new_trader
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What are your thoughts/opinions/views?
What are your thoughts/opinions/views?
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Do you think anyone can be taught to trade or is it something where you either 'get it' or you don't?
... the feel of the industry.
The advantage Valderamma had was that he could be surrounded by others with specialized skills to compliment him.
I think to a certain extent, traders are born traders.
Some genetic attributes are required to be sucessful. Things like aggressiveness. If you're quite the risk adverse player, you would be afraid of losing even 0.5% of your account.
Couldn't agree more.Hi All,
I would say that Trading can be taught to anyone who has the inclination and passion to want to learn the business, and I think that is true of any job or business.
We are not all born with the knowledge and skills to do specific jobs.....we choose to follow a certain vocation, usually based on an interest in that direction and then we learn and develop skills in that chosen field.
Having said that, I do believe that some people are born with certain attitudes and psychological biases that would make them more suitable within certain fields than other people. For example, I am trying to learn how to play golf. Now, for me, that is going to take a lot of lessons and a lot of work because the body movements required to play well just don't come naturally to me. A friend of mine was able to take to the sport quickly without any lessons - the moves just came naturally to him. I'm sure I can get to his level, but it is going to take me a long time to get to the same place that came so naturally and quickly to him.
And so it is with trading. I have worked with some traders in the past who have been able to grasp what I show them very quickly - they just have a natural tendancy towards what I am showing them. Others, take a long time to grasp the same things, BUT THEY ALL REACH THE SAME PLACE, just at different speeds.
The key to it all is that if you really WANT to learn something, then eventually you will.
In trading, many people give it up when they finally learn what it really entails....
Thanks
Damian
When it comes to trading we are quick to assume anyone can do it. Why? Calearly only few people can do it. If you compse music, you are gifted, if you can do high level maths, you are gifted, if you can win the marathon you are gifted, etc. For some reason, you don't need to be gifted to trade successfully. That makes no sense.
It is true there are some human activities where you can be good without being gifted. For example, anyone can learn kung fu given enough time. How do we know? Because everyone who tries it becomes good at it over time. In other words, the evidence is clear. In trading the evidence is more than clear that you need talent to make it.