How do you trade for living?

I love it when people actually take this *@#$ seriously and attempt to have an actual conversation over such a post - great way to start the day with a laugh

Makes me wonder which devious ET poster is behind these types of posts....doesn't matter who, keep it up, makes for an entertaining read to bait everyone like that

 

Well you certainly don't need the whole $1000 for trading forex. I'd take, oh, $500 out and put it in savings bonds, or lottery tix.

You should easily be able to make a fine living with the other $500.

But you must have clicked the wrong thread. For proper placement,
ask the mods to move it here -->http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9799

 

hahahahaa!!

good one!

I have been seeing that a lot lately

 

There is no one in the world can win all his/her trade without losing. Trading is not easy. Even until now im still struggle with my trading

 

Thanks. I think you're qualified from now on to keep your membership alive on ET, simply the same as us.

 

go to work for somone else...and trade on the side until you "get it" expect it to take 5-10 years. just like any other profession, you need to start small, go to school for a while...and the REAL money probably wont start to come in until 10 years later.

 

there is a way to always win 100%

never sell a losing position

of course, you may have to hold on to your losing position FOREVER

and have infinite margin to cover margin calls

but you can have 100% winning trades

of course, this is absurd.

but it can be done.

 

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=74666&highlight=actual

 

well to th op if your serious, high frequency or low profit trade strategies can be not so good trading live. a strategy that shows +so may pips (point profit) at the end of a trading period can still = 0 profit or actually a loss.

i played with a strategy once on paper trading ES (futures) that did well at the end of a 30 or 50 trade period it was up 10 points when you added and subtracted all the gains and losses...but when you added and subtracted the $$$ it actually was in the red...meaning even though it showed +10 point profit it actually lost money. so be carefull you are doing your homework.....sometimes what looks good paper trading can be a dissaster in reality.

 

has anyone considered that this guy has a time machine?