I wrote a farewell to the thousand plus hours I spent on trading
I traded futures in my personal account, worked for a small trading firm, and have always been into a rational, scientific look at evidence.
I gave it as good of a try as any retail trader can, and learned a lot. Mostly that it’s a waste of time, because trading is a wicked problem.
This is a plea to others that might get sucked in to run away and touch grass instead.
https://xkcd.com/1570/ cleanly sums up why I shy away from actively trading my own money despite the temptation to do so
Hard agree; I think academics and programmers are especially susceptible to this. It’s an addiction that hooks in intellectual hubris, a condition I have some experience with.