Follow up thread to here: https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/2020-in-how-did-you-performed.354920/ For me, it is all about the Benjamins! How good or bad was 2020?
I decided to do something really stupid so went and bought 1000 shares of SOXL in April. I'm still holding. That along with a nice /NQ long, swing trades in my other stock account, and a long term hold of Bitcoin and Ethereum and, hey, I'm not complaining. Hopefully 2021 is even better.
Good news: The family accounts I manage are up 118% from the March 2020 panic lows. Not-as-good news: Those accounts are only up 26% since 1/1/2020.
Made 100k on third year of trading. And although I have learned a lot about trading I give most of the credit to the bullish markets for making it that way. I do not take any credit over an easy market, nor do I feel any emotion about the money I've made. In fact I feel like a lifeless zombie about it, all chilled out and shit...
The year was full of ups and downs, a good mixture of both losses and profits. Fortunately, succeeded in making some good net earnings though.