Tuom on trading struggles and poker
by Freddenver: Gaming
Tuom shared his biggest trading struggles when he first started. He described in-person trading as similar to playing poker, where reading other people's reactions is key. He noted that while it's not PvP, it involves significant emotional investment. He also mentioned that the experience is very interesting.
Transcript (en)
I think, you know, in person trading, and I know you guys do a lot of like, you know, trading behind a computer screen and that kind of stuff. Sure. In person trading is very, very interesting because it's almost like also playing a game of poker. Right. You get to read the reaction on the other person. It's like, I wouldn't say it's PVP, you know, but there's a lot of emotions that go into it. And if you're really trying to get a good deal, if you're trying to do something, you know, if you're good at in-person trading, you can really take somebody, you know, take their lunch money away pretty easily. Right. And I see a lot of people use their superpower in that way, especially when you're taking advantage of somebody without it. So, I mean, not financial advice. You know, there's a tremendous amount of opportunities out there to do that. Please don't. But, you know, I think it's also like, you know, it would be interesting, for example, to figure out an analog on crypto where you can go in and, you know, you're a bear, right? And you have the bull on the other side and you're trying to negotiate over the price. You're trying to see, based on the reaction, you know, where they're going to sell, where they're going to buy, right? And having that in-person trading experience, I think it kind of like is the salt on that emotional kind of like roller coaster to help you understand trading across a terminal much better even.
