Victory Disease

Trading is often about how to take the appropriate risk without exposing yourself to very human flaws.
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Tobedotty
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_disease

Has some interesting tie-ins with trading I think.
speakers
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Not to be confused with Defeat Disease, which is heading into a battle using the same tactics that haven't yet brought about a win! (I might have been guilty of this a few times.)
burdo77
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Americas chance of winning the war in Afghanistan =0%

Americas armies chance before the war started...100%
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EyePeaSea
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speakers wrote:Not to be confused with Defeat Disease
Also that quote from Albert Einstein:

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.


Although I rarely do this consciously, I quite often find that this is exactly what I've been doing.
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