some people are missing the point. i've been trading for years and i am profitable. i keep track of all my trades and i have a positive expectancy. the problem is, after commissions and living off my account, my account size is not big enough to make the extra profits i want. if i had a bigger account, i would be able to make the profits i want. this is not an issue of my trading.
getting a loan...please read!
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thanks for the response. i don't disagree with you...i do realize that the long term benefit of selling the car is greater than the short term happiness i get from having it.Originally posted by daniel_m
A car?? A car over trading?? Come on man, where's the passion??? Screw the damn car!!
Seriously dude, if you really want it, my advice would be to sell the car. Trade well and you can buy any car you want. You gotta think long term man! In a few years that car isn't gonna be worth shit anyway. It's not like you bought an appreciating asset.
Yeah, you probably love your car, it's your baby, chick magnet etc. Thing is, sometimes in life you gotta make sacrifices to get the things that really matter. Trading isn't just a fleeting hobby. This is a career you're talking about (right?).
Do it man, do it now while you're young, and can afford to totally screw up.
i just want to say thanks to everyone who replied.
I could not disagree more.
I have seen tens of thousands spent on college, only not to use the education. I have seen many borrow to start businesses only to have them fail. If treated like a business (probably could not convince the bank though) why not take out a loan?
Keep the car - take a loan and make your business trading.
Make 'em pretty, Chris
I would think it is a world wide phenomenon. It's just the way the vermin known as humans try to maximize their reproductive success. And I hate being alive for that reason, and I am ashamed of being a human. Since my body does not react too well to mind altering drugs, I have to find things that keep my mind busy enough to let me forget about that truth for a few hours at a time. For me, that's the ultimate reason why I trade.
Have you tried "independent securities/futures liquidity provider"?
That's what we do for society. ...At least what we used to do until the SEC tried to delete liquidity by means of the moronic PDT rules. And I won't even get into the options mafia's rules here...
If you have the confidence in yourself to trade then get that loan. Just make up something to tell the bank. Since it will be a secured loan they may not even ask what it is for. If they do ask what the 20Gs are for just tell them you have some medical bills to cover or something along those lines. (LIE)
Let us know how it goes.
PS: I didn't like that picture in your profile anyway. I had you on ignore just for that reason. Thanks Baron.
Let us know how it goes.
PS: I didn't like that picture in your profile anyway. I had you on ignore just for that reason. Thanks Baron.
holy crap. We've got one guy telling you to commit fraud to get a loan, and another guy telling you to max out the credit cards. yikes.
But hey, you've got about a 10% chance of getting away with it. and if it doesn't work out, its just that your family will know you are an idiot, you won't have the car because it will get repo'd, your confidence will be shattered, you'll be working a $20k/yr job because you have no work experience, and you won't be able to get laid unless somebody loans you some cash for a hooker. But that's no big deal right ?
But hey, you've got about a 10% chance of getting away with it. and if it doesn't work out, its just that your family will know you are an idiot, you won't have the car because it will get repo'd, your confidence will be shattered, you'll be working a $20k/yr job because you have no work experience, and you won't be able to get laid unless somebody loans you some cash for a hooker. But that's no big deal right ?
Originally posted by MrDinky
Anytime a girl asks me what I drive I say "Ford Pinto". If I'm testing her intelligence I'll say "AMC Gremlin". If she's still around after that, then we might be getting somewhere. If not, well at least I didn't waste money on drinks.
I don't think the chicks are leaving after you tell them what kind of car you drive, its telling them you are Mr Dinky that gets them to turn on their heels.