most people lose cause they have no risk management. and take too much risk.
as for trading for a living
this business sucks
$100,000 is more than enough to trade for a living.
people lose cause they want to make 10X their money in a year. or undercapitalized
i guess you don't know you buy a small business for only $100,000 and make $100,000/year in salary. and much easier to make money than chasing rabbits in rigged horse track. and being whipped around and fucked around by market makers and algos or own the market. with negative pricing BS.
the exchanges used to owned by members and rules made. for the members..and members can abandon the NYSE, nasdaq, or CME and start their own BS exchange. without the broker/dealers the exchanges have no business. but gov't controls the 'racket' now with gov't requiring you to take these series 7 and pay big bucks for exams and etc.regulatory fees. you dont need no no SEC with that much fraud going on.