The Pained Trader

• The Pained Trader: just a jealous guy

  The Pained Trader is troubled by the triumphs of others.

  • 15 Nov 2018

• The Pained Trader: time present and time past

  For F Scott Fitzgerald, the challenge of holding “two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function” was the sign of a first-rate intellect. Does that mean if I can’t decide whether to buy or sell a stock, and I never trade anyway, I am a stockbroker of the highest echelon and rare intelligence?

  • 08 Nov 2018

• The Pained Trader: exit strategy

  If it hadn't been for the Pained Trader, it might have gone quite well

  • 01 Nov 2018

• The Pained Trader: the rite stuff

  The Pained Trader’s daily acts of ritual performance.

  • 25 Oct 2018

• The Pained Trader: you don't have to be mad to work here…

  Trader assesses his mental health

  • 11 Oct 2018

• The Pained Trader: Be careful what you wish for

  The Pained Trader takes a break, but can't catch a break.

  • 04 Oct 2018

• The Pained Trader: those were the days

  The Pained Trader measures out his time in the broking game.

  • 27 Sep 2018

• The Pained Trader: night owl

  The Pained Trader’s deepest fears and anxieties.

  • 20 Sep 2018

• The Pained Trader: Markets make the man

  The Pained Trader didn't allow Lehman to dull his appetite.

  • 13 Sep 2018

• The Pained Trader: Heart of the matter

  Pablo, the husky puppy, digs holes in the garden the way I cultivate unhappiness: it just comes naturally to him. He follows his instincts to churn up the earth like I mine the City for thick seams of despondency.

  • 06 Sep 2018

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