Thanks for the suggestion. I've considered the "button" and will be considering using it if the tone doesn't change in the next few days... My other option is to just kill the thread of even leave it to die... at least many of the readers will have ...

I trade my own account for a living. Tell your story

I'm saying there are very good traders wasting their trading years away making their 5% a year with excellent skills and knowledge of the markets due to mental self-imposed limitations, not being aware that even equity curves have a sort of ...

I trade my own account for a living. Tell your story

BTW, the only reason any experienced independent trader isn’t making 10%, 20% or more monthly and consistently is because he/she doesn’t truly believe he can and mostly because he can’t mentally handle their equity reaching a certain amount. This is ...

I trade my own account for a living. Tell your story

Had a real great time reading the last posts. Thanks guys. Now, pls I'd appreciate if we could stick to trading OUR OWN ACCOUNT on this thread. I'd also like to clarify that when I say "fulltime" I am referring to independent traders that make a ...

I trade my own account for a living. Tell your story

Not taken. Your point of view is to be respected and I do understand what you say. I just think we should stay respectful and refrain from making personal judgements between members. If we can have an interesting and constructive discussion then I'm ...

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Thanks guys for your very different views on this topic, I personally appreciate them all. I’d really like to keep this thread clean of the usual flaming about it being or not possible to achieve. If we can’t pass this point through then I guess ...

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The market is a reflection of the self, I guess that's what they are getting back from their own trading..doubts and disbelief. Trading is the only profession where no two people get the same results from doing the same thing... and people tend to ...

I trade my own account for a living. Tell your story

Your perspective is very much appreciated. Thanks! So what would you have changed in your trading plan, besides your starting capital, based on what you know now?

I trade my own account for a living. Tell your story

I made it a couple of times already, during my sabbathical experiments so it's not that i believe it, i just know it.

I trade my own account for a living. Tell your story

Hell, you just found out what my life's purpose is

I trade my own account for a living. Tell your story

These are average values that you should take as reference, we all know sometimes you'll get above and sometimes you'll stay below. Some people need goals to measure their progress against *something*, I'm one of them. I like to know where I stand ...

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Agreed, words of wisdom, Stephen. Thanks.

I trade my own account for a living. Tell your story

Everyone has got a "ceiling number" that they can handle, be on their balance, profit and stop loss. First thing is to "find" yours and work towards allowing yourself to make it bigger as you progress in your trading.

I trade my own account for a living. Tell your story

Yeah, all things in life feel scary the first time they're handled, then it becomes a habit... that's why my trading plan includes some heavy psychological work on mysefl and regular reassment and self-evaluation, the goal being to move higher and ...

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Yeah I paid off most of my debt, at least that part that was suffocating my life, now its just the mortgage, so I'm ok... it only took one year of patience and strict rules and mm (both in and outside trading) and a "savings" mentality that I didn't ...

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The price of rushing things up is usually a blown account... PATIENCE is the king skill in this business, either while planning your strategy for months or executing your plan with discipline. Hopefully your 5 hundred are not rent money.

I trade my own account for a living. Tell your story

Have you done it already on a demo account? If not, then stop dreaming and make it happen in DEMO account first. You must treat this like a business, plan things ahead, base your trading decisions on a solid foundation that YOU KNOW and have ...

I trade my own account for a living. Tell your story

I guess I was just able to stop sooner... get back to the drawing board and draft it all over again.

I trade my own account for a living. Tell your story

I do, i.e. i just draw a couple horizontal line to spot my price levels. You're on the right track.

I trade my own account for a living. Tell your story