For me, trading has been an evolution towards ever greater systematisation.
My experience is that reading the charts and picking market direction is emotionally satisfying and financially devastating.
I am part of the species human, and we are a disappointing species. Despite years of moderately successful trading I have an unfortunate tendency to cheer for my trades like they were football teams.
I remember the winners and shove the losers into a dark cavern of my mind, never to be thought of again.
I obsess about market direction when I allow myself to, go down news rabbit holes, and generally hold a bunch of opinions which make things harder not easier.
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