lol no bank officer is going to loan you money to trade... no bank officer asked you how you fared during the subprime crisis or is using that info as predicate for a f*cking loan. You're off your thorazine, eh Keith?
This is not a winning attitude; this is fear. Fear and faith have much in common, my friend. Have faith: faith in your trading skills, insight, and your decisions. Did Marty Schwartz think like that? Soros? Buffet? Any champion anywhere?
I'm guessing if a trader had 2 million dollars he you could easily turn that into 1 million in this market lol...
Bit of wisdom from Paul Tudor Jones for you: “I'm always thinking about losing money as opposed to making money. Don't focus on making money, focus on protecting what you have.”
kmiklas, You just made a thread about how you were getting whipsawed in the market asking for advice - and now you want to leverage that? People and firms are blowing up left and right in this environment. There’s a lot of survivorship bias in the stories you read. It would only make sense to take up a loan after proving you can trade. If you do so now, I don’t think this will end well for you.