Why Do You Trade?

[vanzandt]

Are you the Summer Intern? Nice hire VZ.

RRY... don't ever change bro. you crack me up. You hate everybody. I admire that.

 

[Lee-]

Because gambling is illegal here.

 

[d08]

My reasons are substantially similar to yours.

I have Asperger's syndrome, so those features of a working environment all particularly suit what passes for my "personality".

And I like and am instinctively drawn to anything mathematical/statistical/probabilistic, and to charts.

And I sometimes buy very expensive shoes, and trading is a good way to pay for them.

I like shoes.

 

[qxr1011]

I thought this could be a interesting discussion.

These are my "whys" , cause this is no easy task to master and you better have some really good reasons to do it.

I want the freedom that trading offers, and the ability to earn money long term. I enjoy the challenge. I love that there are no people involved in trading, nobody to sell to, no boss, nobody has to agree to do something, can shut down any time I want, and the scalability of trading . I want to do more for my children. I would love to teach my children how to trade if they are interested. I would like to travel and trade.

Just some thoughts.

now your turn

"Be all you can be"... for somebody it's being a marine , for somebody it is being a trader.

Besides, I always hated to work for somebody, I somehow felt that there are only two possible roles for me there: either to work as a clown for the idiots, or as the idiot for the clowns...

I like challenges. Trading is great a challenge.... like mountaineering or sailing solo around the world. I always (do not know why) felt up to it .

Money?... lol there are many many ways in the world to make money much easier than in trading, with much higher chances of survival ability and success (one just have to agree to be the idiot or the clown)

 

[lawrence-lugar]

I like shoes.

I like shoes too...d08,

I've always wanted a pair of fancy alligator oxford shoes or boots made by some posh, elite, exclusive European label -- but I've always been too cheap,

The most expensive pair of shoes I own costs me around $150;
The idea of shelling out over a $1,000+ kind of boggles my mind. There are even some shoes that costs nearly $20,000 too.

 

[Xela]

There are also "traders", as well as "trainers" ...

 

[speedo]

My reasons are substantially similar to yours.

I have Asperger's syndrome, so those features of a working environment all particularly suit what passes for my "personality".

And I like and am instinctively drawn to anything mathematical/statistical/probabilistic, and to charts.

And I sometimes buy very expensive shoes, and trading is a good way to pay for them.

 

[JSOP]

Why Do You Trade?
Discussion in 'Trading' started by Jdesey, Yesterday at 6:08 PM.

To make money??!!! What kind of question is that??!! Is there another hidden meaning in the question that I missed??!! LOL

 

[d08]

I like shoes too...d08,

I've always wanted a pair of fancy alligator oxford shoes or boots made by some posh, elite, exclusive European label -- but I've always been too cheap,

The most expensive pair of shoes I own costs me around $150;
The idea of shelling out over a $1,000+ kind of boggles my mind. There are even some shoes that costs nearly $20,000 too.

I'm a common man, I like Onitsukas. I figure they are the most comfortable shoes I can ever have, they also look good, last for a decade in daily use and are affordable. I suppose they're the modern version of moccasins. Their philosophy seems to be similar to Porsche - don't re-design things for the sake of being trendy. Nike, Adidas, Puma are all completely opposite, shoving "new" plastic crap out there every year without any testing.
The most exclusive thing I have is a model only available in Japan ordered straight from their main warehouse in Kobe.

 

[speedo]

I'm a common man, I like Onitsukas. I figure they are the most comfortable shoes I can ever have, they also look good, last for a decade in daily use and are affordable. I suppose they're the modern version of moccasins. Their philosophy seems to be similar to Porsche - don't re-design things for the sake of being trendy. Nike, Adidas, Puma are all completely opposite, shoving "new" plastic crap out there every year without any testing.
The most exclusive thing I have is a model only available in Japan ordered straight from their main warehouse in Kobe.

They stopped making the "tai chi" which was a great shoe for martial arts. Bruce Lee wore yellow ones in several films and Tarantino reprised them in the Kill Bill series.