My "Disciplined Daytrader" story

I guess it's human nature to resist something that doesn't align with your experiences. Poor guy, sounds like he got burned badly.

It's a wonder, though, why him (and others) spend so much time on a website that has to do with trading?

Sometimes I wonder just what the hell I am doing here now but if I should ever leave trading either by choice or by misfortune, can I get somehere here to agree to a mercy killing?

good god people, there's a damned world out there
 
Quote from NoDoji:

When you learn how to do it properly, as a day trader you will win in a "Spectacular Fashion." You'll just win!

Awesome NoDoji, just awesome :D
 
Quote from failed_trad3r:

stoplosses are for those without a true edge.

I found it just the opposite. When I didn't use stop losses or used enormous disaster stops, I was trading without a true edge and took huge losses.

Now that I have a fantastic edge, my stop losses are smaller than ever, sometimes only .05 in the highly volatile oil market.
 
what a garbage. Trading is as highly positively correlated to successful business as it is to long-term professional poker players. They all share the very same traits and many required properties are identical.

How about:

Dedication to what you are doing
Patience
Sometimes eat your loss and move on, there is a new day
seize opportunities with edge in size
stay away from those who spread negativism
Intelligence way above the average crowd
practice, practice, practice
ability and willingness to learn (from anybody)
relationship building abilities
able to navigate difficult waters by staying calm
ability to seek a balanced live outside of the main profession as well

I strongly disagree with everything you listed below:

*** the more calls you make the closer you are to success? Hmm, maybe in the US, but in most other parts of the world people think you are full of shix if you open your mouth all the time while only 1 out of 100 words is worth even listening to. And yes you are a lot closer to success in trading by working hard , A LOT CLOSER. In fact you catapult yourself right away into the top 10% of those who pursue trading, now you need to focus on gaining the necessary edge and retain your composure to be part of the 5% that actually makes money.

You are a troll, otherwise you would notice that most here on ET ask questions about how they can get a software that searches, tests, and trades ideas all fully automated so they can lie at the beach. Others wine around how they broke their rules for the 1000th time. Those people are lazy and will lose, this is a given not a possibility.




Quote from marketsurfer:

Once again, trading has absolutely no simulaties to business or how success is gained in other areas of life.

for example: In business, the more calls you make the closer you are to success, the harder you work the closer to success--- are you closer to success by making more trades or working harder in trading?

anyone who equates the two has ZERO knowledge of either--
 
absolutely, but without hard work you fail for sure in ANY business, even as a hooker and pimp. Very simple!!!


Quote from cvds16:

Really ? I know a few people that worked their ass off and still went bankrupt ... there is a lot more to the equasion, just like in trading ...
 
Quote from cvds16:

totally correct, just as people will ultimately fail in trading without the hard work ....


To succeed in trading requires many things , hard work and commitment, capital, constantly researching and developing your trading edges , discipline (with your entries,exits and position sizing).

Constant hard work, constant research and development, constant discipline.

Just like any other buisness, you cant let up otherwise the competition will kill you.
 
its not that simple..discipline, hard work, looking at charts, keeping on top of the markets are all good things to do but no way that can come close to guaranteeing a successful trading career.. however, it does in any other industry.
 
No one said it was 'that' simple, the failure rate is high for a reason, just like the failure rate is high for ANY business where the earning potential is so great.

If one knows the failure rate is so high, I don't understand why they are so shocked when they become a statistic.

Quote from NY_HOOD:

its not that simple..discipline, hard work, looking at charts, keeping on top of the markets are all good things to do but no way that can come close to guaranteeing a successful trading career.. however, it does in any other industry.
 
Quote from asiaprop:

absolutely, but without hard work you fail for sure in ANY business, even as a hooker and pimp. Very simple!!!

this is not true...Talent plays a huge role and in some cases it is very effortless.

You can be a hooker and work day and nigh, but if you dont have the wares and the talent to s**k the golf ball through a hose you may not get as far as someone who tries 1/15th as hard...Just look at Athletes, Celebs and Highly succesful Sales people. This is also true for trading... I understand what you are trying to imply though and I agree to some extent..

Not to mention the thousand other factors that have nothing to do with hard work.
 
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