I am both a liar and a deeply disturbed human being. Trading has actually made me calmer and a better person, quite opposite of what happens to most. I couldn't care less what you or others think of me -- which I think is a prerequisite for making money in the markets... It's quite simple, either you are skilled at taking directional binary bets, or you must employ other strategies. The vast majority of retail traders don't even know what the previous statement means, it seems...
Nobody can show evidence of long-term financial gain in this Myth ridden con that tries to masquerade as a legitimate business venture. I can look in the mirror and sleep soundly at night because there is absolutely nothing to refute my argument.
Here is an interesting article of how a trader jumper to his death. Stressed trader jumped to death http://www.metro.co.uk/news/83122-stressed-trader-jumped-to-death A city trader binged on drink and drugs before throwing himself to his death from the 19th floor of a Hilton Hotel, an inquest heard. Maths genius Darren Liddle spent the night taking cocaine and drinking from the mini-bar before killing himself in front of his girlfriend. The 26-year-old had achieved the best ever first-year trading results for City bank Credit Suisse. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-drove-city-trader-throw-Park-Lane-hotel.html Weeks earlier Mr Liddle had been released from a psychiatric ward for the second time in two months, Westminster coroner's court heard. Mr Liddle, of Lewisham, was described as a "talented mathematician" who gained a first class degree in maths and business before winning a bursary to study for a masters degree at Imperial College. He was taken on by Credit Suisse as an analyst and trader and got the company's best first-year trading results. But he became mentally ill and in July last year was sectioned under the Mental Health Act. Dr Neil Campbell, a consultant psychiatrist at the Priory Hospital, said Mr Liddle had wanted to jump off a block of flats because he believed he was being chased by "vigilantes". Another time he tried to leap onto tracks at a Tube station. Mr Liddle was given medication and released a fortnight later. But he was readmitted to the Priory in August - this time not under section - after again being talked down from a roof. Mr Liddle's mother interrupted proceedings to ask why her son had not been sectioned. Deputy coroner Dr Shirley Radcliffe sympathised, saying: "This is not an uncommon problem. We look back thinking if only we could have kept him safe. But it doesn't always work like that. You have to balance the rights of the patient." The coroner ruled that Mr Liddle killed himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed.