Matias | Moby 🐳(@mattdorta):Trading fully in public (real-time positions everyone sees) is a net negative for most people. The sole goal of trading / investing should be to make money. And that’s it. When you start making trading decisions for reasons other than making money (social status, clout, etc.), you’re adding another dynamic that distracts from the primary objective: make money. It’s very hard to separate the two once they become intertwined. Public perception inevitably starts clouding your decision-making, whether you realize it or not. Trading is hard enough. No upside in adding more distractions to the mix.

2026.10.15 04:51

Trading fully in public (real-time positions everyone sees) is a net negative for most people. The sole goal of trading / investing should be to make money. And that’s it. When you start making trading decisions for reasons other than making money (social status, clout, etc.), you’re adding another dynamic that distracts from the primary objective: make money. It’s very hard to separate the two once they become intertwined. Public perception inevitably starts clouding your decision-making, whether you realize it or not. Trading is hard enough. No upside in adding more distractions to the mix.