Percentage of Traders that actually make money trading retail

Discussion in 'Retail Brokers' started by Bond-Speculator, Nov 20, 2006.

How many successful trading accounts (consistent) do you know of at your retail firm?

  1. 1-10

    6 vote(s)
    54.5%
  2. 11-20

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  3. 20+

    4 vote(s)
    36.4%
  4. I've never seen a single retail trader make money consistently over an extended period of time

    1 vote(s)
    9.1%
  1. Please answer this poll IF AND ONLY IF you work (or worked) for a retail firm and have inside knowledge about trader statistics.

    I read somewhere that 99.999% of retail traders fail. If you work for a retail firm and have inside information on statistics like these, please answer the poll.