As I was driving to work today, I watched a woman in a silver Mazda (no Kerry sticker) cut me off as she was trying to get from 36 eastbound to 35E southbound. I only mention this because I happened to notice a car, yep, a silver Mazda zipping in and out of the traffic lanes while I stayed in the middle lane. The funny thing is that she ended up getting off on my exit and I was in front of her. No matter how many times she was zipping in and out, she really didn’t make it too far in the 4 miles or so.
I got to thinking that I wonder if this is similar to stocks and day trading. I don’t dally in the stock market too much at this time, but I have to wonder if we can compare “zippers” with day traders. Sometimes they seem to hit big and move forward, be it financially or traffic-wise, and sometimes they just lose in the end.
The majority of stock traders trade for the long run and I wonder how that pertains to staying in the same lane and practicing patience and waiting traffic out. In the end, you both arrive at your ending location, but those that are not “zippers” would have less stress, I imagine…
What does everyone else think? Am I on to something, or am I just blowing smoke? 🙂