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Maybe because of the same reason people like to watch the terrible news, the ones that show disaster or pain.
Having said that i do like to read and learn from failure because it can help you evolve without making the same mistakes but it´s hard like that ... most of the times i have to bang my head on the wall to learn not to do someting bad
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
It seems to me that a high percentage of traders have likely had these thoughts or considered posting a thread along these lines at some time. Reading someone else's gives them the opportunity to see the exchange without putting themselves out there.
It may be also due to Schadenfreude, which is described as "Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others".
Personally I think that, rather than pleasure, there is something more primordial behind experiencing someone else's failure, or pain or even death, and I believe it to be related to our survival insinct. In other words, whenever we see somebody in distress (financial or otherwise), there may be a component of us that triggers a "better them than me", self-preservation kind of response.
That's why, as Itchymoku pointed out, we tend to slow down to get a glimpse into an accident on the side of the road. I don't believe it to be because we derive pleasure in watching but there's a part of us that can't resist looking and I think it's that primitive part that wants to remind us that we survived.
Reasons of failure are more universal than reasons of success.
To be more specific for example I have a system that give me very good intraday results on CL. This system has little value for someone else than me and that for many reasons (maybe you don't trade CL, maybe you don't trade intraday, maybe...etc.).
But when I had a bad day, when I failed most of the time it is due to fear, greed, money management etc... all of them are general principles and kind of errors that will apply to any type of trader.
That is reason why failure stories are in some way more interesting than success stories. Having a good system won't guarantee you success but doing things in a wrong way will guaranty you failure.
(Of course they are also some general principal for success but most of them are avoiding reasons and causes of failure?)
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But we are inspired by success stories, not failure ones. I personally find failure stories scary, but I am drawn to how people succeed - what paths they go through, how they react when they experience setbacks, etc.
I also think you will find that people interested in your thread are interested in it because it sounds promising, not damning