A poll for successful traders

Discussion in 'Trading' started by promagma, Jun 19, 2017.

How did you make the big money?

Poll closed Jul 3, 2017.

  1. My edge(s) are embarrassingly small, but have been working for years, and I push it to the max.

    8 vote(s)
    20.5%

  2. I have many edges, sometimes they work awesome and I switch up to follow market conditions.

    20 vote(s)
    51.3%

  3. I don't quantify edges. I just follow my experience and natural awesomeness.

    11 vote(s)
    28.2%
  1. promagma

    promagma

    A poll for successful traders (5+ profitable years, total earnings in the hundreds of thousands or higher).
     
    #1     Jun 19, 2017
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  2. Mtrader

    Mtrader

    You can close the poll. 2 people voted, so all eligible traders voted. :D
     
    #2     Jun 19, 2017
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  3. Scataphagos

    Scataphagos

    I don't have an edge and neither does any other retail trader... unless they're trading illegally (front running or trading on insider info).

    Perhaps doing better than other traders is not the same as having "edge" over the market.
     
    #3     Jun 19, 2017
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  4. lawrence-lugar

    lawrence-lugar

    I must imagine that must be a really Elite Club -- no pun intended o_O

    Probably only .02% of the people who have ever visited this website qualifies,
    ...and seeing there are already 7 votes, probably only 1 of them are telling the truth, and even then I wouldn't bet on it,

    I personally hate the term 'Edge'...it sounds like a gimmicky marketing term to lure sucker traders to a so-called Holy Grail.
    I prefer just saying Skill, or no skill. Or experienced, or not experienced,
     
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    #4     Jun 19, 2017
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  5. speedo

    speedo

    Troll bait
     
    #5     Jun 19, 2017
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  6. FreakofNature

    FreakofNature

    An edge is a technique or setup that offers positive expectancy after comm and slippage over the course of time, not a holy grail and certainly not a 100% winning formula. Once you have an edge, skill does not play a role, money management and discipline do.
     
    #6     Jun 19, 2017
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  7. Mtrader

    Mtrader

    Indeed. But Baron has to keep his numbers of postings and views on level. $$$

    Threads lose interest and are replaced by troll threads. Averaging down the quality.
     
    #7     Jun 19, 2017
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  8. themickey

    themickey

    I would imagine the real succesful traders are quite humble.
    Were they to see this thread they would just be keeping their opinion to themselves.
    The uber rich as well don't normally have information they would freely share with the bell hops.
     
    #8     Jun 19, 2017
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  9. HobbyTrading

    HobbyTrading

    So if you invest 1 million USD, get 10% return on investment per year and do this for 5+ years you are a successful trader in your view? A buy&hold strategy in the USA equity index trackers would have been sufficient to meet your criteria.
     
    #9     Jun 20, 2017
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  10. globalarbtrader

    globalarbtrader

    I satisfy your requirements for "success" but I don't believe I have an edge, so I can't vote as there was no option for that.

    GAT
     
    #10     Jun 20, 2017
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