Do you rely on your trading to put food on the table?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by Simples, Aug 29, 2018.

Do you rely on your trading to put food on the table?

Poll closed Aug 29, 2019.
  1. Yes

    45.6%
  2. No

    54.4%
  1. tiddlywinks

    tiddlywinks

    Yes. Plus shelter, clothing, transportation, health care, insurance of many types, infotainment, charity, and of course, discretionary spending.

    It's not difficult through trading to greatly surpass these numbers...
    https://research.zippia.com/living-wage.html
     
    #21     Aug 29, 2018
  2. DaveV

    DaveV

    If you are self employed with a one-man corporation, you can have a 401K and control the investments.
     
    #22     Aug 29, 2018
  3. destriero

    destriero


    Yeah, I know. Thanks Capt Obvious.

    He's been "retired" for 20 years. Nobody starts and LLC and calls up Fido Netbenefits to administer a 401(k). Trading a 401(k) is typically limited to longs-only. The VAST majority of 401(k) plans are MF only. Assume he has a pre-existing plan from his days as the CEO of Apple. You would roll it over into an IRA.

    So let's say the guy has a corp and offers a 401(k)... WTF as the employer would you run ANY investments in a 401(k) over an IRA? You wouldn't. mIRAs allow options/spreads/combos and shorts.

    The guy can't keep his fiction straight.
     
    #23     Aug 29, 2018
  4. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    If you are trading to replace a 50k a year salary then you aren’t a very good trader. And I don’t mean you aren’t good at picking stocks or whatever; I mean you failed to recognize one of the most basic risk rewards in your life and chose the riskiest option with the least reward.
     
    #24     Aug 29, 2018
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  5. destriero

    destriero


    Those look like shit and I am desperate for them. Or chicken-fried steak with gravy.
     
    #25     Aug 29, 2018
  6. sle

    sle

    #26     Aug 29, 2018
  7. I rely on Amazon Fresh
     
    #27     Aug 29, 2018
  8. RRY16

    RRY16

    Use to be an old diner in Truckee that served a pretty good dose of chicken-fried steak, can’t remember the damn name..it’s probably gone and turned into a fluff cafe.
     
    #28     Aug 29, 2018
  9. destriero

    destriero


    I can't remember the name but it's still there. It was good but they couldn't control the flies so I haven't been back.
     
    #29     Aug 29, 2018
  10. ironchef

    ironchef

    Not quite true sir. Even if you are a single person corporation, you can set up your 401K/pension. Lots of physicians do that. Or you can also set up a SEP if you are a sole proprietorship. After I quit my day job years ago, I had a SEP for years.
     
    #30     Aug 29, 2018