"Let me teach you a thing or two about trading. Not all of us are in it just for the money...there is a reason why we dont just plow our money into the "good stocks" and hope for the best. Its because we love it. We love sitting in front of monitors making calls and placing our bets. When we get it right, we feel the rush. When we get it wrong, we feel the pain. I know you dont understand this concept because YOU ARE NOT A TRADER. You are just some guy who threw two bits at GS and a few bits at MA and hoped for the best. Its the excitement. Its the rush. Thats trading. However, trading is also the pain, the disenchantment. Its a two-way street. Traders are junkies. There are some guys here that lost hundreds of thousands of dollars during the year 2000 and still came back for more. " wrong and scary, your broker must love you!! :eek:
ok. it's 2 more days. they're not at much lower levels. it's not a problem to be wrong, since everyone is - it is a problem to constantly claim definitively you're 'right' on something, esp. when not. and, please, stop lecturing people on being 'real traders'. it's insulting to others who are trying to learn HOW to trade, and to those who do it for a living. on one hand, traders are anyone that buys and sells a stock. on the other - how's the insurance job going?
You just summed it up...the guy works a fucking day job. I'm not a trader, I'm an investor, but if I were a trader I wouldn't be working a day job if I were at all successful. michaelscott is like stock_turder's opposite...they're exactly the same level of stupid, just packaged differently. I really do hope traders who are trying to learn aren't listening to him.
well...i wasn't knocking those who have a day job who trade. i started that way - had traded for several years before i left, and *still* should have waited another year or so. in some instances, working a day job and swing trading can be really beneficial, if the opportunity presents itself; you have a 'guaranteed' income / benefits, can add to your startup funds, and determine the first step if you can succeed. i was more knocking the "i'm the brightest guy in the world" atmosphere when still at a day job.
I knew that...I wasn't saying because he has a day job necessarily that he's dumb. I was saying he's an idiot/asshole for claiming to be some great trader yet seemingly he's unable to make a living doing it. cheers bro.
ok, cool. sometimes, msgs can get misconstrued, or meaning misinterpreted, etc. i also hate having someone post what 'real traders' do when in fact, real traders tend to do the opposite of many of those things.