So I received this dealer buddy—Nicholas. Dude’s received angle: three screens filled with charts, indicators with names so sophisticated even Wikipedia glitches. Principally, a professional—or so he thinks.
One morning, he calls me, all puffed up:
—Bro, as we speak’s the day! Topped up my account, technique’s locked in—every little thing’s feng shui!
I’m like:
—Nicholas, c’mon man, final time you stated that after which your stops received wrecked like bowling pins.
He shrugs it off:
—Pfft, that was a fluke!
So there he’s, sitting at his desk, market’s lifeless boring. Nicholas yawns, pulls out a sandwich (cheese and ham, clearly), and proper then—BOOM!—value spikes up!
He chokes mid-bite, flings the sandwich onto his keyboard (crumbs now completely embedded between F5 and F6), and begins smashing that BUY button.
Solely downside? Whereas he was busy chewing, he didn’t discover he wasn’t on the 5-minute chart… however the weekly one.
Lengthy story quick, he enters the commerce, and the market’s like: “Oh hey, Nicholas!”—and instantly reverses. No stop-loss (as a result of he’s a “professional”!), take-profit a distant dream. Couple hours later, his account was cleaner than a scalper’s conscience.
And the sandwich? Nonetheless sitting on his keyboard like a monument to his buying and selling genius.
Later, he calls me, all shook:
—Dude, I received wrecked!
—Nicholas, I say, you even know why?
—Nicely… market reversed outta nowhere…
—Nah, bro. You blew up due to a sandwich.
Now his new rule is: “Commerce first, eat later.” Or possibly the opposite method round—however undoubtedly not on the identical time.
Ethical of the story: In case your buddy Nicholas tries to recruit you into buying and selling, ask him if he’s hungry. 😆
