How many of you make over 100k/day regularly day trading?

Quote from kalikahuna:

So, I am not a day trader...solely do option trades that are usually held 2-5 days so not too familiar with what kind of capital and expectancies ppl have to day trade full time.

But a friend of mine, her new boyfriend told me and my wife that he avgs. 100k/day day trading in addition to earning 1mil/yr in long-term capital gains. Is this common? or is he likely full of BS? He does seem to be well off with a nice house in Century City and a ferrari...but 100k/day consistent profit day trading sounds extremely tough and I would expect him to be in Trader Monthly's top 100 traders or something then.


That's pretty steep earnings. but doable.

What's his academic and work background?

You'd need a superior programmer type with superior analytical skills. Kind of like a Engineering/maths/Physics whiz working at Army Signals as a elite code breaker.
 
Quote from ssblack:

LOL! Too easy on that one.

Hey, check your PM's!!! :)

It just shows how long we have been on here when most wont get the joke. Check your PM's mate
 
does he trade for himself or work for a firm? If he's trading for a large ibank or hedgefund then it's definitly possible, of course it's not "him" making 100k/day then.

But if you are telling me it's just some guy trading by himself, then 100k/day is crazy. What does he trade?
 
Here is the mother question that needs to be asked to anyone making or losing 100k per anytime frame:

What is your RFT's number and its attributes? Attributes are not easy to cover here, but let look at RFT's number.

RFT's number is equal to: (X*Y/Z)*P, where

X: proportion of winning to losing trade
Y: reward (expressed in same units as Z)
Z: risk (expressed in same units as Y)
P: pace (inverse of holding time) expressed in (day)^(-1). For instance for holding of one year, P=1/360. If one day P=1, if half a day P=2.

The higher RFT's number, the better. Upper bound is infinity (obtained with Z=0, RFT's favorite trading method).
 
but if his account is $25 million than it's only $25 million per year whic his only 100% annual return.

If he can get 1000% annual return consisttently than he can be top 100 traders on trader's monthly.




Quote from kalikahuna:

So, I am not a day trader...solely do option trades that are usually held 2-5 days so not too familiar with what kind of capital and expectancies ppl have to day trade full time.

But a friend of mine, her new boyfriend told me and my wife that he avgs. 100k/day day trading in addition to earning 1mil/yr in long-term capital gains. Is this common? or is he likely full of BS? He does seem to be well off with a nice house in Century City and a ferrari...but 100k/day consistent profit day trading sounds extremely tough and I would expect him to be in Trader Monthly's top 100 traders or something then.
 
ie. if you account was $50,000 making $50,000/year or 100% is easily possible.

making 1000% or $500,000 on a $50,000 account is possible too.



Quote from NazSpaz:

With automation it is possible.
 
Listen everyone. Everyone makes $$$ on Elitetrader. There are billionaire fund managers on this board. Dont doubt it, they are here everyday making $$$. Only the best traders come to this board. Why isnt that believable?

The best advice I can give you is to worry about your own situation and not someone else's. Focus on improving what you drive and dont look at someone else's ride...
 
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