I like this thread. So many will choose to dismiss the possibility out of hand without giving so much as a passing effort to consider that what seems outrageous may indeed be within reach - with the right edge and the ability and capital to implement it. Thankful for GoB's thoughtful reply to the OP.
I suspect there are a many more guys on ET than those on GOB's list, including a bunch of well capitalised traders/investors, even though they might not be the most active posters. It's not a huge income in the financial scene. OP, you can start picking Volpunter for ideas, but when it comes to Voly's brain, you better wear surgical gloves, as most of his input seems to come out of his ass.
To grow your trading account the fastest safely, use the new Kelly formula: max[ 0, s1 ]*(s2*s2 - s1*s3)/(s2*s2*s2 + s1*s1*s4 - 2*s1*s2*s3)
If you are actually serious, you can fly out to visit me. Take a few of my guys to French Laundry for dinner. Some Woodhouse chocolate as a parting gift and you'd probably come away with a thought or two.
This is the correct attitude and it can be done. I'm trying to get there myself. btw, the opening poster has the biggest ratio of number of likes to number of posts i have seen here, congrats!
Interesting that you say that, i have done this (paid a pro), it has helped, but i'm still not there yet.
The OP's wording make it sound mostly like trolling but the "paying" a pro bit is highly overated imo, which pro is one going to contact to trade better ? One who sells seminars on internet ? And that's supposed to be better than the info one finds through internet forums or pdfs ? It's the same for investment and tax btw, it makes sense to dig the internet for information rather than believing the first private banker or tax lawyer one meets. Mixing both free and paid for sources might be useful though.