Who do you guys talk to?
- Thread starter michael21
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To some traders that don't have the "lone soldier" personality...the ability or need to talk to other traders is a big issue.
The fix being used by those not the lone soldier types is to share office space with other traders but that's tough to do because you need to get to know traders to determine if you'll get along with them prior to renting an office space.
Another solution is to get your own office space and hire a secretary that takes care of all the mundane stuff you would normally do.
Yet, the cheapest and easiest solution is to join an active free chat room where traders are talking the markets or anything that's trading related. However, I would stay away from the free chat rooms where folks log in and don't participate.
Regardless, most traders know if they are the "lone soldier" types prior to getting involved in trading. Yet, some forget they are the social types or develop into the social types that need in person interaction with other traders which is something they can't get from a typical trader discussion forum.
I've done all the above...worked well when I did it but now I'm back home in my home office along with using free chat rooms. Yet, in a few years, I'll go back to the shared office space with other traders. Hopefully I'll be able to find something or setup something like I had before that worked very well. As for the secretary I had for a few years...she used the experience to land a great job as a secretary at an institutional firm.
Mark
Great answer wrbtrader.
Talking with other traders is tough since I don't need disciples. The really good traders don't need me. The game is competitive and thus doesn't lead easily to detailed discussion.
I once started out to find a few good traders and ended up finding that I was it for the most part. So I stopped actively searching and eventually several appeared. I guess other traders had the same need and we found each other.
Now I take days off, post on chats or forums, telephone a few in town, have lunches or coffee meetings - in short I do other activities. My dog has the right attitude when I talk about trading. She just looks at me with a bored look and thinks blah blah blah just throw the darn ball!
Talking with other traders is tough since I don't need disciples. The really good traders don't need me. The game is competitive and thus doesn't lead easily to detailed discussion.
I once started out to find a few good traders and ended up finding that I was it for the most part. So I stopped actively searching and eventually several appeared. I guess other traders had the same need and we found each other.
Now I take days off, post on chats or forums, telephone a few in town, have lunches or coffee meetings - in short I do other activities. My dog has the right attitude when I talk about trading. She just looks at me with a bored look and thinks blah blah blah just throw the darn ball!
I talk to Pixie.
