Hello everyone, Besides trading, I would like to talk about a personal topic that has increasingly occupied my thoughts over the past year. I've always been spiritually inclined, growing up in a Protestant household where my mother even served actively on our local church board. However, there were times when spirituality took a back seat in my life. About a year ago, my best friend, who is a Jehovah's Witness, encouraged me to re-explore my spiritual side. Through him, I began delving deeply into studying Jehovah's Witnesses, alongside other religions including Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Particularly enriching were the profound and inspiring conversations I had with my friend's father—himself an experienced entrepreneur and a devoted Jehovah’s Witness. These discussions provided me with valuable insights, clarity, and greatly assisted me in defining my own spiritual path. I highly value genuine exchanges about faith and spirituality, and I'd greatly appreciate hearing about your own experiences. Are any of you involved in regular discussions or part of groups exploring similar topics? I'm looking forward to your thoughts and Questions! Warm regards from Switzerland, Paul
Some people have a profound gift of eloquence, they are able to express thought like beautiful poetry, they make perfect propagandists. Don't be lured by by your feelings, easier said than done. Do your own research away from the churches unproven nonsense. Don't be in a hurry to accept church doctrine. There is something common in trading, religion and politics, and that is they are loaded down in bullshit.
I completely understand where you’re coming from, and I actually appreciate you pointing that out. You’re right—eloquence can be a very powerful tool. People who have a way with words can easily influence others, especially in sensitive areas like religion, politics, and even trading. It’s true that emotions can cloud judgment and that beautiful language might sometimes hide a lack of substance. However, as you probably already know from our conversations, I’ve spent quite a bit of time carefully examining these topics from multiple angles. Much like trading, I’ve learned to treat ideas and beliefs—whether religious or political—as probabilities rather than certainties. Instead of accepting things blindly, I always strive to stay objective, do thorough research, and thoughtfully weigh the evidence before reaching conclusions. Your advice about not letting emotions or persuasive rhetoric alone guide decisions is spot-on, and it’s exactly how I approach things. I genuinely try to remain aware of potential biases, including my own, and make decisions based on reason rather than impulse. I also agree wholeheartedly that skepticism and patience are essential: there’s never any rush to accept any doctrine or idea until it proves itself through careful analysis and testing. So thank you for this thoughtful reminder—I believe we’re actually very aligned in our way of thinking!
I've kind of lost count the number of years I've been trading, its about +40 years. What's amazing about it, it's interesting and I keep discovering new things. Think of religion the same way, it's an adventure, there is no one answer. There is no conclusion, finality, right or wrong. No one can tell you what or how to believe. But humans are weak, flawed and full of bullshit, no one is immune.
I traded for six years, made my retirement/FTW money, and quit. Sometimes I wonder if too many people just enjoy the adventure a bit much and never try to reach a conclusion?
Totally random, but I’d really love to know – I’m still incredibly new to this game (or addiction, haha), but I somehow enjoy all of it: the challenges you have to overcome and the scalability. Deep down, I’m a numbers nerd. Can I ask what your final decision was or what triggered it?
I have a bit of ADHD and I am, or was, a short sleeper so I learned over the years I can take other people to burnout rather easily. My strategy was to study enough to get a clue with Futures, 18 hours a day for nearly a year then hired a a couple of really smart people to work with me. Statistics professor and a top SW developer. I had come to the conclusion that lone-wolf traders get killed sooner rather than later. I sat down with them and we all agreed what our "numbers" were and that would be the objective. This keeps a clear goal in mind which helped them tolerate a lot more from me. This was simply based on experience from years of IT projects.