What's the most counter-intuitive thing you learned in trading?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by pinetboltz, Mar 17, 2017.

  1. speedo

    speedo

    I think you won the counter intuitive prize :D
     
    #21     Mar 17, 2017
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  2. m1nt

    m1nt

    ...bring me your finest meats and cheeses...
     
    #22     Mar 17, 2017
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  3. MrScalper

    MrScalper

    What was the most counter-intuitive thing you learned in trading?

    Listening to other people.
     
    #23     Mar 17, 2017
  4. Mtrader

    Mtrader

    Correct, but only valid for those who have no brains.

    So female traders are better as they have bigger balls? Or has the location of the balls an influence?
     
    #24     Mar 17, 2017
  5. tommcginnis

    tommcginnis

    the spreadsheet illustrates precisely what it illustrates.

    (And, it blows my mind.)
     
    #25     Mar 17, 2017
  6. Overnight

    Overnight

    The most counter-intuitive thing I have learned in trading so far is myself. I am my own worst enemy.
     
    #26     Mar 17, 2017
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  7. pinetboltz

    pinetboltz

    lol, the options mkt can be truly surreal

    anywho, hope the hammer at today's close worked out in ur favor
     
    #27     Mar 17, 2017
  8. JSOP

    JSOP

    Whenever you feel you really don't want to buy, you actually have to buy. Whenever you feel you really don't want to sell, you actually have to sell.

    When you feel trading is really difficult, it's actually quite easy. When you thought trading is quite easy, trading actually becomes difficult.
     
    #28     Mar 18, 2017
  9. JSOP

    JSOP

    That's because we are living in the Matrix. You can feel it but you can't see it, smell it or touch it. It's EVERYWHERE and yet it's NOWHERE, forever binding you to be a slave...
     
    #29     Mar 18, 2017
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  10. chartman

    chartman

    Have you ever thought about who the contra party is when you are buying on price increases and selling on price decreases?
     
    #30     Mar 18, 2017