Some years ago, the New York Stock Exchange finally installed a defibrillator. The heart attack rate had become 60 percent higher than the national American average. Good for those dealing in Hewlett-Packard stock: They had recently bought Heartstream Inc., a company specializing in defribrillators.
In $Trade$, there are no defibrillators to save you. Once you’ve ruined your health, the trading fun is over. The latter consists of the most basic bodily functions of a stock broker: buy, sell and sleep. Can you overcome your own greed and stop buying when subprime loans have smashed the stock price? Can you resist selling at outrageously high prices when your health has already dropped below ten, and you are desperately in need for some sleep?
If the answer is no, you should probably stay away from Wall Street. If the answer is yes, stay away from there, too. Why not become a mercenary, or a getaway car driver?
