Plenty of LIVE trades and screenshots of PAST trades are ALREADY posted in the forum. Since you're not willing to do the hard work to find out who the good traders are, why ask?
Profitable trading isn't that hard, markets are volatile enough with lots of opportunities to make a profit most years. But people don't want to just make realistic levels of profit. Instead they want to make 1000% on a 10K account in the first year. Or even higher rates of return on an even smaller account. Under those expectations there won't be many profitable traders on ET or anywhere else. But traders making between 20 and 50%. I would expect there are many on ET and other internet boards. And would also expect to find many making much higher returns than 50% if they know how to use leverage correctly. And there is no incentive to prove profitability, unless you have a desire to make your trading results public for some reason. Most people prefer privacy.
I only learn to survive when i admit to myself that trying to be consistently profitable is a fool's endeavor. It can be achieved easier if one has deep pocket and master-level skill.
Thanks for that EOC. Not sure I'd learn much from you anyway.....unless it's brushing up on my trolling skills.
I disagree. If 50% to 100% a year is good enough, then anyone can make it if they are willing to put in the hard work. No master level skill needed.
The Greeks used to say that Pride comes before a Fall. Nowhere is that more true than in the trading arena. The day you think youve nailed it,is the last profitable day you will have for the month. Being a successful trader is like being a recovering alcoholic.One day at a time.Your profitability today is no indication of your profitability tomorrow. Further,a poor trader with great market conditions can run like a god for 6 months whilst a great trader can do everything right,amidst poor market conditions,and have his bankroll and emotions in significant drawdown. This isnt a job.If you are looking forward to the day when you know it all,cant go wrong and can activate cruise control,you are in the wrong place.Youve chosen this for yourself for a reason and its not for an easy ride.You will be tested until the day you quit. To answer the OP,anyone with any self awareness will be reluctant to crown themselves the trading GOAT. Ive learned a lot,however,from trades that have been posted.Could be a good trader showing a good trade or a poor trader showing what they think works for them.There will be gems and,at the very least,an opportunity to 'know your enemy'.
I may be wrong, but it's my view that most can't even sustain a decent run (say 2-5 weeks) after years of study as a retail trader. At the next level, where you're consistently profitable long term through a wide variety of market conditions, well, that's the very, very few anyway. The Market Wizards contain a large number of profitable traders with proven track records, but what's the sample size? Surely it's huge? And even among those - how many were able to sustain it long term? A few of them even flat out said they got started during a period where it was literally impossible to not make money as everything was going up.
The yachts. We need to see the customers' yachts. Anyhow, this guy can afford one, 100K to 5 M in 3 years: "ACHR $7 calls were selling for a nickel in September 2024. I bought $72k of them. Some of the options made 70x"
Just remember the 90-90-90 rule when trading. 90% lose 90% in the first 90 days of trading. If that doesn't make you cautious, then you have no business trading.