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by njr » Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:39 pm
Not all loose money but the majority of them do
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by BillyB » Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:39 pm
Wd40 wrote:I thought day traders always lose money. I would be interested to know if anyone consistently makes money by trading gains alone.
I'd estimate that 95-97% do. The ones that make a living from it have plenty of capital to burn through, very good brokers / contacts in the industry, and are very selective about which technology and market data to use.
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by Wd40 » Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:46 pm
BillyB wrote:Wd40 wrote:I thought day traders always lose money. I would be interested to know if anyone consistently makes money by trading gains alone.
I'd estimate that 95-97% do. The ones that make a living from it have plenty of capital to burn through, very good brokers / contacts in the industry, and are very selective about which technology and market data to use.
I would also imagine many among the remaining 3-5% are trading on some sort of insider information.

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by BillyB » Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:09 pm
Wd40 wrote:BillyB wrote:Wd40 wrote:I thought day traders always lose money. I would be interested to know if anyone consistently makes money by trading gains alone.
I'd estimate that 95-97% do. The ones that make a living from it have plenty of capital to burn through, very good brokers / contacts in the industry, and are very selective about which technology and market data to use.
I would also imagine many among the remaining 3-5% are trading on some sort of insider information.

That's what I was alluding to!
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by njr » Thu, 05 Sep 2013 2:09 pm
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