Trading as an Escape Tool

When I started trading, I was really obsessed with the chart. My first 3 years I spent most of the time in the day, just going through the charts, learning what to do, how to do it and how to get more profits. Overall I wanted to get better in trading. That was the goal.

But as I am looking on my journey in retrospective way, I feel like I was running from myself more than learning how to trade.

I wanted to become somebody. I wanted to be part of community of traders. I wanted to know some skill other people can’t do. I always wanted to be somehow special and that’s maybe the reason why I chose one of the hardest businesses you can do - trading. There is no doubt about that that trading is very hard. Many traders say it and I - with my humble experience of 5+ years can nothing than agree.

You have to understand, that being a trader is not so much a profession, but more lifestyle choice or life direction you are willing to go through to get complete freedom. When you are going to try trad…