I have made way way over your 500k this year, 20th Feb 2020.
I am happy for both of you.
By the way @PoopyDeek did even better: $6.7 M last year.
Actually he mortgaged his house. Read his posts.Going long and adding to a long using you day job salary on qqq is investing, not trading.
You mentiond making a half million in the last year, I have made more than that this year (2020) as an actual trader on leveraged instruments which many of actually can handle.
Question: What leveraged instruments are you trading?
Best to you.