Why do more than 90% of traders lose?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by emg, Apr 8, 2011.

  1. emg

    emg

    Revisiting this article (research) again:


    Do Individual Day Traders Make Money?
    Evidence from Taiwan


    http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/odean/papers/day traders/day trade 040330.pdf


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    the occasional day traders can be those that are trading their retirement accounts:

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    they fair far worst than heavy day traders. It is obvious those that day trading their retirement accounts will be wiped out



    More proofs are coming
     
    #121     Sep 13, 2012
  2. hitnrun

    hitnrun

    A majority of traders are undercapitalized

    You have to have the capital , skill set & dicipline to trade your plan effectively
     
    #122     Sep 13, 2012
  3. Does emg have a mental disability? I am going to put him on my ignore list.......
     
    #123     Sep 13, 2012
  4. Smearing shit on a piece of paper would be a valid counter to the academic arguments. Bring them on. Google images of faeces for the ripostes.

    From the genius nobel prize winners that first brought you LTCM...

    emg is the rain man of Et -over 4000 posts with the same message.
    Mental illness seems a strong possibility.
    Got his mba in a cracker. Bet he can't wait to see what new qualifications Xmas 2012 brings him.
     
    #124     Sep 13, 2012
  5. I think so :(

     
    #125     Sep 13, 2012
  6. It's because people can't be simple. They tend to be very smart at things.
     
    #126     Sep 13, 2012
  7. because 90% of people cannot trade properly.
     
    #127     Sep 14, 2012
  8. SatMir

    SatMir

    How to trade properly?
     
    #128     Sep 14, 2012
  9. more like 90% of people are simple. If you observe the average trader. you wil lsee their greed kills them every time. Nature. Can't be beat for the majority eho put no work into what REALLY works in the long run.
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    It's because people can't be simple. They tend to be very smart at things.
     
    #129     Sep 14, 2012
  10. Really?
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    How to trade properly?

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    Manage risk, cut losses, let profits run, treat it like a business not a gamble.

    the main reason peope lose = they gamble.
     
    #130     Sep 14, 2012