Good strategies are usually grounded in good common sense.
But many strategies loose value because all adopt them.
A good strategy becomes bad if it is a common strategy.
A contrarian philosophy is that he is comfortable doing OPPOSITE of what others are doing.
A contrarian must not be a contrarian unless he is comfortable in his skin because it takes self-esteem.
At many times, the advantage of being a contrarian are clear: if all poker chaps are aggressive, the contrarian reduces his bleed and increases his scoops. if all are passive, he increases small pickings by being agressive.
a contrarian lets a strategy be commonly adopted before taking the other direction.
