Life After (Failing at) Trading

Most non-traders would expect you to fail at something so difficult so I doubt they would look down on it. TO them it is like saying you took 6 months off to try out for the NBA and decided you could not do it. Makes an interesting interview but no harm no foul for most I would think.
 
A resume and your experiences are what you make of it. If you show the trading time as a negative, it will be a negative. If you show that you ran a business and learned from your mistakes, it can be a great positive.

Or, just tell them you took time off as others have stated. That's the easy way out, but I think you could turn it into a real positive after some thought.
 
LEAVE OUT daytrading on your resume'. it sounds reckless to most people unfortunately. a better way of approiaching trading as a career once you have kids and a family is to start off part time and slow. once you build a successful strategy you can embark on a trading career.imo
 
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What are some career options for an individual who has failed at trading full time. Let's use the following scenario:

- person has college degrees
- person has solid work experience of close to 10 yrs in a salaried, non-trading job
- person quits to trade full time
- 6 months to one year later person has failed to be profitable and is looking to get back to a salaried position

how difficult is it for this to happen? will the attempt to be a successful trader be frowned upon by potential employers? why or why not? is day trading a resume killer?
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i resigned from my job in apr 2002 to trade full-time. quit trading in mid 2005 and was rehired by my company. i didn't list day trading on my resume. i did start a web-based bizness and i put that down to fill in the period from 2002-2005.
 
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