I came back for a brief update. Thanks to those who offered constructive posts.
I find the "I couldn't do it, so it must be impossible" attitude given off by CaliforniaMan and a couple other posters to be quite amusing. Arrogance at it's finest - continued denial of something any logical person would accept as fact given the amount of overwhelming evidence supporting it, simply because doing so would mean acknowledging your own failures. Age does not necessarily bring wisdom, and clearly not humility either.
I opened my live account shortly before creating this thread, after months of refining my strategy on practice accounts. Since then I am up 11.69%, which comes out to an average daily return of +.31%.
I've also been extended an offer to mentee under a trader who has been remarkably successful, and is looking to start a small private firm.
My goal in this venture isn't to make myself obscenely rich. I am very much so a minimalist. Once I have a comfortable egg built for myself, I will be looking towards philanthropy and funding meaningful scientific research.
I find the "I couldn't do it, so it must be impossible" attitude given off by CaliforniaMan and a couple other posters to be quite amusing. Arrogance at it's finest - continued denial of something any logical person would accept as fact given the amount of overwhelming evidence supporting it, simply because doing so would mean acknowledging your own failures. Age does not necessarily bring wisdom, and clearly not humility either.
I opened my live account shortly before creating this thread, after months of refining my strategy on practice accounts. Since then I am up 11.69%, which comes out to an average daily return of +.31%.
I've also been extended an offer to mentee under a trader who has been remarkably successful, and is looking to start a small private firm.
My goal in this venture isn't to make myself obscenely rich. I am very much so a minimalist. Once I have a comfortable egg built for myself, I will be looking towards philanthropy and funding meaningful scientific research.