Self-loathing and trading

athlonmank8 · Jun 1, 2016

Good thread

vanzandt · Jun 19, 2016

Q3D said:
Over the past five years as an active day trader I have seen things you people wouldn't believe: awesome daily P&L fluctuations leading to elation and subsequent despair, the painful respect developed for the dominance of randomness, the misranthropic and self-disgust derived from those who profit off of trader's naivete and longing for father figures in this predatory field.

I have longingly stared into the absent reflection from the void, the same void that awaits 99.99x percent of my discretionary day-trading peers, even more if my message is ignored.

I have seen childish dreams quickly swallowed whole by the markets. I have seen the futility of human effort to improve their condition without first removing the veil of ignorance, the source of despair. Once ignorance is replaced with understanding there is a small chance that your dreams are not dead. After five years of struggling as a trader all I can do is cling to the diminishing hope that my dreams are not dead.
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Hey, at least you're a good writer. Poetic in its own right.

Trading Education Buyer · Nov 11, 2016

Q3D said:
Over the past five years as an active day trader I have seen things you people wouldn't believe: awesome daily P&L fluctuations leading to elation and subsequent despair, the painful respect developed for the dominance of randomness, the misranthropic and self-disgust derived from those who profit off of trader's naivete and longing for father figures in this predatory field.

I have longingly stared into the absent reflection from the void, the same void that awaits 99.99x percent of my discretionary day-trading peers, even more if my message is ignored.

I have seen childish dreams quickly swallowed whole by the markets. I have seen the futility of human effort to improve their condition without first removing the veil of ignorance, the source of despair. Once ignorance is replaced with understanding there is a small chance that your dreams are not dead. After five years of struggling as a trader all I can do is cling to the diminishing hope that my dreams are not dead.
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you might as well go to a roulette table and predict the next number.

How different is this fron masturbation?I MEAN SELF LOATHING

mlawson71 · Nov 12, 2016

Q3D said:
Over the past five years as an active day trader I have seen things you people wouldn't believe: awesome daily P&L fluctuations leading to elation and subsequent despair, the painful respect developed for the dominance of randomness, the misranthropic and self-disgust derived from those who profit off of trader's naivete and longing for father figures in this predatory field.

I have longingly stared into the absent reflection from the void, the same void that awaits 99.99x percent of my discretionary day-trading peers, even more if my message is ignored.

I have seen childish dreams quickly swallowed whole by the markets. I have seen the futility of human effort to improve their condition without first removing the veil of ignorance, the source of despair. Once ignorance is replaced with understanding there is a small chance that your dreams are not dead. After five years of struggling as a trader all I can do is cling to the diminishing hope that my dreams are not dead.
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It's been a few months since you wrote this, do you still feel this way?

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Self-loathing and trading

athlonmank8

vanzandt

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