POLL: Are you profitable? Is the 95% losers myth true?
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Thread: POLL: Are you profitable? Is the 95% losers myth true?

  1. #1
    The only principle of this thread:
    Please do not post about your profitability or not, just vote the poll, let's keep anything anonymous therefore the egos stay out this thread, this imply each post like I'm profitable or I'm not profitable isn't welcome, if these articles do occur I will delete them, as they'll be contrary to the sole principle of this thread.
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    Some say 95 percent of traders do fail within the first few decades, some say 50 percent of traders are profitable, some say less than 1% make it.

    First of all let's define according to this POLL what we mean with profitable:

    A profitable trader is one that according to today, have created an overall profit in his trading life.

    This mean, if you opened your very first trade 2 decades ago, during those years you've definitely lost and left money, the question would be would you have made or lost money on overall?

    Some examples:

    in case you've losted a total of 10k for example during the previous 2 decades, and now you're making 5k profits on a new account through the previous five months, you're still not profitable according to this POLL.

    Or, when you've made 100k out of trading 3 decades ago, and this year you've lost 50k, you're still profitable according to this POLL.

    In other words, your last/current account does not matter, what it matter is the amount of all your trading activity in your whole trading life.

    I'm very interested to see the results of the poll, 1 thing to say:
    The poll votes are anonymous/secret, and will be eternally.
    Therefore, nobody could possibly know if you're profitable or not, not even me!

    P.s.
    Please be truthful when voting, we're generating some potent statistical data, and as the votes are anonymous, so your ego wouldn't benefit at all from lying about your profitability.

  2. #2
    Quote Originally Posted by ;
    quote If you quit your job and begin living from trading, that is really the BEGINNING! If in 5 years you are still making a living from trading, then you can say you are somehow making money in the long term. . .
    Let us assume I would provide you 500k to play Casinos. Would you're profitable after 5 years?

  3. #3
    Can not be reliable.
    People will lie (condition of delusion)
    or they believe the demo account is actual.

  4. #4
    Quote Originally Posted by ;
    can't be trusted. People will lie (state of delusion) or they believe the demo account is real.
    Mmmm...
    As for today, we have 7 votes, 4 profitables and 3 not profitables.
    57% profitables, I've never ever meet a genuine profitable trader (even on internet) in my entire lifetime, but we already got 4! In less than 24 hours!



    Nicely jokings apart, still quite early to make any judgement, I would like to see something like 250-500 votes prior to give it any type of credit.

  5. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by ;
    can't be trusted. Folks will lie (state of delusion) or else they believe the demo account is real.
    Hopefully the poll is anonymous they have absolute nothing to achieve if they lie and nothing to lose if they speak the truth. Hopefully after the poll is 2-3 weeks old we shall see whether the myth is true.

    That I'm interested about it. Please dont lie men.

  6. #6
    I didint vote for one reason I didnt start actual trading yet
    but lost some money since this past year as (program price,little real accounts for test,some monthly fees and etc.. .)
    But'm sure that if I start real trading because few month I was earning money but I prefer to stick to my main plan and don't run for 10$ or 100$ which I could make using little amount or capital and risk it for some money.

    Because of live in Dubai and over here there is no pro traders ... I mean a lot of rookies but I mean some of actual earning money traders in the net and you can find them.

    Why you need to loe actual traders that earning a huge of money every day ??!!!
    Easy .... I input the forum if I have some problem from the market ... or start losing any money due to bad habits or trading system
    I am attempting to get some reason that create the profitable trader to go into a beginner forum to vote.

  7. #7
    Voted for Total Lost Money
    Very small number of traders are in profits, and quite small number of profitable traders, making from a big lots and big profit. Do you agree?

  8. #8
    Quote Originally Posted by ;
    Voted for Overall Lost Money Very compact group of traders are in profits, and very compact group of profitable traders, earning from a huge lots and huge profit. Do you concur?
    Hey hey let us not overlook the sole rule of this thread, just let's not write what we have voted not to influence/affect the voting intentions of different voters

    Anyway I agree, from time to time I have seen here inforexforum.co.zasome guys claiming to be among the few profitable big lots big profits trader, but along the way that they revealed to be scammers, regrettably.

    Therefore the profitable trader to me is still a urban legend, so I'm pretty sure that there are big lots and big profits profitable traders in the world as well as here onforexforum.co.zaanyhow!
    But they are soo few that loe one or perhaps have the pleasure to chat together with him is somehow very difficult!

    Let us keep voting

  9. #9
    Quote Originally Posted by ;
    quote hey hey let's not forget the sole rule of this thread, only let's not write what we have voted to not influence/affect the voting intentions of other voters Anyway I agree, from time to time I have seen inforexforum.co.zasome guys claiming to be among the few profitable big lots big profits trader, but along the way they demoned to be scammers, regrettably.
    That's pretty sad.

    Quote Originally Posted by ;
    Therefore that the profitable trader to me personally remains a urban legend, I am pretty sure that there are big lots and big profits profitable traders from the world as well as here onforexforum.co.zaanyway! But they're soo few that loe one or perhaps have the joy to chat with him/her is somehow very difficult! Let us keep voting
    I've seen somebody in this forum talked about his trading with his huge trading lots (which can be far too big) like 500 lots, and most importantly do replied on them stating oh yeah... I did that, only that not that far, probably 100 lots while I am sitting here struggling with my 0.01 lots.

  10. #10
    Quote Originally Posted by ;
    quote That's pretty sad. quote I've seen somebody in this forum talked about his trading with his big trading lots (which is far too big) like 500 lots, and most importantly do replied on them stating oh yeah... I did that, just that much, probably 100 lots while I'm sitting here struggling with my 0.01 lots.
    I know a guy that he does 15k lots in average in a week and he is profitable since 2008 monthly 3 percent to 5 percent

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