Technically, if you can average $1000 a month, nothing is holding you back from turning it onto $20,000 a month, simply increase the size you are trading with, and continue doing what you are doing..... Therefore, either there are traders who make a really good living trading, or the once that just dream of making a good living, no middle ground... It's like an expensive lottery, where you pay $1 to dream for a few days,,,here you pay about $10,000 to dream for 6 months, plus all the stress etc....
Hmm? That's odd since the S7 came into effect in 1999, mandatory by 2000. Perhaps you were in our retail group for a short time. Not a big deal. Not everyone can become a trader, and a 3 day class is just the beginning, not the end. It takes months if not years to actually get good enough to make money on a daily basis or even a monthly basis. Some may think they should learn to drive an 18 wheeler by themselves, some may think they know enough to just start trading, which is fine. We do well at showing newer people, and even exNYSE specialists, what is going on now, how we do it, and have very successful people within our Firm. I would venture that it costs much more than $750 (lifetime fee, come back if you like, please do) to learn through "hard knocks" or trying do do it retail. All the best, Don