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

Quote from shark:

One thing I notice about the kind of people who make 25M a year is that they are highly reluctant, even seemingly ashamed, to reveal what they make in such exact numbers. They'll usually say "I make a decent amount" or something like that when someone asks.

Yup if I was making that much I would say "I don't make that much". Why brag about the ammount of money you have, thats like putting up a sign to have to have people exort you
 
Quote from Port1385:

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...
<big>Kudos to you for the sage advice, something that you definitely won't hear very often among egomaniacs that congregate here. My rhetorical question, to which you need not bother answering, is:</big>

<font size=5>Just what the hell does it matter (to you and your buddies) whether somebody makes $100 or $100,000? </font>
 
Quote from saxon22:

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?





Very!!! Most Et'ers get that and more M-F.:D :D :D :D :D
M-F what about those who also trade the egyptian and israeli market on sundays?:D :D :D :D ::D +1
 
Of course it's possible. The question is how much capital is needed. If you manage a billion dollar account, then 100k just 0.0001%

Quote from dontevergiveup:

100k a day is very possible in my mind. fuck! 1mil+ a day is possible. don't let your own thinking....... limit what you think is possible.

even if the guy is lying there is people somewhere that are making that and then some.

I like to think anything is possible. think big guys.... why think small!
 
The real question is this: what sort of enterprising man would be able to sustain an account balance which would generate 100K per day. Moreover, if one is making 100k per day, how many days a year is he actually trading.

Consider the following. If have a blowout day where I bring home a bundle, what is my most immediate response? - where will my travel plans take me - i.e. get away from the screen to avoid emotional irrationality on my next set-up.

Holding belief in diminishing marginal returns it seems unlikely that a person, regardless their background or financial interest, would be disciplined enough after say, 30 100+K days in a row to maintain sufficient risk controls to experience another 30 100+K days in a succession.

Just the very existence of such a positive return from a chaos system is a statistical outlier. Possible? Sure. Likely? Well, there is a fat tail out there somewhere...
 
Quote from RedEyeFly:

The real question is this: what sort of enterprising man would be able to sustain an account balance which would generate 100K per day. Moreover, if one is making 100k per day, how many days a year is he actually trading.

Consider the following. If have a blowout day where I bring home a bundle, what is my most immediate response? - where will my travel plans take me - i.e. get away from the screen to avoid emotional irrationality on my next set-up.

Holding belief in diminishing marginal returns it seems unlikely that a person, regardless their background or financial interest, would be disciplined enough after say, 30 100+K days in a row to maintain sufficient risk controls to experience another 30 100+K days in a succession.

Just the very existence of such a positive return from a chaos system is a statistical outlier. Possible? Sure. Likely? Well, there is a fat tail out there somewhere...

You are correct and the reason for total automation:cool:
 
Quote from zdreg:

M-F what about those who also trade the egyptian and israeli market on sundays?:D :D :D :D ::D +1



Sorry, you are right I foolishly discounted those two. Especially the Egyptian one.This thing is moving the world markets as I write this. :D :D :D :D
 
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