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The Wicked Problem of Trading (matthewscheffel.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by isosphere to c/finance

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I wrote a farewell to the thousand plus hours I spent on trading

I traded futures in my personal account, worked for a small trading firm, and have always been into a rational, scientific look at evidence.

I gave it as good of a try as any retail trader can, and learned a lot. Mostly that it's a waste of time, because trading is a wicked problem.

This is a plea to others that might get sucked in to run away and touch grass instead.

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[–] isosphere 3 points 1 year ago

Hard agree; I think academics and programmers are especially susceptible to this. It's an addiction that hooks in intellectual hubris, a condition I have some experience with.