This is sad. An unrealizable fantasy for most but clearly it becomes an illness or sick obsession for some where successful trading is utterly and completely beyond the capabilities of such losers. Just drop it and get a life through a mundane job.
Such a great Story Teller. I doubt if he can trade though. Oh yeah.. he is such a Great Trader. Trading Books, CDs, Cassets, DVDs, Programs, Seminars etc at overinflated prices to the losers.
Point taken. Strangely, I don't think I would have traded differently if I had $$$ stashed away. I know many people speak about the inability to make rational decisions with the pressure of supporting a family, etc. For me, it was not a factor. My weakness, as I see it, was lack of a quantifiable edge, and the resultant lack of confidence in my trading. I.e., I have (at this point) no confidence for a good reason. Were I to have a well-defined and quantifiable edge, I believe I could make it work. Thank you for your reply.
I will give you the benefit of the doubt, and assume your otherwise vindictive and mean-spirited post was meant tongue-in-cheek. Unlike others, I see nothing wrong nor un-romantic about earning a living through a 'mundane' job. I don't want to get too specific about the details of my private life, but I'm not being overly pessimistic when I say that based on my current situation, that's going to be very difficult for me to do.
I will admit that I never was able to get beyond his verbosity. All I ever really understood from his 'perfection' was something akin to a 1-2-3 pattern that signals a change in trend. I would not call myself a victim, though. It cost me a paltry $300, and for that he was even willing to tutor me privately. He definitely got me thinking about trend differently than I had until then, even if I could never discover the perfection of his methods.
If you want some idea of IF it is possible, and one way of approaching the task, read all posts by 40yotrader. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=1331213 I don't know the guy, but if his posts are true, then you have at least a road map. Can you do the work necessary? Do you have the tenacity and discipline? Good luck.