You're pretty much correct. And it is very difficult to prove something doesn't exist. So to those who have succeeded, don't talk, show. Show some pictures or videos of what your profits can buy. Don't give motivational or general mumbo jumbo hot air. I know none of you can do it.
I am presently "looking over a traders shoulder" so to speak in the Journals section "TF and ES short term" . Real time videos are posted. I find this very generous and helpful. Maybe check him out. Good luck.
Seems to me that tradenstuff is fishing here at ET in trying to find someone that does not use an automated trading system while consistently profitable. Fishing to learn what that person knows as a day trader of Index Futures. Yet, I'm a little curious why his research skills doesn't use Google to find those traders in Eurex Dax futures, Hang Seng HSI futures, Emini ES futures, Emini TF futures and other index futures trading instruments. Heck, I came across a guy yesterday on Youtube posting live trades (profitably without automation) in one of the above index futures trading instrument. I didn't even know Youtube could be used as a live webcast via something called Google+ Hangouts. Apparently he's been doing such since Hangouts became available although I don't know exactly when such occurred. I then did a little more digging and found other profitable day traders of index futures that have been doing live webcast via other sources consistently for the past few years...showing their actual broker screen as they make trades from entry to exit. Note: A few of these folks are hard to follow because they are talking in a different language. A darn shame that some folks think ET is the only place on this planet where "every trader" hangs out at. Yet, there was a guy here at ET that posted a link to his live webcast here at ET...not sure if he's still doing it here for ETers or if he went somewhere else. Oddly, his thread didn't get too much attention. Folks just seem to be afraid or in disbelief of a profitable trader when they meet one. There are those who can and there are those who can't.
Why does anyone owe you an explanation? Why do you feel entitled to it? This is hilarious. You say that you say and they say what they'll say.
Again, why does anyone owe you an explanation? I don't get it. LOL. If you've tried and failed...simply leave...don't draw attention to yourself.
I know people like you. You are gambler, make 40k a year, trying to flip small money into small money. You have nothing. Show me what you profits can buy because I know you don't have any. This is a cheap gambler website, you are all guilty until proven innocent.
Traders, especially newcomers, believe the world of futures is a typical job where you work every day and get paid every day. Not trading specific days or sessions is key. Knowing when to trade and how based on what you see is also key. Bottomline, adaptation is key. And those keys take years to obtain.