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My neighbor are all retired people in their 60s, I'm just in my early 40s, so i didn't say i'm retired, just in case they think i relying on my spouse who is working The only days when i feel good to move around neighborhood is when my spouse is around when she's on leave, I have company...

My trading is done by midday, after that, it is lunchtime. Always trying to find things to do in the afternoon, everyone is at work, feel so weird when my retired neighbor look at me with kind of "why you not out there working 9 to 5 job", i did not say I'm a trader, I'm not sure whether it is...

If u look at past history of neke, he has the ability to recover back fast 40k, 50k continuously, somehow it will happen if history repeats

I guess I'm going fulltime soon, wish me success, the push factor is lousy day job, thinking of getting another job, but decided what the heck, let's give day trading a shot, account now >300k

weird, seems nobody worry about Penson??? Quite a number of brokers clear thru Penson yet nobody seems concern

Positive for the month, still thinking hard of going fulltime But one thing about going fulltime is how to prevent over trading, meaning how to avoid taking a trade when the setup is not really there. Unlike if u have a job, u may not take a unnecessary risk if the setup is not there...

Saw your profile registered 2002, true fulltimer who has been around a long time, my profile has been mixture of day and swing trading, day trading those like bidu, aapl, nflx, though i must admit nflx is really a very volatile monster, and a couple of other stocks U r right, pressure from...

One thing I cannot answer is that I cannot 100% confirm that I will get a fixed income every month, it is a business which is unpredictable, though I quite confident, so she seems not so comfortable with the idea that I may have a loss month or months

U are so right, I need to work on these issues

Lost abt -10k last week, so this month will be a test for me whether my trading result is consistent...

Thanks for your reply, i guess my main hurdle if i stop day job is, i have to take out 6k every month from my account, 1 year will cost me 72k...costly for my trading account But coming back to the push factors for me to consider fulltime: 1) Health factor, i have been getting not enough...

i wish i could, but guess too risky, take small step at a time

Thanks for your advice, yes, 4 months still too short to prove, anything can happen in the market...

All fulltimers, Have been trading part time for some 7 years, 1st 5 yrs results have been inconsistent, but still able to grow account, on the 6th yr, have been getting consistent monthly income, but still got hit by some occasional losses, this year have been quite good, able to double my...

Well done bro, u seems to have turned the tide to very profitable trader :)

Thanks for your sound advice

The above seems so right, how do you know :D But avg down is a devil which i dare not touch, it means adding to your mistake, i have numerous cases of using avg down which sometimes turn out to be huge huge losses, so have stopped using it.

ok, my performance only recently improved from 5k per month to 10k per month. 5k per month lasted for 1 year+++ (2008 to 2009, 2010), before it got into 10k per month, which lasted only the last 5 months (Aug till now). I'm not sure whether is it because of the recent bull market or wat, but...

Thanks for replying, so to earn 250k, work out to be 20k per month profit, I think my performance only avg 10k per month, you are right, if 20k per month profit, it will be better even after monthly expense which for my case, monthly expense is 6k. But on the other hand, increasing profit...

But i have some big questions: - this means my trading account will not grow as quickly? - i have lots of commitments kids houses car, so this is definitely no no? - i hate my current job... Any advice?