The phrase "Being a trader is like Schrödinger's investor" is a play on words and an ironic allusion to the famous Schrödinger's paradox, which in quantum physics describes the situation where a cat in a box is simultaneously alive and dead until we open the box.

🔍 In trading, this comparison means:

As long as the trader hasn't opened the terminal / checked their portfolio — theoretically, they are simultaneously in profit and in loss.

It's like the crypto version of Schrödinger's cat:

If you don't check your PnL (profit/loss) — you live in hope that everything is fine.

Open the exchange — you either see a "plus" or a "minus," but the magic disappears.

🧠 This is a joke about the emotional state of a trader, who often balances between hope and fear — and that's why sometimes it's better not to look at the charts… because there is either a pump or depression 😄