Most losers in a row you have had?

Nice makes me wanna go spin the wheel.

Really keeps things in perspective about positive expectancy and positive outcome bias.

 

W/L $$$ is the kicker. HOWEVER commissions can really toss a wrench in there as well.

 

http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Experiments.html

Go to roulette experiment and knock yourself out.

(set it on double play button update 1 and 1000 trials, watch the distribution unfold).

 

Let's don't forget that market returns are not a bell shaped curve.

So the magnitude of your losses will tend to be larger, well unless of course you are "special".