Trading is hard and requires significant attention to detail. This detail is both inner (my psychology) and outer (the markets). While I understand that the market is a designed to fool and frustrate me, it gives me a landscape to construct and bet on price changes. Moreover, trading gives me a place where I and I alone are responsible for my trading results. I take pride in how I act and do not blame others for my financial misfortunes.
Trading is me versus the market, an amalgam of all characters from every corner on earth. I compete against hedge fund managers, professional proprietary traders, farmers and amateurs like architects, doctors, MBAs, athletes, and students.
If I’m playing the game like I should, my reward is money. While I may have started trading “purely for the money”, it has evolved into something more. I can trade full-time or supplement my income with trading.