Disliked{quote} awesome post.. all my relatives thought for years that I am a gambler that is about to fail miserably and on the road to ruin his life exactly as you said haha recently they started convincing me how they want to gamble with meIgnored
I have never forgiven nor will I ever forgive the pain that letter caused and I have not spoken to my brother-in-law since.
It is for this reason that I posted the above, because I know that there must be thousands of traders who like you and I, have or are struggling with the huge burden of negativity from others, especially from one's own family. It is because to the lay person, who knows nothing of the markets, trading is just gambling, and they look at the supposed 95% fail statistic to back up their argument. You, me , and all traders know otherwise, so we just have to accept that there will be people close to us who will seek to derail our work and discourage us when in fact encouragement is what we most need. Your profile says it all, for it is the strength of our conviction and the resolve to never give up which eventually wins through, but it can be a long, painful process.
Thanks for your reply, and I'm really happy you won through!!