Daytrading: Eat The Glass
From David Silverman’s excellent article A Day Trader Looks Back on the Day Trading Revolution:
I remember one thing I heard someone say during my long-ago visit to the Broadway arcade: that the best day traders are the ones who sit in front of their screens all day and “eat the glass.” This struck me as a perfect description of what one needs to be willing to do in order to achieve success in the markets. It isn’t easy. It can be bloody and painful, and those tiny shards get caught between your teeth, but if you really want to make it, you need to eat the glass with every trade.