Friend, it is your envious mind that has convinced you that you lost by not being in. Loss is a reduction of what you already have.
Well, it all comes down to what you did to better mankind in the end, did you take 100% of what you made in the markets for your betterment or a healthy chunk to better others less fortunite. I am lucky, have no wife and no kids, so when I go I have already will have charities set up to get it 98% of it. I do get involved in what I donate now as you where the money goes. But to walk away from trading to hammer nails building a shack home for the poor not going to happen. You have to figure out where you will do the most good with your life and when young you can explore several areas of life, but as you get older, opportunities get tougher.
goodness, evilness, right, wrong.... sigh... overrated opinionated bullcrap..... Nature does not give a shit about what little human being believe; so just make some money, enjoy it, do whatever you want with it, in the end, nothing human beings can do has any true relevance in the grand scheme of things.
+100% Trading is simply a unique kind of competitive games heavily involving risks and propabilities. Enjoy it as long as you can (no matter gaining or losing)!
Fuck helping people. Let them help themselves. They weren't with me reading 100s of trading books. They weren't with me feeling the pain when I took a loss. In fact, they were the ones laughing at me when I said I wanted to be successful in life. Fuck them. What I make is mine, fuck being charitable.