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Love Illusion, from Paolo Pezzutti
January 9, 2009 |
The biggest love delusion is illusion. When you feel the irresistible attraction of the first dates, you think she has something special, unique that you cannot miss even for a minute. But with time inevitably daydreams vanish. And you discover a different person. That you don't understand. That you don't know. That you don't like anymore. You remain with the bitter feeling of failure. Once again.
It is similar when you apply a market model that works for some time. All parameters perfectly synchronized with the price action, you are mesmerized by such perfection and beauty. Price swings follow the rhythm that you have perceived and coded. Invariably cycles change and the same parameters and logic applied appear so inadequate and awkward you feel almost ashamed to have considered them in the first place. You remain with the bitter feeling of failure. But for some time, the illusion to have found your meal for a life time remains. The illusion to have found the woman of your life.
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So who creates the love illusion/delusion? You or her?
Who creates the illusion/delusion of the mechanical trading model? You or her?
I mean, it’s only an illusion or delusion if you really want it to be, right?
I think deep down, you might be a real romantic. I hope you find her, she’s worth the wait.
The Look of Love by Burt Bacharach performed by Diana Krall
If you consider marriage as the objective of love then it would seem that falling in love is an optimal choice for the people who have contributed so much to the Wall Street machine of late. Most of the studies seem to conclude that married people have greater net worth, live longer, are happier and have more s-x than single people. It would also seem to be the ideal circumstance to develop the personality for a Triumph of the Optimist’s long and strong trade.