Are girls better traders?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by joannasmith, Mar 18, 2012.

  1. I never went to a brothel ,if that is what you are implying , only run a house for Gigolos with blown accounts.
     
    #81     Mar 21, 2012
  2. I know that my boyfriend is always trying to work out elaborate theories when he trades. I trade more from the gut. I guess it's more organic. I read a LOT - whatever's free on Bloomberg, TradingFloor.com, the WSJ, ZeroHedge, Twitter feeds, basically whatever I can get - and then I just digest it all and react without thinking too much. It usually turns out better than his grand algorithms.
     
    #82     Mar 21, 2012
  3. Nice to know what works for some E T members.
     
    #83     Mar 22, 2012
  4. bighog

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    #84     Mar 23, 2012
  5. You got it all wrong

    Either Women choose successful men

    Or behind every successful man is a woman.

    This does not apply to men with hands in their pockets.
     
    #85     Mar 23, 2012
  6. jnbadger

    jnbadger

    Trading off of info from websites? Really? Doesn't sound much like trading to me. Hope it works for you.
     
    #86     Mar 23, 2012
  7. #87     Mar 23, 2012
  8. Wide Tailz

    Wide Tailz

    Everyone has a resonant frequency. The successful trader can find it and get the tails that happen to present themselvez....

    :D
     
    #88     Mar 24, 2012
  9. Here's my issue with most traders and their understanding of psychology.

    1. Don't fight your personality

    2. Understand Who you Are

    3. Trade based on your personality.

    Example Person A is confident, energetic, eager and can take risk

    Okay, Person A can trade leveraged securities, but should trade with a more discretionary trading system. Otherwise the trader will perform poorly because the strategy doesn't match the person who is executing the trades.

    Example B person lacks confidence, and can't take risks

    Index funds, and fixed income all the way baby

    Example C Person has confidence, but cannot take risks

    Growth investing
     
    #89     Mar 25, 2012
  10. All too often I see people trying to adapt themselves to trading, no you adapt the markets to yourself. You're delusional if you think you can re-write your whole child hood, psychology, your experiences, biases, cultural bias, brand loyalty, the way you understand the world just because you read a couple books on trading and psychology. I think people should realize that trading is something done by people who are inclined to be traders in the first place regardless of whether you're a male or female.

    Don't even delude yourself into trading before you know what trading is. Which is HIGH RISK, HARD WORK, and STRESS. Okay, maybe some guys will create some rational frame work for why it's not all of those three things. But they're just talking a whole load of BULL SH!@, because they're delusional. Trading is something you do because you're passionate about it. Without passion you're not going to make it, because it is that DAMN DIFFICULT. The people I know who suck at trading, are always the ones who can't seem to understand themselves but act as if they understand everything else.

    May I ask something?

    If you don't like something how the F!@K are you going to succeed at it. Some people need a reality check, they over complicate and turn what can be simple into an ambiguous topic. Realistically I've never seen a successful person at trading who hated the work. You don't like it, you won't make it.

    Fact, anyone who says they are successful at trading, but don't like trading are full of bull sh*t. Next, anyone who says they don't trade, but create a trading system that automatically executes trades get a pass. Because they have just admitted they were lazy, undisciplined, and hated trading. But they adopted a strategy that matches their personality.

    Now have a nice day people.
     
    #90     Mar 25, 2012