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by ogiberstein 1801 days ago
Thanks for the feedback. I am not sure if markets are a zero-sum game though? If the sector grows, the whole pie can become bigger, right?
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(I think) His point is not that investing is a zero sum activity but that active trading basically is. For me to make money day trading someone needs to loose money. The total "growth of the pie" is a slow process that you capitalize on by buying and holding.
Yes, that is what I meant. Thank you for expressing it more clearly!
Fair enough! We do have quite a few users also running medium and longer-term focused strategies such as accumulations on dips