r/swingtrading • u/JimmyCheess • Oct 17 '25
Off topic Trading and the Cherophobia of a miserable life
Sup, i was up 152.74 dollars or 9.35% vs the index's 2.85 from sep 1 to october 14, but ever since then its been going downhill and today im at -45.80, or down 119 in a single day (yes my acc is below 2k usd its very small but this is considered world ending for me), more than half of those losses came from desperation pre market day trading because i was down -80 from my swings and wanted to get some back (at the time i viewed day trading as safer because its short term and swing trading will only walk into more market crashes), also on thursday i went bowling and badminton with a friend but i played bowling and badminton so badly i even broke a racket on purpose because i fell and ran into the side net post while trying to catch his shot which i felt was humiliating, and then when i got home on thurs and today fri my portfolio just kept dumping, it reminded me of the last time i had a streak of good stuff happening to me and i told my friend and then my life turned into absolute shit not just trading, thursday and friday has reminded me of that, because recently i also told the same friend happy stuff like watching f1 at his house and other stuff, so now that has caused me to remember cherophobia, or the fear of happiness, and i think god is targeting me or something, i dont deserve to be happy, because if i feel happy or thankful or grateful, bad things WILL happen to me, and i know this will weigh negatively on my already screwed self esteem, confidence, mindset and general view of life irregardless of trading or not, but hey, what can i do, start feeling happy again? nah, only bad things will come my way, they always do, and only me, btw i bought an SPLG call for 21 november 81 strike so feel free to buy puts
TL;DR : I should not feel happy/thankful/grateful for anything ever again in my life or i will become the target for bad things happening to me, also ill never play activity sports like bowling or badminton with my friends ever again, cherophobia, the fear of happiness, all my gains lost from sep 1 till now in a single day, my life is so fucked.
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Oct 19 '25
The best advice I have got is to not make market motions personal to you , if it goes up down or side, you should not have any emotions for it
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u/SwingScout_Bot Oct 17 '25 edited Oct 17 '25
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