Can an average guy make a living at trading?

There must be something like Good Trader, Very Good Trader, etc. missing in your message, I guess!

Give us the figures you like, nitro.

 

There should be 5 grades of winning traders-
1)McDonalds pay equivalent
2)Home Depot pay equivalent
3)Finally replace the salary from that crappy computer job
4)Paul Tudor Jones' washroom attendant
5)Go fly fishing with Paul Tudor Jones.

 

don't be average, be an outlier.

FRuiTY

 

Tell him to give me a call, I'm up for fishing anytime! But let him know that 5 weight might not cut it. Stuff is big up here...my mom caught a 24 inch german brown last weekend in a spring creek no bigger than a drift boat...

 

i know no one asked, but...

i don't fish because i don't want to hurt the fish (hook in mouth).

and no, i don't eat seafood or any other meat.

FRuiTY

 

One thing's for sure !!! A frog that has enough balls to chase bugs at night, in Canada, on a freeway, in a blinding rainstorm, sure aint ya average frog !!!

I think that I mighta seen that same frog playing the minies, afterhours, during the last earnings season. Yea, I'm sure of it, that was him. May he rest in peace.

wocka wocka

 

Nice!

 

Can an average guy make a living at trading?

Sure, at least if "make a living" doesn't mean make 10 ES points per day.

An ex colleague of mine and very honest guy is trying to prove this live since mid June.
Feel free to have a look: www.theswingtrader.populus.ch

 

I was wondering where the Frog had gotten to

Natalie

 

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[a] I wish I would have traded odd lots at first, to match my odd equity trend.

Books can can shorten you learning curve;
might shorten it to 7 or 8 years or less if you work 12 hours a day.

[c] Explore ''books'' on elite trader.com; better public librarys have some of them, like Jack Schwager.

[d] Dont figure on making it working 8 hours a day.

[e-z] It is NOT e-z[easy] . EVERY kind of size ,leverage,options,''free''daytrade leverage WILL cause you to LOSE faster until you prove you can make a profit.






Paper trading will help, help show what will not work;
still do some myself . I like what a PHD city manager said ''if you call me average that is the same thing as spitting in my face!''