What's The Real Purpose of Trading?

The real purpose of trading is not to make money. If that's your goal you probably struggle with it a lot. But all of the following tend to work.

If you goal is to be a great trader, then you probably will do well.

If you goal is to use trading as a way to measure your self-development, then you will probably do well.

If you just love trading and that's why you do it, then as long as you are willing to work on yourself you will probably do well.

Those, in my experience, are the key motivations that bring success in trading.

Van K. Tharp

Source: Smart Trader Blog