When did you become proud to call yourself a trader? When you became profitable or before that?

[ElectricSavant]

When did you become proud to call yourself a trader? When you became profitable or before that?

 

[dealmaker]

Steven Pressfield says he often gets asked by new writers when they should refer themselves as writers and his answer is "when you say you're".

 

[Scataphagos]

When did you become proud to call yourself a trader? When you became profitable or before that?

Never have.

When people ask me "what do I do"? I tell them I'm and idler.

 

[Overnight]

Never have.

When people ask me "what do I do"? I tell them I'm and idler.

I tell them I trade commodity futures. When they look at me cross-eyed, I then just chuckle and go, "No, kidding, I collect spores, mold and fungus."

They identify more with a 34-YO comedy film than anything remotely related to finance.