[danielj464]

I've been trading for about six months am still eager to learn. I invest in stocks, trade forex and considering options and etfs. I look forward to learning a lot from the forum, but I have to be honest. I am not the brightest color in the box, and facetious and sarcastic remarks turn me off to forums quickly. I tend to believe them, because I don't "get it". Hopefully, the crowd here has devised a sarcasm icon if they engage in such activity. Let's get started!

Dan

[Tradewinds]

Originally Posted by danielj464 »

, and facetious and sarcastic remarks turn me off to forums quickly. I tend to believe them, because I don't "get it"
Dan

I made a conscious decision very early in life to respect what people say, and take what they say seriously. The down side to that, is that I sometimes believe things people say that aren't helpful. I could go through life being cynical and skeptical, but I really don't want to become that kind of person. I may be naive at times, and that's the price I pay for respecting what people say until it's proven wrong.

I often don't "get it" myself. But after a while I realized that it's not that I don't "get it", it's that I'm reserving judgement until I have more information. I try to keep a sort of neutral outlook. That neutral outlook keeps me from making quick decisions sometimes, and means that I "don't get it". It's more of a filtering mechanism in the way I process information from people than my mental aptitude.