Betfair trading made simple - Part 5 "Why always me?"

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GaryCook
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Good read. Thanks.

Personally, I dont get emotional about gambling or trading.
I accepted that it may not work for me and I just do it for fun with the small chance it could make me money possibly.
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ShaunWhite
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GaryCook wrote:
Sat Feb 03, 2018 3:52 am
Good read. Thanks.

Personally, I dont get emotional about gambling or trading.
I accepted that it may not work for me and I just do it for fun with the small chance it could make me money possibly.
You won't be emotional if it doesn't mean anything to you.
stueytrader
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You have to place trading in a context in your life IMO, to avoid the biggest impacts of emotion. If it means everything to you, then taking losses with a cool head is more difficult for sure.
nathanrost
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Great post for newbies indeed! I would like to add that sometimes it's just better to accept loss and understand that it couldn't had happen in another way, there was the only possible way out of the situation, kind of to believe in fate.
parrettt
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burdo77 wrote:
Sat Dec 28, 2013 11:44 pm
I might suggest that you should do some brain training games every day.

Luminosity. Com very good place to start.

All games target certain areas of the brain
Any brain game such as "response inhibition" that stimulates the frontal lobe cortex which the primary control is for emotions would be beneficial for traders.
burdo77 wrote:
Sat Dec 28, 2013 11:44 pm
I might suggest that you should do some brain training games every day.

Luminosity. Com very good place to start.

All games target certain areas of the brain
Any brain game such as "response inhibition" that stimulates the frontal lobe cortex which the primary control is for emotions would be beneficial for traders.
Lumosity is brilliant thanks!
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jamesedwards
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I wonder what happened to all these big regular posters of the past. Are they still using Bet Angel but have just moved on from the board? Do they still trade but with different software? Have they quit trading altogether, and if so have they retired rich or gone back to the 9 till 5 grind? Will Derek still be rambling away to himself on his anti-Boris thread in 2032?
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Derek27
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jamesedwards wrote:
Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:00 pm
I wonder what happened to all these big regular posters of the past. Are they still using Bet Angel but have just moved on from the board? Do they still trade but with different software? Have they quit trading altogether, and if so have they retired rich or gone back to the 9 till 5 grind? Will Derek still be updating his Boris thread in 2032?
The green giant still appears now and again. I doubt there will be much talk about BJ by the end of this year, it will be goodbye and good riddance. :D

By the way, trading is a 12-hour-plus grind for some people. :)
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