Harry, I realize that any analysis is the human need to try to make sense of a random event such as the market......However I just wanted to find out what particular "quirks" we all share. I am obsessive and more than a little compulsive. Tend to be very emotional, both ways. Prone to panic attacks. Bob has a need to be right all of the time. Tends to be negative. Loves to gamble. Does this describe any one else?
"random event" ? where is random when you have the scheme of the plunge with 10 point precision . What's the purpose of making sense of the market if it is after the fact ?
Ah, a thread in which I can express my expertise. As you know, I am well trained in these matters. Traders are essentially all the same. Completely off the wall NUTS! And of course I say that in a professional capacity. neurotic, psychotic....just terms. Meaningless in the context in which we concern ourselves; which is trading. Here we are all just (to use a clinical term) BONKERS! The Good Doctor.
I don't think a "normal" person can trade sucessfully... 95% of the population loses money in the markets.. you do have to be a "different" in order to succeed.. of course..I don't mean you have to be fxxked up in order to succed in trading...but I think it acutally does helps if you are just a bit compulsive
The difference between Neurotic and Psychotic is simple. Neurotic is like depression. Psychotic is loss of reality. In that sense, I'm a neurotic. I'm constantly depressed and working on trading well...