[smwinc]

Originally Posted by forsearch »

LOL man that is classic

[zero_digit]

thats an interesting post, i've learned a lot fro your post, thanks.....

[james_gsx]

Great post, I love it. I've noticed over the last year and a half it really comes down to passion. Show me a trader who hates his job, and I'll show you a trader who will never make it

[Sledge]

Originally Posted by james_gsx »

Great post, I love it. I've noticed over the last year and a half it really comes down to passion. Show me a trader who hates his job, and I'll show you a trader who will never make it

Ha. What about a trader who hates his day job and is working his/her ass off to get out of said day-job to trade full time for a living?

[james_gsx]

Originally Posted by Sledge »

Ha. What about a trader who hates his day job and is working his/her ass off to get out of said day-job to trade full time for a living?

By job, I meant as a trader

But I know what you mean, because I'm in that exact situation right now

[mister ed]

Originally Posted by Sledge »

Ha. What about a trader who hates his day job and is working his/her ass off to get out of said day-job to trade full time for a living?

Sledge, I reckon that's probably getting very, very close to the definition of passion!

[bootstrap]

I guess it is now time to explain the "Wonder" in the title.

I sometimes look back and wonder if I had to do it all over again, "Would I?"

Would I spend almost 8 years learning to do this? Would I let my desire to do this cost me a marriage? Would I let my desire to do this cost me thousands of dollars? Sleepless days and nights? Friends?

To be successful, I thought I had to put my whole heart and soul on the line.

I was wrong.

And the answer to would I do it all over....YES. Just a little different.

It all worked out in the end. The friends are still there and I am close to the ex even though we are not married.

I would spend more time with the family and friends. I would listen to what they had to say, even if I disagreed. Explain that this is what I wanted to do. That this was what I was born to do.

But just like going to medical/law school, sometimes your future has to come first. Don't be afraid to take a stand if you have too. There will most likely be personal sacrifices. That is just part of the fee you have to pay.

Hopefully they will not be as severe as mine.

Chris

[OAC]

Well, this is the real wonder here. Unlike medical or law school, you know when you will graduate in certain amount of years. The real wonder in trading is that you don't know when you will graduate. My question to all of you is how do you keep the faith and keep on running when you don't know how far you are from the finish line ?