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forex addiction - whats your opinion?

  • #1
  • First Post: Edited May 24, 2011 5:55am May 22, 2011 11:31am | Edited May 24, 2011 5:55am
1) What's so addictive about FOREX trading?

2) What attracts you to this business the most?

3) Are you addicted (master question )


thanks to cindy, lol
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  • #2
  • May 22, 2011 11:34am May 22, 2011 11:34am
Quoting PhAnTi'
3) Are you even addictive?
I am addictive ask the girls.
  • #3
  • May 22, 2011 11:41am May 22, 2011 11:41am
Quoting TJPLD
I am addictive ask the girls.
haha

I will ^^
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  • #4
  • May 22, 2011 11:56am May 22, 2011 11:56am
well im 100 % addictive......
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  • #5
  • May 22, 2011 9:17pm May 22, 2011 9:17pm
I sleep eat and shit the market
  • #6
  • May 22, 2011 10:29pm May 22, 2011 10:29pm
I love the market so much I bought it a ring and asked it to marry me.
  • #7
  • May 22, 2011 10:50pm May 22, 2011 10:50pm
There is definitely a danger in markets like FX, wherein you have conditions favorable for attracting compulsive gamblers.
  • #8
  • May 22, 2011 11:09pm May 22, 2011 11:09pm
Forex is so addicting I can't help come on this website to talk with so many people who have no idea how to trade and are complete whack jobs.
  • #9
  • May 23, 2011 12:18am May 23, 2011 12:18am
Quoting PhAnTi'
1) Whats so addicting at trading ?
Speaking for myself, I'd say the whole wild challenge of it.

This is probably the most competitive arena in the world. Just being into this and giving so much from your time and social life just to dedicate yourself to this arena is absolutely fucking crazy. Yet at the same time it's exciting.

Quoting PhAnTi'
2) What attracts u in this business at most? (like challenge,fast cash,etc. !)
The challenge, the uncertainty/unconventionality (this is not like any regular job), the freedom (though it comes with a lot of responsibility), and evidently the money.

Quoting PhAnTi'
3) Are you addictive? (master question )
lol! I don't know.
  • #10
  • May 23, 2011 3:49am May 23, 2011 3:49am
Quoting ingmarforex
I shit the market
Most people on this board do.
Not all sins are created equal
  • #11
  • May 23, 2011 6:42am May 23, 2011 6:42am
Quoting Jay Walker
Most people on this board do.
sad but ture : p
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  • #12
  • May 23, 2011 6:43am May 23, 2011 6:43am
Quoting 2+2=4ex
I love the market so much I bought it a ring and asked it to marry me.
muahah
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  • #13
  • May 23, 2011 6:46am May 23, 2011 6:46am
Quoting Marv
Speaking for myself, I'd say the whole wild challenge of it.

This is probably the most competitive arena in the world. Just being into this and giving so much from your time and social life just to dedicate yourself to this arena is absolutely fucking crazy. Yet at the same time it's exciting.



The challenge, the uncertainty/unconventionality (this is not like any regular job), the freedom (though it comes with a lot of responsibility), and evidently the money.



lol! I don't know.
agree. ...well said
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  • #14
  • May 23, 2011 12:33pm May 23, 2011 12:33pm
I dream the market, too. Last night I dreamt I hit a 100 pip rise on a 100k position....in three minutes....and got a payment of 100,000 chocolate covered raisins from Moneybookers.

I don't dream about Wonkabars, I dream in red and green candlesticks.

I'd have sold the everlasting gobstopper for an entry on the USDAUS chart two years ago.

I'm not addicted to forex. I don't have a problem. I can quit - at any time. I promise.
  • #15
  • May 23, 2011 12:36pm May 23, 2011 12:36pm
nope for me its a love hate relationship and i hate it, big time, cant stand it, but then u just keep on coming back for more, i read somewhere that people who well never mind, for me its hatred and i hate forex big big time
  • #16
  • May 23, 2011 12:40pm May 23, 2011 12:40pm
racket its also an unregulated racket for the big boys to doo what they want when they want together - there are no secrets between the players, u think its going up but its going down you think its going down but its going back up - its the most absurd game in town - dont know why i do it - but there u go
  • #17
  • May 23, 2011 1:19pm May 23, 2011 1:19pm
Quoting PhAnTi'
1) Whats so addicting at trading ?

2) What attracts u in this business at most? (like challenge,fast cash,etc. !)

3) Are you addictive? (master question )
At the beginning:
1) The rush of winning and losing money, the urge to figure out this game.
2) dreams of becoming rich beyond my wildest dreams and dreams of capital appreciation by thousands of percent within months.
3) I certainly was

Now:
1) The urge to figure out this game remained. The rush has already gone away.
2) As wildly as my dreams have been, as wildly I downgraded them and updated these dreams to more realistic and achievable targets. Now a 100% a year already gets me going
3) I certainly still am, but more due to the fact, that I can (most of the time) get better returns on my money than my bank does.
  • #18
  • May 23, 2011 1:39pm May 23, 2011 1:39pm
Quoting PhAnTi'
1) Whats so addicting at trading ?

2) What attracts u in this business at most? (like challenge,fast cash,etc. !)

3) Are you addictive? (master question )
1) I like to gamble.
2) To provide an income so I don't have to work in an office.
3) Probably, but not as much as I was when I first started.
Nothing worth having is easy.
  • #19
  • May 23, 2011 1:59pm May 23, 2011 1:59pm
First off it was a dream of incredible wealth , freedom and a challenge that needed cracking.

It was never an addiction it just became an obsession to find the winning strategy and go from losing regularly to winning regularly.

Now it is just a job that requires an hour or so a day of my time, I love the fact you never stop learning new aspects and the freedom it provides is truly amazing.

I used to think I needed to trade every opportunity that presented itself, in truth you just need a handful of pips regularly and consistently.

Using m5 you get plenty of quality trading setups almost any time of the day.

I choose to trade intraday because it makes my wife think I work for a living.
  • #20
  • May 23, 2011 5:15pm May 23, 2011 5:15pm
Quoting ptownboi
I dream the market, too. Last night I dreamt I hit a 100 pip rise on a 100k position....in three minutes....and got a payment of 100,000 chocolate covered raisins from Moneybookers.

I don't dream about Wonkabars, I dream in red and green candlesticks.

I'd have sold the everlasting gobstopper for an entry on the USDAUS chart two years ago.

I'm not addicted to forex. I don't have a problem. I can quit - at any time. I promise.
so u dont trade for a life?
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