[thetradingdoctor]

Great insight, NoTouch. Are we marrying our positions, or dating them? Are they one or two night stands and "Next" or are we forming an attachment to them because they belong to us?

Relationships with positions bear strong resemblance to relationships with people. Either we get positive energy/reinforcement from them, or they sap our energy like vultures and leave us feeling sad, along, abandoned, disappointed, let down and just plain sick of it all.

Why do we cling to what is not working and forget about what IS working?
Why do we want to come to the emotional rescue of those stocks/bonds/futures/currencies positions that drain our financial, emotional and physical energy?

In life, it is more than likely that the squeaky wheel gets the oil. Who needs help? What is wrong with so and so? What can we do to "fix" them?

Why do we stay in relationships in life which are not working? Are we addicted to fixing? Do we think that, with some kind of magical whatever, that the next day will be different and our partner will change and everything will be just fine the way it was ( or we thought it was) when the relationship started?

Why do we hold and hope when positions are going against us day after day?

The addict is addicted to the feeling he or she had when he or she took that first hit. Those who are chasing the dragon are trying to get back that very first high, while sinking deeper and deeper into addiction.

In what ways does addiction to trading resemble addiction to hope in relationships that are not working?

Thanks!

Doctor Janice