What to tell people I do instead of saying Day trading?

Illini Trader said:
Sorry Overnight, I guess Easymon and I were annoying you, or are you letting your annoyance in the other thread carry over into this one. :D
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Jesus! What do you say when asked about Daytrading? Spores, mold and fungus! End of line!

Yes, I am feeling cranky! Sorry! Everyone can fuck off mate!
 
Overnight said:
Jesus! What so you say when asked about Daytrading? Spored, mold and fungus! End of line!
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Sorry you are feeling cranky. The video was cute but I don't get how it relates to trading unless it describes your mood at the end of the trading day.
 
Illini Trader said:
Sorry you are feeling cranky. The video was cute but I don't get how it relates to trading unless it describes your mood at the end of the trading day.
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Do you remember the title of the thread?

"What to tell people I do instead of saying Day trading?"

That was the basis for my post. The thread title. The context. FUCK, dude, why can so few people follow context?

What do I tell people I do instead of day trading? I collect spores, mold and fungus.

Does it make sense NOW?!?!??!?!
 
No it does not. You miss the intent of the thread. It is not what I DO instead of Daytrading. It is how I describe my daytrading without saying I day-trade.
 
Illini Trader said:
No it does not. You miss the intent of the thread. It is not what I DO instead of Daytrading. It is how I describe my daytrading without saying I day-trade.
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*sighs* Yes sir. G'night man, we are not seeing eye-to-eye on this one.
 
traderday321 said:
Crazy Question - I'm wondering if other traders have run into this? I feel stuck what to say when I get "what do you do for a living"? I really feel like keeping it to myself and not share that I day trade futures for my own account. I want to be minimal, since people associate the word "day trading" to gambling, high risk, etc. I feel it could affect my trading when they claim day trading is risky or don't think its a real job. The reality is that with proper risk management trading can be safer imo than buy and hold investing.
I really don't feel like justifying myself, especially to those 95% who don't have any clue about the markets and even those few that may have an idea about markets but know very little about trading. Also I've noticed most are just interested in your bottom line/profits, and not really your journey into trading which takes a lot of screen time, analysis, experience, patience, knowledge, losses etc.

Any input on this?

Thanks!
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Interesting question. Maybe you can tell them you're a self-employed programmer who writes software for a living. If people ask what kind of software, you can reply your clients are secretive and require strict confidentiality to be preserved. End of busy-body questions.
 
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