gg . Thanks for posting that. I now understand where the heat was coming from, I didn't realize I posted that. Let me apologize......I was not attempting to be antagonistic or mean.......my goal was simply to find out who on this board make good money. If you are not one of them....keep pushing, it will come. Sometimes I need to go back and read over what I posted. My bad.
hey, no need to apologize..it's probably true. i have no idea who to listen to, with the exception of a few people.
Let's see...starting with $100 K, at 500% per year over 5 years, that's $312,500,000. Must have been SOME kind of house you bought.
SDTrader, Good post - some of these discussions fall apart and i'm glad you are willing to pull it back together with an honest statement like this. FYI, I am not the best trader you've ever seen, not even close, but I do fine. I occasionally have a bad day, but I'm net positive every week. I thought about prop trading a lot and spoke with several people in your field, but, since I'm focusing on trading futures, leverage is not a big unsolved problem for me. So, I'm still thinking about it. Mu current focus is what I call my Holy Grail. By that I mean a small set of techniques that can consistently produce gains and be easy to trade. Still working on it... getting closer every day
Do most traders typically rely on one major technique they have developed that makes most of their money, or a bag of tricks they have developed over time? Traders care to comment? peace axeman
Axe, most definately a diverse bag of tricks. These tricks also need to be constantly updated, as they're in a contant state of evolution. BTW axeman, are you the same axeman who often plays 15/30 hold 'em at partypoker?