Are great traders made or born?

Discussion in 'Psychology' started by profitplay, Jun 6, 2006.

Are great traders made or born?

  1. Great traders are made. They learn to be successful.

    87 vote(s)
    64.9%
  2. Great traders are born with talent.

    31 vote(s)
    23.1%
  3. I don’t know.

    16 vote(s)
    11.9%
  1. crystalballs

    crystalballs Guest

    Ha ha ha. I like the way he felt like a loser when he lost his losing touch. Irony at it's best. Contrarian? Or just a schmuck?
     
    #61     Jul 8, 2006
  2. Yes, I know a bunch of guys who have only been trading for 2-3 years fulltime that are successful and consistently profitable (up at least 10K every month net). We all are fulltimers so all our energy and focus has been on trading since we started. I agree that parttime, it would be much harder to get to that level after only 2 years.




     
    #62     Jul 8, 2006
  3. crystalballs

    crystalballs Guest

    If a person was only allowed to trade between the hours of 2pm and 3pm each day, U.S. time, should this or would this effect thier win/loss ratio?
     
    #63     Jul 8, 2006
  4. crystalballs

    crystalballs Guest

    Should a great trader be great because of his/her profits? Or because of his/her win/loss ratio? Maybe because of thier R:R ratio? Which one is it? Time frame? Who knows? Should there be a traders trader award?
     
    #64     Jul 8, 2006