I didn't say "a person wakes up one morning and really understands the markets"
I said "This kind of trading does not learnt overnight. It takes years to develop, learn the markets and all that is involved with it. "
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Sure, but you state this:
as a fact, while it is surely not. You can't really believe that there are no profitable daytraders just because you havn't met one.
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The fact that you never met such a trader does not mean that these traders do not exist. I know several daytraders, both in stocks and futures, who make money consistently on a weekly basis. Although there are some down days, and even down weeks but on a monthly basis they withdraw their...
It sure does not serve any practical purpose but it has become part of the site "culture". If you change this, you basically change the whole site. If it's for better or worse, well, it can be argued...
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If one advances confidently in the directions of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life has he imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. - H.D. Thoreau
Sounds like a mad scenario. I can relate to the emotional state you were in as I've felt it myself... It's all part of the initiation into serious trading careers.
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