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forex addiction - whats your opinion?

  • #41
  • May 24, 2011 4:04am May 24, 2011 4:04am
Quoting Custos
Hehe, you guys speak perfect german
Yeah, but we're just 2 word guys...
  • #42
  • May 24, 2011 4:07am May 24, 2011 4:07am
Quoting rashygomez
Yeah, but we're just 2 word guys...
das stimmt
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  • #43
  • May 24, 2011 5:52am May 24, 2011 5:52am
Why is it so addictive to me?

I'm a former athlete who got knocked out of sports due to injuries and can't even compete in the local softball leagues any more without suffering for a few days afterwards. The markets are the first thing I've found in almost 20 years of searching that motivates me in the manner that sports did. I love competing, I love beating people. I love having more than others. Now I've found something that I love to perform at, read about, and practice at and still be able to some day move my family in the more elite realms of society and get them the perks that I've only ever dreamed of and was jealous of others having.

It's a no brainer for me. I look at the hits I'm taking now as just part of my off season training programs I put myself through. No one else wanted to go through that and I'm working on making my personal training programs harder so i can perform better.

Simple
A woman drove me to drink, and I forgot to thank her
  • #44
  • May 24, 2011 5:53am May 24, 2011 5:53am
Quoting simpleguy
Why is it so addictive to me?

I'm a former athlete who got knocked out of sports due to injuries and can't even compete in the local softball leagues any more without suffering for a few days afterwards....


simple,says simpleguy
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  • #45
  • May 24, 2011 5:57am May 24, 2011 5:57am
Lets be honest

1) Money
2) Money
3) Yes... Not to trading but to... yup you guessed it... Money

Everything else is a bonus or a cost...

...Cause we're living in a material world and I am a material guy
Time hides Nothing
  • #46
  • May 24, 2011 12:52pm May 24, 2011 12:52pm
Quoting simpleguy
Why is it so addictive to me?

I'm a former athlete who got knocked out of sports due to injuries and can't even compete in the local softball leagues any more without suffering for a few days afterwards....
Awesome.
  • #47
  • May 24, 2011 4:13pm May 24, 2011 4:13pm
Quoting Marv
Awesome.
indeed
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  • #48
  • May 25, 2011 3:10am May 25, 2011 3:10am
Quoting tkbieber
I'm not so much addicted as to I like making money and yes, it is a challenge but when it pays off, it's so rewarding.
indeed
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  • #49
  • May 25, 2011 7:46am May 25, 2011 7:46am
Because the feeling is exciting like playing a game, just without that extra feeling of wasting time
  • #50
  • Jun 8, 2011 10:43pm Jun 8, 2011 10:43pm
I had a sort of cognitive dissonance after I stumbled upon crucialpoint's journal as well as Darkstar's order flow stuff

I've been reading all of the order flow threads and that's the only thing in my head the past few days - last night i actually had a dream where I was on forexfactory going through more order flow posts
  • #51
  • Jun 8, 2011 11:05pm Jun 8, 2011 11:05pm
I like the simplicity of 2 variables, price and time. I like that value and price become synonymous.

What I love is the use of statistical mathematics as a means of providing structure and boundary to formulate your own interpretation of such a free and open space.

I love that it is possible to get reward to risk ratios of 100:1 or even higher.

I also like that it isn't gambling lol
  • #52
  • Jun 8, 2011 11:19pm Jun 8, 2011 11:19pm
It may take 4+ years to learn FX properly for most people. If you don't attack FX with an addictive approach for those 4 years or so......it may well take you 8+ years before you get it.

Most people do not have the intestinal fortitude to endure 4 or so years of intense study and dedication.
  • #53
  • Jun 8, 2011 11:26pm Jun 8, 2011 11:26pm
2) What attracts you to this business the most?

I can make money)))

3) Are you addicted (master question )

Master answer - A little bit!
  • #54
  • Jun 8, 2011 11:32pm Jun 8, 2011 11:32pm
Quoting PhAnTi'
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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  • #55
  • Jun 9, 2011 12:08am Jun 9, 2011 12:08am
Quoting Chicky
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  • #56
  • Aug 3, 2011 7:22pm Aug 3, 2011 7:22pm
1) For me it's insanely addictive because I have an obsessive mind that latches on to ideas and doesn't let them go until I completely understand them, which in forex could be a very, very long time

2) I like the cold hard math and probabilities of this business. I'm a man of science and I desperately cling to statistics. But of course the most important thing is the benjamins $$$, so that I can enjoy life without worrying about money. It's really more a means to an end.

3) I'm absolutely addicted. I can't sleep a lot of nights because my brain just won't shut off. I'll jump out of bed with a eureka idea and just have to backtest some stuff. I LOVE forex.
  • #57
  • Last Post: Aug 4, 2011 3:24am Aug 4, 2011 3:24am
Quoting PipJaeger
1) For me it's insanely addictive because I have an obsessive mind that latches on to ideas and doesn't let them go until I completely understand them, which in forex could be a very, very long time

2) I like the cold hard math and probabilities of this business. I'm a man of science and I desperately cling to statistics. But of course the most important thing is the benjamins $$$, so that I can enjoy life without worrying about money. It's really more a means to an end.

3) I'm absolutely addicted. I can't sleep...


gl and take care,

thanks for your post
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