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To: dpl who wrote (680)	7/4/1998 1:10:00 PM
From: Darren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1729

" I've never seen a trader over 40 make it in computer trading" Dead serious. It's a video game. I don't know a lot of baby boomer traders -- like I said, I'm sure they exist somewhere...

To: dpl who wrote (680)	7/4/1998 2:52:00 PM
From: jawd	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1729

>>> I've never seen a trader over 40 make it in computer trading I'm 42, been using a computer since the first CP/M 8080 computers first came out in about the early 80's. I know if I was 25 again I'd be making an absolute killing from 9:30 till 4:00 each day - but at my age, I simply don't have the drive for it. Two hours and a thousand bucks is about all I can manage without getting totally bored out of my mind :)) When we're younger, we have one track minds, when we're older I think we are better able to multi-task. I read 5 or 6 books simultaneously now - any one book would bore me. Maybe its a clinical condition, maybe there's something wrong with me. Maybe I'm just plain burnt out :))) Who knows?