ryan1234
Desensitized Member
Because the time and dedication it takes to be successful at that type of investing leaves many people with nothing and not even a t-shirt. Well Think or Swim used to give out a monkey but you get the idea.
I'm of average to slightly below average intelligence and I've done pretty decent at it. Granted 2013 was a great year for almost any trading... so maybe that helped. But I averaged about net $40-60/day... nothing crazy... but had an initial investment of about $500. And played uber-nerd with the virtual stock exchange for a year or two trying to make sense of charts, short interest, analyzing news, developing an entry and exit strategy, etc.
An actually I started because I had bad luck at BlackJack (and I was the type of degenerate that would go back and forth to the ATM).... figured maybe trading would be slightly better odds.