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Surely, it can't be this easy?!

If I make a gain in an alternate universe, but a loss in this universe, in which universe do I pay the tax?

Also, can I transfer losses from one universe to another for tax purposes?

Or, among the infinite number of parallel universes, do the gains and losses net each other out and, if so, can I be excused from paying taxes in any of them?
 

Nice one. My brain overheats at times trying to process that.

Some very clever people have stated that we create our own dream world through our attention and dominant thoughts (or observations, as they call it). The clever ones are those who have lived and experienced it, not those who have written a book on it (generally).
 
No it isn't easy to be consistently proficient at trading. You can read the books, test the theories, real trade the markets for years and have some great runs but the market can remain irrational and frustrating enough to disrupt every(?) participants method. Like an entity controlling everyone's gains. Sure, you can control the amount of loss so the entity doesn't clean you out in several attempts ;) but the entity can if it so chooses see you die a slow death. :eek:

So, experience teaches us that we will do better when in synchronisation with the entity. Being aware of its stop/start nature and its power to destroy you if you let it. You see, if it were easy everyone would be doing it.

:holysheep:
 
The big problem is markets prey on human emotions like greed and fear, and the market is very efficient at exploiting these emotions - in both the experienced & inexperienced but it is the inexperienced that tend to get burnt.
It's in the bold.
 
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