Quote from Gordon Gekko:
how the hell are you guys making so much money!!!!!!?????????
reading this stuff really irks me..... i can't make $10/week and you guys are making fortunes. the life i would have if i made a fraction of that amount....... i WILL figure this out before i die...... in the meantime, i will just have to be pissed...
LOL, although I feel for you
I am up over 1400% ($700,000) for 2002 trading part-time. I'm pretty sure I beat most of the Professional Mutual Fund Managers (friggin losers).
I am going Full time January 2nd, so I guess I'll start losing money because of overtrading. :eek:
I have been trading over 25 years, mostly futures and position trading stocks (3 days to 3 months). Daytrading is new to me, I do intraday, but not scalping. I made big money in NXTL B $3.25/S $11.75, DCEL B .18 cents/S $2.47, CHTR B $1.10/S $2.15, my most recent trades, most of the first half I was mostly short.
I didn't make the big money in trading until I had already become a millionaire thru real estate.
My trading plan is no different than when I was in my 20's (1970's). The difference is that when I was young I had no money trading with a $5,000 account that I kept "Blowing" out

Too much pressure, I needed the money for rent, car, chicks, etc...
Now that I don't need the money I am much more relaxed, I don't need the money to pay personal debt etc...
I am amazed actually at how easy it is to make money vs how hard it was when I was "Undercapitalized" and stressed out.
I truly believe that the "BIG" money is made in position trading. I can show you 100 Long term Millionaires for every 1 Intraday Millionaire (Soros, Buffet, Paul Tudor Jones, Richard Dennis, Denesh Desia, ME

, etc...)
I personally do not know how to Daytrade (scalp). I have no system, and I am not sure if I want to learn

Daytrading seems to be fast & furious (too stressful).
Experience counts, trust me. I believe it takes a minimum of 5 years to be good at anything.
Don't give up. Have a plan, stick to that plan, have good capital, and go for singles (no HOME RUNS) except with options
Good Luck!!!