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Could somebody please tell Sunfish it was a bloody joke?

So am I to take it Sunfish that you're a bit of a day trader? Well, then you're a self-evidently delusional fool and deserve to be tied to a tree and thrashed! :D

Thanks for that, Redwing. What a laugh! My favourite in there is -

Because, Sunfish, I was expressing my deep skepticism about the wisdom of day trading, and thought you might be viewing that as my "taking the ****". Taking the **** would require an injection of sarcasm though. I admit I was sarcastic above about the former worker who threw away his...

Sorry. Was that query directed at me?

It sounds then that on my earlier question of a day trader being either "an expert or mug", you're definitely in the "expert" category (at least mindset-wise). Which is a relief to hear. Attitude, not aptitude, might be the most essential difference between the careful trader and the carefree...

In a really bad period of despondency a few years ago I let myself start playing the pokies. I justified it to myself as something to pass the time between drinks with mates at the pub, until it hit me that I was going to the pub to play pokies. I stopped going to the pub. My pub...

Um, thick question I know, but, then, why do you do it?

A permanently broke employee of mine inherited $100k and went day trading. Result: broke. He then complained the $80K plus car & expenses I was paying him in a simple marketing position where he put in at best 30 hrs a week wasn't enough. Result: fired. He's now a gyprocker, I hear. Day...