“I made a grand today”. But you made it in a sleazy way.
youre only ever as good as your last trade, if you’ll permit me to pervert a tinsel town saying.
“jack of all trades”
anyone ever call you that?
did you know that its normally follwed by “master of none” ?
so theyre basically taking the piss.
but heres the question:
does life favour the specialist or the generalist?
does evolution favor the book smart or the street smart?
actually, does evolution actually favor the “smart” at all?
think about it, tigers are almost extinct, and theyre extremely cunning predators, while cows are everywhere, and they shit on their food,…… there was one on my burger bun last night 
, and yet tigers, i suppose dont taste that good cos theyre normally not on menus.
oh and we, the brightest of the bunch, routinely go on killing sprees, and have the capacity to kill ourselves about 100 times over.
considering we’re depleting the earth, killing each other, cooking ourselves with global warming, and potentially flooding ourselves at the same time,….. perhaps we’re too stupid to just push the button and get it over and done with 
but i digress…..
it must be nice to be able to say “i’m a doctor/lawyer/architect/etc” for the simple conveniance of being able to classify yourself in one short sentance. and people go ooooh or ahhhh while an air of respectability descends over you, despite the fact that you got your dental assitant pregnant, or your number one client is the local crack supplier.
on the otherhand, when i say i work the markets for a living, i, and everyone of my kind are automatically lumped into the gammblers section of society. consquently, anything gained or lost is attributed to that.
atleast thats the way it is until the next market boom, and we get all the ooohs and ahhhhs again ( barton biggs pointed that out so cheers to you old man )
which is fine by me actually
i’ll admit i didnt get into this game for the oohs and ahhs, but at the same time i’ll admit that i do enjoy them when they come
but to this day i havent got a clue what to call myself.
i’m not quite a trader, cos i dont really trade frequently enough to be called one. i take positions.
i dont like investor cos that sounds old,….. and i dont yet have hair growing out of my ears.
lol i cant even say “i’m a trader at (insert big ass firm here)”.
independant trader makes it sound like i sell banak on the street
or deal drugs lol.
damn, even “drug lord” has a nicer ring than any of the above.
so what do i put on my business card?
(right now it says adviser, but even that makes me sound 65 atleast!)
an indie trader friend of mine called us cowboys.
but i refuse to wear tassles.
and dont get me started on buttless chaps!
so i guess at the end of the day,……
“i’ll let the dead presidents represent me”
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i found my holy grail and i feel fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine
