How come there is always so much negativity when it comes to being successful at trading?
Surely there is very successful traders on this board?
By successfull trader i mean making a better living than what they would at a normal job, example £60k a year. Surely traders from home can far surpass 5k a month?
I made the mistake of getting a live account and losing i think £300. I withdrew all my money and went back to demo.
I think that was the best thing i ever did because it taught me trading your own live money is totally different to trading demo as many people are emotionally attached to there money.
I will go live again in the next couple of months but with better understanding of risk and money management.
Negativity? Trading is the most beautiful there is on Earth - there is no better job in existence.
But to get there you gotta go thru' what Rambo went thru' in First Blood - eating boar meat raw, hair and all without salt or spices and drinking the blood because there was no stream nearby - and that's the easy part.
Then comes the real pain and torment - don't be surprised to find yourself in a dungeon, your back broken and your legs can't hold the weight no more. And it get worse, much much much worse - you lose all your resolve.
From there it begins. Whoever makes it past ALL OF THAT scores a place in the 5% winner class and thereafter stays there and just gets better. But the pain is never forgotten - it shaped the warrior.