How playing games can train your brain for trading
Playing backgammon helped me to think more in probabilities
In case you do not know backgammon, here is the description from Wikipedia
Backgammon is a two-player board game played with counters and dice on tables boards. It is the most widespread Western member of the large family of tables games, whose ancestors date back nearly 5,000 years to the regions of Mesopotamia and Persia. The earliest record of backgammon itself dates to 17th-century England, being descended from the 16th-century game of Irish.
If you have someone to play with, I recommend trying it and perceive the similarities
there is randomness on what you throw on the dice - similar to market, it’s unpredictable, and you have to decide what action you take
there are probabilities involved - how probable is that you throw a combination of dice or that your opponent will be able to punish your risky move? You need to decide what is the most probable outcome of your action
there is no control on your opponent move - the game is constantly changing while your goal is the same
there is a lot of emotion involved - you get caught by your opponent several times in a row and need to keep yourself calm and ready for the next move
there is betting on your win - once you see the odds are really on your side, you can bet on the win of the double size
By exposing yourself to the emotions and thinking in probabilities, you can practice the resilience to those emotions and get used to them. It is important to play against humans, though, as playing it on a mobile phone against an algorithm does not bring you the same experience.