FX market is a zero sum game?
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Other opinions on the same debate:
• Richard Olsen: Trading Forex Is A Positive Sum Game
• John Forman: Retail Forex Trading is a Negative Sum Game
When it comes to stocks most investors make the pretense of trying to own value when in fact all they care about is the price of the security. Witness the recent price action in AAPL which has more cash on hand than the US government yet is dumped by the market like some two bit retailer on the verge of bankruptcy.
My point is that in our modern world there are no investors, only speculators. Stock guys can give you a very nice story about growth and valuation but at the first sign of price declines they will bail. ( And please no emails to me about how you are all long term holders. Remember -- long term in asset markets is decades, sometimes centuries). So if everyone is a speculator then you might as well trade in the biggest spec market of them all. At least in FX you won’t have any illusions as to where you stand.
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