Your opponent to your direct right folds to a 3bet every time he is the open raiser on the button. Therefore you keep 3betting him in this spot until he starts to adjust to the situation. Depending on the skill level of the opponent this might be never or relatively quickly. This is similar to trend trading as we will continue to use this profitable play until he starts to 4 bet us or defend by calling our 3bets and floating on the flop.

Once this occurs this profitable ‘trend’ ceases to exist, so we alter our strategy now to exploit his new trend or adjustment..

In poker, there is the matter of making plays where your expectation exceeds the risk; added to this is analyzing the other players (getting a “read”) and determining how that affects your probabilities.

For trading, I’m much more of a newbie I think (at least in terms of day trading stocks). But in a sense, it’s also about finding plays that have at least a certain probability of winning, and executing them with a certain amount of risk where you have a positive expectation.

I’ll give it some more thought…I’m intrigued by the similarities between them.

Both are a form of gambling and Id be interested to hear your thoughts on how you differentiate the two. In my opinion both can be beatable but need a lot of time studying, working on strategies etc..

Can I, um, borrow $10,000 to get started?

;)

(good luck with the market wizardry dude!)