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They Call You a Gambler Until Trading Becomes Your Business

17 Oct 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker addresses the common perception that traders are merely gamblers rather than business professionals. He explains that during the first six months of trading, the equity curve is typically flat or erratic, leading to psychological setbacks and a feeling of starting over from zero. To persist through these challenges, the trader must convince family and friends—especially parents—that he knows what he’s doing, using their trust as motivation to keep pushing forward.

They call you gambler. They don't think that you are doing business. They think you are just playing. At the beginning, in the first 6 months, you have no straightforward or really steep equity curve. You just make a psychological error, you go down, you start from zero. So it's not constant money. Okay. So at the beginning, you have to just say, Mom, Dad, trust me, or your friends, trust me, I know what I'm doing. And this is something that brings you and me also at the moment in the situation to push on the gas.