You have to risk some $X on each trade. Which will ultimately determine how much you make for the year. You aren't going to make $100K a year risking just $100 on each trade. This poll is actually about a limiting bet size. You can set that limit to what the market allows (depth, liquidity etc) for your system before it degrades. Or you can stop before reaching that limit and be happy making something less. You don't have to keep compounding until you run out of liquidity. Although some traders might be aiming to do that.
I try/tried to find a woman that makes me happy with what she makes... They are far more difficult to find.
You want a woman who earns man money? IMO, bad idea... Women who earn man money are usually quite annoying. You want a woman who is doing a job she enjoys and makes enough to contribute to the household.
This is sort of true. $75K vs $200K is not really that much different. $75K vs $750K is a huge difference. $75K vs $1.5M is even better. So that question is really is the juice worth the squeeze. Most people have no ability to earn $1.5M, and so they'll be happy with $75K.
Quite a few votes for $10M+ Maybe I lack imagination but what can you actually do with $10M per year of income? Other than leave trading and use it to start up some other activity.
I suspect a lot of these are not genuine aspirations, but people just picking a number so that they can see what others have voted for. Combine that with a subtle, self ego-stroking ("I want to aim for the top") and you have the consequence that this sort of poll has no serious validity.
you continue because that’s what you do. It becomes a game you are good at and want to keep playing. Your lifestyle will improve (for example you might splurge on a netjets or a beachfront condo in Miami) but that doesn’t become the motivator.