Trading as we see it...

[1/4 of a millionaire fund]

LOL .... an interesting insight baz, when a few more have commented i'll explain why i asked and how it fits with trading. Will be particularly interested to see how leon/MF see it

Far too drunk to comment now chuck, but in the words of Hannibal Smith "I love it when a plan comes together,"

[Morgans Choice]

Hi C,

tradings like a vin de lu. Mouth watering anticipation, then you get burned, suffer from indigestion all night, feel as if the bottom has dropped out of your world and finally as if the world has dropped out of your bottom,

cheers, MC

[Caan Berry]

been rowing with the neighbours about their cats shitting in your garden etc

LOL .... an interesting insight baz, when a few more have commented i'll explain why i asked and how it fits with trading. Will be particularly interested to see how leon/MF see it

[bazbaz]

Would probably depend on what day you asked this, but for now I'd say trading is like flying a plane. The weather conditions (the markets) can vary greatly, sometimes its as smooth as anything, not a cloud in the sky (you feel that its almost impossible to lose on a race) while other times you get severe turbulance (wild, unpredicatable, volatile markets) that throws you around all over the place and you're struggling to stay smooth in the air, hoping to avoid lightening strikes (volume spikes). And of course your windscreen (is that what they call it on a plane? lol) can get fogged up at times (when your mindset is bad and your ego is getting in the way, focusing on desire for profit / fear of loss) making it harder to fly and sometimes the plane behaves a lot better than others (i.e. when you've put the best fuel in it and its not been overworked recently but still had plenty of recent flights so the oil doesnt all back up in the engine, but not so much when you're hung over / knackered / been rowing with the neighbours about their cats shitting in your garden etc)

[Caan Berry]

Hey all,

Having been looking into some thoughts of phsycology on trading thought it would be interesting to see what people would come up with if i was to say describe your relationship with trading the exchange as a metaphor

I'd be particularly interested to see what some of the more experienced traders come up with if they are consistantly successful or not.. in fact probably more so the ones that have been trading a while with moderate/little success.

Mine would be: Trading is like a farmer tending to his crops, occasionally a bad/rotten item appears but in the long run its ok as the majority of the crop will be good enough to sell.