Do you see trading as fun and games?

[clarkt]

Trading was fun when bitcoin was selling at $250! Now that bitcoin is going to $20,000 tell me somebody that do fun and games for $20,000?

[Cotton Candy]

“One thing very good traders have is insight into themselves.” - Chris Tate


FUN AND GAMES
Recently Louise Bedford and I have been doing the Short Term Trading Magic seminars in a few places and it has been sometime since I did any form of presentation on a semi regular basis. As such it has been interesting to observe people as they work through various trading issues.

One of the things I have noted is that people take trading far too seriously and this is reflected in a form of desperation. Desperation is the antithesis of the state of mind you need to be in to trade effectively.

There is no deny that this is a phase everyone enters at some stage in their career but to be successful you need to move beyond this and begin to treat trading as the game that it is. Once I started treating trading as a game then it became so much easier on the soul and my results reflected this. I even have a t-shirt that says that the fewer fucks I give the more I make.

This is not to say that I am reckless but rather that I am in no way wedded to the outcome of any trade. At its core my life will not change if a trade or even a cluster of trades are winners or losers – they are simply not that important. When compared to real life, trading is nowhere near as important as people think it is.

It is often commented that children are better are learning new things than adults who seem set in their ways. I am not so certain that this is a reflection of any great cognitive superiority or plasticity that the young may have but rather a reflection of their willingness to be both wrong and to play. Young children have no ego therefore the mistakes that their play generate have no impact upon their sense of self-worth. As adults we lose this resilience because we believe that it is somehow catastrophic to our self-image if we do make mistakes.

But in trading your mistakes are your own – no one else can see them so you are insulated from the judgment of others. This isolation gives you the freedom to be wrong but the only thing you have to cope with is your own judgment.

 Markets are a wonderful universes for exploration and for play. The presence of micro contracts in various instruments and online trading mean that you experiment very cheaply.

The price of admission to the fun park is much lower than it used to be and the number of rides has gone through the roof. It is a shame that more traders don’t view trading as little more than a theme park where you can play to your heart’s content and during the process of playing you learn much more than you would if you were consumed by seriousness and desperation.


Author: Chris Tate

Article reproduced with kind permission of: http://tradinggame.com.au/


More trading quotes are below:

“To my way of thinking trading is an internal endeavour – there is no external enemy who you can deceive or overpower since markets only exist in the most ephemeral way inside your head. Markets may appear to be physical constructs but they are largely an illusion, trading occurs inside your head where your own perceptions and distortions of reality influence your decision making.” – Chris Tate

“The one thing you shouldn't feel pressured about is trading. If you do feel that way, you probably need to take a step back and reassess. Pressured trade(r)s don't make good trade(r)s.” – Joe Ross


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No i do not see this as a fun or games because if you are looking for that youbare definitely looking for gambling becausebthat is what the game looks like. This is more likely a job or a work for me because I gained money in them and I am working for them. Being a fun means like you do not care if you lose money or not but here the money itself you needed it so i do not spend much time trading i spend much time to gain biunty coins that i will later traded on

[Glaseseye]

I myself regard trade as one of the most serious and professional ways to make money.
I can not treat trading or other similar things like trading that you think is like taking it as a pleasure or a game. Pro's traders need a lot of educational journey, experience and time to be successful in trading. Trading also requires a lot of skills or skills without having any trading skills or skills, you who think trading like pleasure or a game can not be considered a person who trades successfully so can not be considered to achieve your goals in terms of trading. The reasons for such things are the triggers that a more active and skilled person can become successful in trading and also this is a money issue if you think it's like fun and your game will lose you a lot of money over time

[Angi]

Trading for me  is not a game or fun its a serios issue about making business grow and success you have to fucos this because trading is not easy you have to communicate the investors and encourage them to invest.

[Wish 107.5]

I'm not see trading crypto's as a fun game, i always seriously for trading
because i dont want to lose to much and focus so that get more profit

Well yes, trading is a serious thing, it is not for fun and definitely not just a game. You should think carefully before a have a move, it is like an investment and the goal is to gain a high profit.

[ahtremblay]

just think this is a game so you will never boring or tired. If you are too seriously you will get stress and have bad emotion when price fall down too much

[rog1121]

It is a serious type of business where in you need to put some capital to gain money, Its quiet fun when it gains a lot of profit and you will see the chance to get rich  by focusing on crypto business.  This is the smart way to invest because time after time, it constantly fluctuates.

According to my opinion if you are a good player of any game then I am sure you are also a good player of trading because trading is just like a game and for trading you should have a quality of good player like you should be able to learn from loss, and should manage your win also. Then you will become a good player.

[btcminer6212]

I haven't traded much yet and why it may mirror some games I've played in the past I try my hardest to remember it's real money and a serious market and to not treat things as I would a game. I feel if you do this then you will make poor decisions and lose money.

I think it is really addictive and sooner or later it will become your passion and when that happens you have a great chance of success because even if you will fail sometimes you will always look for improvement. The life of a trader is not easy because this job will require you to be active most of the time, so it's a commitment and even a flip of eye can change every thing there.

[Coinsher]

Yes it is fun and also a kind of playing games.Here in bitcoin,you are having fun especially when you get big profit.You can make big savings here.I always having fun on bitcoins because of the topics that is very challenging to answer.It gives me more knowledge to overcome the obstacles in life even if you fail sometimes.

[smith136]

I wouldn't say it's a game but I can say it is fun, it's fun because all you need to do is to supervise your coins and wait for it to pump and then sell, pretty isn't ? but I must say that it takes a lot of courage and patience to be able to get a decent to best amount of profit that is why I can't say it is a game after all.

[Souldream]

I wouldn't say it's a game but I can say it is fun, it's fun because all you need to do is to supervise your coins and wait for it to pump and then sell, pretty isn't ? but I must say that it takes a lot of courage and patience to be able to get a decent to best amount of profit that is why I can't say it is a game after all.

Personally I didn't see trading as a game but i found it fun. Well its a matter of enjoyment in a way that you didn't get bother or worried every time your doing your trading. Though doing trading takes time and also takes so many risks but it worth doing. Just enjoy the moment you doing your trading.

[Drakula]

I don't see it as a game since there is a lot of money involved. I dont really play with my money so yeah.

Same with my opinion, I see trading as a serious matter and not just a fun and definitely not a game. There's money involved, so you take it seriously. If you will not take it seriously, it will be your loss and you may regret it someday.

[Jarx]

It can be kind of a game if you're using small amount of a cheap coins and you're waiting for a small income but if you're talking about the whole thing, well then it's literally serious business.
It can be fun anyway if you're catching your luck by the tail and get a great income but more or less it's about a job rather than a fun.

[bering]

i don't dare to see trading as fun and games but indeed each people have their own personal reason how to consider their trading activities but i personally consider trading as side income to earning bitcoin but before i starting to trading i do realize that the risk is pretty high to losing my money in trading  

[P60]

for me trading is fun and thrill with no emotions attached

Well for me it is a serious thing because of the involvement of money. It is an investment that you need take care of, so I guess it will not consider a fun and games. If you consider it like a game, you may lose at the end.

[nieninja53]

I think trading is not a fun it is all about your money your saving or your business so it is not a game of fun,
So do not think so easy to trade,
Trading require too much knowledge daily news and reviews and our own perceptions about this knowledge.

[virtualkeybuyer]

I wouldn't say it's a game but I can say it is fun, it's fun because all you need to do is to supervise your coins and wait for it to pump and then sell, pretty isn't ? but I must say that it takes a lot of courage and patience to be able to get a decent to best amount of profit that is why I can't say it is a game after all.

Trading is fun, or a source of enjoyment till the time all the predictions of the market are getting true and you are in a win win situation. But for this you have to put in all your energies and efforts to know about every fluctuation in the market. Now, if you have missed even the single news about market paradigm, then there are chances that you may loose. And there comes your patience and sportsman spirit about how you turn back and achieve back what you have lost.

[mamesso]

That's better, because unstable emotions will make trading strategies fail. this is dangerous we will easily lose money.
Emotions will affect anything, and playing games will make us relax.
should be trading just like play the game is more fun.

[scarecrow2096]

While trading with play money yes, but when real money involved and I don't feel like fun while trading.
Is not likely gambling were you can feel these kind of adrenaline, at least this is on my case.

[Sueb PAs Abimanyu]

True, it can be said that way. Trade is something very fun. Because, I can make money without having to do routines like the employees in generally.