Can studying philosophy help you improve as a trader? While it may be an interesting diversion, I don't think it would helpful to many traders. Much of my progress in trading has been due to weeding thru information and mis-information to find and focus on those things that really make a difference. I think that adding to the existing overload of trading information is more likely to be a distraction than a benefit for most people.
Ya Peters is right. I had an interest in philosophy before I got into trading. I might as well had an interest in collecting stamps.... its useless. You overthink, rationalize.. You'd be better off with a good depository of music or film knowledge...(the reason being you start to see different social dynamics in play with films and in music you detect certain stylistic stuff that a well rounded knowledge might have some usefulness to it) And trade skills... working with numbers, shapes, forms... something like construction or reading drawings, imo is good to have as a background skill because you can visualize stuff and determine if the Market can let something happen or not...