Why do you trade?

[alex.samant]

I trade for the money. To get money so that i can then diversify and start other businesses. I look at trading as just another business, nothing personal.

 

[loza]

in my opinion many people trade as a gamble, like playing poker, seemingly trading has a positive expectation (but we all know it's not always true)

Quote from xiaodre:

People trade for only two reasons that I can think of: 1 - to make money. 2 - to prove a point.

I used to trade to make money, and to prove a point, but now, my style doesn't allow me to prove points. So now I only trade to make money (unless, as happens occasionally, I fall back into that bad habit of proving a point, but I recognize that pretty quickly now. The shock collar helps).