it all depends on you and your goals....% is irrelevant because this is not a contest so you really shouldn't care about how everyone else is doing. you can make money consistently... fine. then design a plan and start diggin.
not true. I have been at this as my sole profession for years, and my accuracy has hardly changed at all. I can estimate what I am going to make based on how many trades i make. I get a certain average per contract over the long run. This number does not change in summer markets, etc. markets change of course, but if you are a very short term day trader, as in minutes or less, you will not be affected by this stuff. I have been using the same few setups for about a decade, and no changes whatsoever.
Well said. I also trade quickly, somewhere between scaper and short-term trader. Same story, second verse regarding my systems. Once I got the damned things to work, I haven't needed to tweak them much over the years to stay profitable.
most just blow up before they learn the ropes I think. The rest just don't get the "mental" thing. I believe the mechanics are quite easy to learn. Accepting that you are wrong half the time is the tough part.