The best NY pizza I’ve ever had isn’t even in New York
I ate here so much me and the owner became friends, and I now get to try their unreleased flavors like: - pickle and dill pizza - pineapple jam guanciale - and the latest beef stew pizza
tell me your favorite pizza flavor and ill rate it
Been thinking about analogies and found that trading is exactly like chess
Chess and trading is: - Zero-sum (one side’s gain = the other’s loss) - About positioning, not brute force (unless you own majority of the pieces) - Deterministic rules, but strategic depth - In crypto, it's all public information (the board is visible) - Slippage = overextending your pieces
Even when we think about the pieces! Starting Piece → Retail capital, small, many, easy to lose to stronger pieces Knights → Speculative trades, high upside, tricky paths Bishops → Loooong-term theses, strong on diagonals (macro narratives) Rooks → Institutions / large liquidity, powerful but slow to reposition Queen → Leverage, Extremely powerful, extremely dangerous, use wisely... King → Solvency / risk management, Lose it, game over
Every move is information, every trade changes the board
What analogy has helped you perform better in this market?