I need to be extra careful not to step on someone's tail that could bite me. More than a decade later, I realise that the market is a beast that is difficult to handle. Plenty of traps. If not patient and careful, it will cost us dearly. If it's that easy, why bother getting a job.

 

[Andrea Wylan]

The market is a mirror so you can see yourself more clearly.