There are many correlations between trading and poker. Consider this excerpt from my best selling, Trend Following:
In the book Absolute Returns, Alexander Ineichen stresses that trading is a “game.” He sees no rules for the game except the constant of change, but more importantly, he reminds us that it is crucial to avoid becoming the “game.” There are three types of players in the game:
• Those who know they are in the game.
• Those who don’t know they are in the game.
• Those who don’t know they are in the game and have become the game.
If, within a half of an hour of playing poker (or trading for that matter), you don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy, or as Ineichen calls it “the game.” I have introduced those traders who didn’t know they were in the game and therefore became the game in the big events of the Long Term Capital Management hedge fund implosion, the Barings Bank collapse, and the October 2008 market crash. I introduced those traders and investors who did not know they were in the game pursuing Holy Grails that never panned out. And I introduced trend followers who knew they were in a game and brought an edge to the table every time they played. If you know trading is a game and you want to be a part of it, these are stark choices.
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Recently I had Annie Duke on my podcast. She is an author, entrepreneur and professional poker player. We discussed several ways in which the psychology of gambling overlaps with that of trading, investment and other aspects of business. The following is brief feedback from that interview:
Mike, loved, loved, loved the Annie Duke episode. My favorite one yet. GREAT STUFF! [Name]
Thanks! More on gaming and betting? Go.
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