Forum demographics

Feel free to interpret day trader and profitable as you wish.

 

Prediction on the results of the poll: 90% of the ET participants are profitable traders.

 

A bit of selection bias here. Kinda like polling: are u alive or dead?

 

Yep, ET where normal metrics are reversed.

 

I trade everyday, but half those trades are just putting something long term on or closing out old trades I have held for days or weeks. And hell ya I'm profitable, I better be, cigarettes just went up to $5 a pack. I once said if I ever become unprofitable the first thing I'll do is quit smoking. But that was when they hit $1. I'll probably never quit so I must stay profitable.

 

Lake Wobegon effect: All the traders are above average and profitable.

80% of us are profitable!

 

I only do longer-term trading, but I'd say I'm pretty profitable. Over the long term, it's hard not to be. What matters is if you can beat the benchmark.

 

'Last was seen in loonybin' - the 5-th option

 

Look at that, almost 90% profitable....amazing.