Does this count as trading?

Discussion in 'Professional Trading' started by niteflite, Jun 2, 2015.

  1. Simples

    Simples

    You know the answer to this. Very simple, really. Stop fooling yourself!

    When regular income >= (MUCH MUCH larger) than your regular income, you may consider scaling down / quitting your job. Having saved up, doesn't count as income!

    Otherwise, you're relying on hope, that you'll figure out how to get a steady paycheck from something inherently insecure (supply & demand in markets).

    By the time you're ready, it'll mostly just happen by itself. In the meanwhile, I'd focus on automating so that this isn't yet another job. That you have to ask, is sign sure enough that you're not ready by a long shot.
     
    #31     Aug 5, 2016
  2. volpri

    volpri

    Precisely wrong.
     
    #32     Mar 21, 2018
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  3. ironchef

    ironchef

    Only the paranoid survive.
     
    #33     Mar 25, 2018
  4. ironchef

    ironchef

    I am with qxr, if you have to ask.

    I kind of knew when I was ready and I suspect the criteria are very different for different people.
     
    #34     Mar 25, 2018
  5. Bonecrusher knows what up. I have blown up my accounts more times than i can remember b4 i found any consistency . this sums things up a bit
     
    #35     Sep 10, 2018
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  6. Handle123

    Handle123

    yea, I was like that first three years after turning the corner for scalping, always thinking it was a fluke, now 24 years later, am just numb to all of it, it is a job but I still like everything cept the actual manual trading. But even when you have automation, you have to keep manually trading or you lose the nuances or the touch. Yes, have written all down and taken video's but to program, I need that continue interaction with the markets. Plus being older, keeps my brain, what's left of it, functioning better I believe.

    I often think if others keep at it to find ultimate methods, higher degree of challenges.?
     
    #36     Sep 10, 2018
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