You know you're a trader when...

[Doomberg]

...When you assess a risk/reward ratio to everything in life

Add your own

 

[wackypete2]

You wake up in the morning, rush over to check on your overnight positions, then realize it's Saturday.

Peter

 

[safvan]

When you add 15 pounds of additional weight every 3 months.

 

[shadowninja]

You dream charts.

 

[Black Swan]

You lose the *fear*..

 

[shadowninja]

You're having sex and when you are near to the happy ending you withdraw halfway in case you end up back at your entry level. Or is that just me?

 

[wackypete2]

You tell the traffic officer, "I didn't see that Stop Loss sign"

Peter

 

[shadowninja]

During sex, you consider pulling out early because you don't "want to be greedy".

 

[wackypete2]

During sex, you consider pulling out early because you don't "want to be greedy".

Just go long until you hit your prophet target.

Peter

 

[shadowninja]

Said Mary to Joseph.

 

[brettus]

...When you assess a risk/reward ratio to everything in life

Add your own

Your combined lunch break for the year is about 15 minutes.

Or when you've actually got a contract that has Trader in the job description.

 

[sighthound]

When you log onto T2W everyday because you know all your best and only buddies are here and their the only one's that really understand you

 

[brettus]

When you log onto T2W everyday because you know all your best and only buddies are here and their the only one's that really understand you

When you become desensitised to the value of money.

 

[DashRiprock]

when things like this

You lose the *fear*..

make you lol.

infact the whole thread is a lol.

LOL

p.s. seriously black swan wtf? if all the punctuation keys on your keyboard are broken get a new one. The *english* *language* is *flexible* enough for you to *say* what you *mean* without having to *make up* new *things* and litter your *sentences* (cough!) with *them*, whatever *they* are.

capisce?

 

[sighthound]

When you become desensitised to the value of money.

I used to tell my ex missus that everyday.

 

[Doomberg]

When you hear of a natural disaster on the news and sprint to your computer,

Feeling sad for the poor old victims and guilty because you're excited about possible trading opportunities

 

[HowardCohodas]

When you hear of a natural disaster on the news and sprint to your computer,

Feeling sad for the poor old victims and guilty because you're excited about possible trading opportunities

When you get texted by the USGS with all serious quakes anywhere on earth.

 

[Doomberg]

You sir, have just shared a valuable nugget of information :smart:

How would one go about getting these notifications?

 

[Nikitafx]

When you hear of a natural disaster on the news and sprint to your computer,

Feeling sad for the poor old victims and guilty because you're excited about possible trading opportunities

The post above is so so true. The first thing that crossed my mind was Buy or Sell GJ and EJ as I was watching the news flash.

Felt like a vulture for a second.

 

[brettus]

When you hear of a natural disaster on the news and sprint to your computer,

Feeling sad for the poor old victims and guilty because you're excited about possible trading opportunities

I think i would go as far as saying. You hope for a natural disaster to make some money. Actually that's a little too far. =/. I hope that reactor blows up....I guess it's bad to say it. But then if i donate money to the Japan earthquake disaster fund, that makes it right. right?