I agree with you. Once you say you do this people always are asking how can you get money from that and if they can do the same thing. I donât know mind if they do the same thing or not, its just sometimes really annoying to answer all the questions
I tried various tactics since this thread was started and they don't give up. One night when I was full of liquid courage I said "I produce mid-grade porn for a living". Now a few of the ladies at this party have harassed me to include them and want to know what is needed to "try out" as one grabbed my lower regions. Satan'shelper got me in trouble, watch out what you tell others what you do! You might end up having some 200lb husky ladies chasing you down wanting to be on your next porn movie! Why can't people not ask what we do? I hate being called a "gambler", "their of capital", "cheater" and other ad-homs we traders are called! Watch out my friends, you might end up having some husky ladies (not bad looking, I don't mind them with size as long as their kind and smart!)
This is a strange thread. What issue(s) do previous posters in this thread have with answering honestly, ie, that they are a trader? Why the desire to provide obtuse answer(s)?
Yeah some of the answers here are just wacky. Produce porn? Jeez. I think the OP was making a good point though. Daytrader has a pretty bad connotation so for people who actually do this for a living, or even those who REALLY ARE trading from their parent's basement, there's probably been situations where we wouldn't want to answer straight-up.
In what way does the discussion turn controversial? What types of discussions do you consider "too much prying" ? In what way are people "sneaky snakes" ? What good point is the OP making? And why does it matter what other people think of one's occupation as a trader? I'm still confused as to why people can't be honest when describing their job as a trader.
Trading is for people with money to risk and possible total loss will not affect their everyday life and well being. Trading, other than institutional which is a lot different than retail,is probably the worse thing one could do to make a living because the failure rate is extremely high.
If someone consider it normal to have total loss, then he is not trader, he is gambler. Trader would make proper steps to never experience total loss. Trading other than institutional? This is one of the best things to do! Why? Because failure rate is extremely high (even institutions have high failure rate). So if we are good, we have basicaly no competition BTW I tell to people that I am trader, analyst, explorer and artist