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Comment by celim307 | Hacker News Reader

I bought 10k shares @ 2.60, but had to divest for various work related and legal reasons. How do you think I feel?

Also had to sell a similar stake in Microsoft before the turnaround :(

I found trading vapid and soulless, but there are some very philosophical notions about profit and choice facing uncertainty that are somehow fascinating. I found this to match existential questions in harsh times.

What do you expect out of trading? To get a soul-inspiring philosophical revelation? But trading is simply trading...exchanging things you have for things others have that you believe will in net bring more benefit to you. Get your soul-enriching experiences elsewhere, and use the money you get from trading to help find them.

I find your comment of low value.

I've enjoyed trading a lot, but find that when I/others become consumed by it alone that it's a bitter existence. By avoid daytrading, and ensuring I'm not invested in anything that I'm forced to constantly worry about or check, it takes a long of the sting out.

I don't know about you but everytime I sold a near top I felt bad for the people that bought. That's why I found it soulless, a lot of it revolves on the fact that some people are in better position financially and informationally to make gains at the expense of others.

Now maybe I'm too mellow but that's how I felt doing it at first. Maybe I'd rather be a team leader that makes everybody happier working together and sharing.. I can't say.

It definitely made me appreciate the feeling of creating something along with other people much more. I don't feel 'bad' selling to others, to be honest it's probably a guilty pleasure to 'win', but it lacks the win-win feeling of creating value.

Probably because I'm in a point of my life where me winning is of no importance. I traded for quick bucks out of emergency but deeply I needed shared human bond and happiness.

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