Trading is mainly based on pattern recognition and risk management. You can have as much determination as you want but if you don't learn how to hit the right keys the music won't play. You can be as dumb as a brick and have an edge. That edge will be your key to success , not your IQ.
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I don't think its necessary to have a high IQ for successful discretionary intraday trading. That's mostly instinctive where you're looking for repeating patterns.
Outweighs? People with high IQ but low determination will give up quickly before losing much money, take a high-paying job in a growing field, and diligently invest in a diversified portfolio via monthly 401(k) contributions. Their financial returns/rewards from doing so will blow 99% of retail traders completely out of the water. People with high determination but average IQ will do dumb shit like dramatically quit their jobs (giving a middle finger to the boss for good measure) to try their hands at day-trading index futures with their $10k life savings after spending a few days reading Al Brooks or old Jack Hersey threads.
%$ Good points; but not really dumb as a brick= would not work. Drawdown addiction or addiction to water could help a lot LOL
Most traders lose but are striving for above average returns. Much above. While buy and hodlers are happy to get average returns and that is what they, for the most part, get. But I'd say most traders don't stick it out for 20 or 30 years like the hodlers do. So any comparison is spurious for the most part.
I’d say more resilience and persistence than determination. It takes 10 years or more for average folks to succeed in trading unless you’re training with pros and do it full time. Even then you still need 2-5 years to make it.