I refer you to my post. I have made a distinction between a habit (a positive thing) and an addiction (which is destructive and can even kill you or others). Successful people usually have positive habits (a work ethic, or studiousness for example) but addictions, on the other hand, would negatively impact their success. You are making excuses for an addiction by 'putting yourself in the same category' as successful people. A good objective test of whether you are in the same category as 'successful people' is a positive risk-adjusted P&L and KPIs such as money in your account, your achievements, your relationships, your quality of life etc. If you have no retirement plan, are in debt or have negative social relationships then it would be more likely that you are an addict rather than a success as a product of positive habits. A certified medical professional is more capable of diagnosis, however. My 'habit' of not getting addicted is the example I gave in my post. If you think about this, it explains everything. As an example of an addiction, the bottom of the doctor's article are two comments. I will replicate one that made an impression on me, this was another physician who became addicted to the financial markets and was nearly destroyed by it. '...being a physician by profession I had wrongfully assumed i was immune to being compulsions and addictions, how sad and insane. Just cannot get away from pathological stock market activity, i have lost most of my life savings and at 68 wondering how will finance my retirement. As they say there is not a rich retired compulsive gambler. Every thing in this write up is so true. I did attempt suicide but survived the attempt but who knows.' My overall point being that: 1. Trading can develop into an addiction (one which can kill, destroy relationships, crater your retirement plans and make you homeless). 2. There are psychological tools to arm/protect you against it (if you ask I will provide some examples later- not just the one I gave). I have never had any addiction to finance. 3. Some people think they are stronger than an activity (why? ego? a weakness?) but that activity can become an addiction and become stronger that they are. - See the comment by the physician above. 4. If you are not addicted to finance (and not emotionally attached) - you are far more likely to make money out of it, in my opinion. If you are, then the addiction will consume your money and your time.
In answer to your question, there have been 15,001 views on this thread so far. Of those 15,001, I suspect that a significant percentage have a full-blown gambling addiction and a further percentage have experienced stages when they have developed such an addiction in part or for certain periods of time. I am here, not because of your attacks/insults, but to provide some thought-provoking information and maybe help save a relationship or even a life among the viewers. Also, my last post regarding 'Thread 2' needed a bit of elaboration, namely, the neuro-chemical aspects of trading that have to be controlled or they will control the trader. 'Thread 1' individuals are less likely to be controlled in this way. If anyone is brave enough, please post a case study of addiction
10 days / 100 posts. What looks to be approximately 20,000 words from CB. Thread with 15,000+ views. Has to be some type of ET record.
Exactly. I've enjoyed going through data and charts like some deranged chimpanzee. One also needs to be a bit odd to enjoy cleaning data manually for days. For the average person, these things would be incredibly tedious and provide no stimulation at all.
I do not say Op is selling something. Anthon did not reply to my email which makes me believe Anthon is just a seller and is not devoted to the traders' rights, as he is claiming. I think that we are just a very different type of traders, from very different perspectives, experience, capital to start, which does not preclude cooperation or for us have possibility and advantage to discovery some traps which another side (brokers etc) putting against us.
I do not know how ed Sekota may be doing fortune - probably he works for the banks. What I know for sure he did not care at all for retail traders, considering his harsh answer to me, which he even did not explain. he is from banksters gang, ring of people tightened together with hate towards us, individual, independent, sacrificed to work and learn.