Why do you keep bitching, the US indices are not "the market" there is more shit out there, plenty of volatility in CL for instance, excuses after excuses....
Simple, as an expert in statistics I demand my samples to be in the hundreds, preferable in the thousands, this almanac fails miserably in that regard.
This is absurd, depends on risk, an adept daytrader shouldnt need 10k to trade 1-2 contracts, that's a complete absurdity, as it's trading ES with requirements as little as 300-500 per car, same degree of insanity.
You comparing oranges to apples, even if you don't like the prospects of most jobs, at least most of them will pay for your time, if most traders fail, not only will you not make money trading, but you will lose, not to mention opportunity cost.
Funny how many posters act as if you were doing something very wrong and absurd, like trying to find the sun at night. You doing nothing wrong, most people fail at trading, particularly daytrading, and most who post on this board are failed traders, even those who claim otherwise and are...