Anyone here making over $100k just trading ES ?

Quote from scorpion:

Why do you need to make 100 k per year trading? Your not making that now .. If you limited success with trading futures it does not matter what other people earn .. You should find what works for you & lower your earnings expectations first off. Trading may not be for you if money is your Only motivating force. Too many people think trading is easy way to make a ton of money.Yes their are traders making 100 k per yr trading futures & also their are some that can't earn a dime. It's hard work & you have to earn it. Better off to stay with the 9-5 job for your income. swing trading is a good way to stay in the market & earn some extra money possibly. Trading is not for everyone ..
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Blah blah blah. Same ol' same ol' I've heard throughout the years. Nothing I don't already know. Been at this game for a while now and know the in's and outs of it. And my job is FAR from a 9-5 job, lol

Just an FYI, I work in law enforcement and don't plan on giving up my pension to trade fulltime until I've made $1.5 million with $1 million saved in cash. Will it ever happen ? Maybe, but if it doesn't I wont lose any sleep over it. I'm happy with the way my life has turned out so far (only 27 yrs old) and I dont need money to make me happy.

$100k was an arbitrary #. If you can pull $100k u can surely pull double triple or quadruple if size doesnt f#ck up your pyschology.

Obviously diversifying the intstruments you trade is better, but that had nothing to do with the question.


I love how in ET, you ask a simple question, and you are told that you can't trade, trading is too hard, don't trade, trade other instruments, etc.

I bet you every single one of you that answered does not make that kind of $. yet all you pikers have responded.
 
Why do you ask such stupid questions then? If you traded futures you know what the potential earnings are. You made 15k . Now you want 100K .. Get real .. Stick to your big career . I don't work 9-5 job. Whatever big shot . You should forget about trading . It's not for weak minded people like yourself. Your a lost soul. Your Only dreaming & it's time to wake up..
 
Quote from wiesman02:

... Last year I pulled $15k / yr trading the ES, ...
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If you made $15k on 1 contract, now you can make $60k with 4 contracts, and so on. There's no need to improve. Trying that might actually bring you down.
 
Quote from nonlinear5:

Dude, I make over $100k per day, and that's just trading one ES contract. How's that for motivation?
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$100K/day, day trading ES? Interesting. How many contracts do you trading in an average day to make that?
 
Take the OT till fall then look at it again, swing trades probably the way to go come fall, 17k plus whatever ur swings bing in. A couple years would be nice??????????
 
$15,000 is pretty good. A nice chunk of change. wiesman02, how much starting equity you use? How much leverage? What kind of strategies you employ?
$15K could pay the rent with some left over.
 
ES has lots of scale and $500 margins, so as long as psychology isn't the issue, sizing up is the only thing limiting $15,000 from $150,000.
 
Quote from Notes123:

I hate cops. I hope you lose your pants, and the taser gun, the glock, the handcuffs, the stick, the screwdriver, the torch, the hammer, the pepper sprayer, the wrench, the scissors, the knife, and every little gadget that you attach to your belt.

Jesus, just look at the waist belt of a cop, he has more tools than an electrician, a plumber, and a carpenter combined. Behind the belt, he has 12 donuts and 6 cups of coke in the digestive system.

Seriously, you only need a pen and a notepad to write your tickets.

"License and registration please."

oh, talking about OT, I know how you got it: chatting in the parking lot of McDonald's. What a fucking waste of tax payers' money on the cops.
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I'm not a cop, idiot. But thanks for jumping to conclusions.
 
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