I recently asked this question in a popular facebook group for traders and got a bunch of great answers (as well as some funny ones). Let's have a look at the eight most popular answers.

We don’t want our trading systems to only survive uncertainty, just about making it. We want our systems to dominate the inexplicable, conquer the unseen.

There is something very compelling about mathematics. There are no ‘buts’ and no ‘maybes’. Mathematics is not subjective. 2+2=4 and that's that – no matter how hard someone will try to insist that it is not. Numbers do not lie.

When you have a future in mind, one that you are truly excited about, making meaningful changes in your life becomes much easier.

DARA TRADE, the technology company based in Dublin, returned to Web Summit in 2019, the second year running it has showcased its business technology at one of the biggest technology trade fairs in the world. As a company that builds trading software products for professional traders, brokers and trading educators.

I know it’s hard to believe, but most people would rather be right than make money.

Serious money will not come from trading your own money but from managing other people’s money!

Coming up with trading strategies is easy. Figuring out how profitable they will be in the future is a bit harder. Sticking to your trading strategy, once adopted, is a whole different ball game

Artificial intelligence is a good description of any intellect that can make a brilliant chess move while the room it’s in fills with smoke as he house is burning down!

…in trading, there is no local league, and there are no lower divisions or 2nd tier opponents you could practice trading against. The moment you're in the market you're in the Champions League Final.