How is retail day trading anything but a gamble?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by kmiklas, Jun 4, 2020.

  1. padutrader

    padutrader

    this is bull shit

    market repeats

    but there is so much bullshit by professional like Thorp that you actually believe them.

    it took me 13 years to find out what the market does and only after reading all the bull shit books did i start searching for that: i might have found it earlier
     
    #191     Jun 21, 2020
  2. padutrader

    padutrader

    that is correct if you do not know how the market works or what it does or if you are not interested in learning or searching for that understanding.

    i searched for and was willing to take 13 years of losses to find that because i do not like putting my money to 'risk' or trading without full understanding.

    if you know the market repeats it is not about risk at all
     
    #192     Jun 21, 2020
  3. Fred_Jns

    Fred_Jns

    I know what you mean, but that's why you have bidirectional EAs...for these reasons :)
     
    #193     Jun 21, 2020
  4. For a day trading, investing and gambling goes hand in hand. Although day trading is a fast and glamorous way for making money, it includes a plethora of risk aspects which makes it gambling in disguise for most traders. It is simply a quick reaction to the current market and avoids considering all the factors which are important for driving an investment, which makes day trading not to be a win-win.
     
    #194     Jun 29, 2020
  5. ironchef

    ironchef

    Really? How glamorous can it be when all we do 8 hours a day is staring at a computer screen, clicking away? You can even be in your pajama while clicking away.
     
    #195     Jun 29, 2020
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  6. KCalhoun

    KCalhoun

    It's not glamorous, but trading beats the heck out of corporate 9to5 drudge. Bosses from hell, moron coworkers, company politics ugh. And ties. Blech. For 21 years every day is casual Friday with gym shorts.:D

    I love trading, sing "yo ho, yo ho, a traders' life for me" lol
     
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    #196     Jun 29, 2020
  7. I swear to god, this guy takes a bunch of words and just clumps them together to form a sentence regardless of how much sense they make.
     
    #197     Jun 29, 2020
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  8. KCalhoun

    KCalhoun

    Literally lol and my dog looked at me like wtf , thx :p
     
    #198     Jun 29, 2020
  9. Roddog101

    Roddog101

    DO you have a link to article?
     
    #199     Jun 29, 2020
  10. Tradex

    Tradex

    http://traders.com/
    (June 2020 issue)
     
    #200     Jun 29, 2020
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