Defniitely ON topic. What, me worry?
I've resigned myself to the notion I won't make money in 2004.
Still 2 1/2 months to go, but I don't think it's going to happen, particularly after the latest two days. My trading style works best in a bull market (well, duh), and we've had churning precious metal markets this year.
It's happened before. I went for 20 months between February 2000 and November 2001 being down, until the first gold bull pulled me up for 2001 (barely).
That was over a year and a half not making any money, and this was just after I'd quit work, and was living off what I had made in the tech boom. Definitely wondered if I could make a go of it, or I'd eventually have to "go back to the cubicle". Had some weird cubicle dreams in those days ("Hello wall").
But, fate was good, and along came a guy named Claude. Will the cubicle dream come back? Maybe, maybe not. Just have to be reasonably intelligent about risk and maybe we can all get back on track in 2005.
In any event, I think the thing is you have to stay optimistic, and worry about the things that need worrying about, even if you lost every (inflated) cent. Life is short. Creativity is hard. I'm lucky to have been able to put myself into a position of freedom, and I appreciate it.
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