| Most people who decide to become traders - stock | | | | time, or commute to the office or factory. Trading |
| trading, futures trading or forex trading, want to | | | | gives you the gift of time with your family and |
| become traders for lifestyle reasons. What are the | | | | flexibility. |
| main lifestyle benefits of being a trader, and how can | | | | Whilst trading offers an enviable lifestyle, |
| you expect to live once you become a full time | | | | unfortunately most new traders will never be |
| trader? | | | | successful. Why is this? |
| Why do many would be traders, intelligent, well | | | | Well trading is the ultimate expression of capitalism - |
| educated people who understand the mechanics of | | | | traders meeting in a market place. There are no |
| the financial markets fail in their trading? | | | | distortions. Nepotism means nothing. Charm and |
| There are a few aspects of lifestyle that are unique | | | | appearance are irrelevant. All the reasons that people |
| to traders. Firstly, trading does not involve answering | | | | can make it in employment whilst being useless are |
| emails, working in an office, corporate politics, regular | | | | no longer applicable. |
| working hours or any of the things associated with | | | | More than 95% of would be traders fail. They don't |
| corporate life, or employment. There is little in | | | | have a trading plan, or a profitable system. They lack |
| common with ordinary employment. | | | | discipline or suffer internal conflicts. They chase after |
| Secondly, successful traders can be extremely | | | | scams or won't put in the work to learn about the |
| wealthy. Their income is not restricted to the amount | | | | market, forgetting how hard it is to learn any new |
| they can sell, how hard they work, or their position | | | | job. Sometimes they spend all their time on forums, |
| on the corporate ladder. | | | | following the herd, or looking for a broker to hold |
| No matter how hard you work in most jobs, you | | | | their hands. They won't manage risks. |
| won't be driving a Ferrari. Paul Tudor Jones, a top | | | | Perhaps, they don't want to succeed, and are more |
| trader made more than $700 million in just one year. | | | | comfortable relating to people on their own financial |
| In trading, the trappings of substantial wealth are | | | | plane. The losing trader has not yet overcome the |
| within reach. If you've ever wanted to help out your | | | | obstacles between them and success. |
| parents, or fund a cause you believe in, money is the | | | | The 5% of successful traders want to be profitable, |
| key. Trading is all about making money. | | | | but their primary drive is to succeed by fulfilling their |
| Trading can occur wherever you have a computer | | | | true potential in the market place. The successful |
| and an Internet connection. You can trade from | | | | trader stands out among those who criticize him on |
| virtually anywhere on the planet. If you want to sail | | | | the way by achieving the peak of what most people |
| the Caribbean on a yacht and trade, you can do so. | | | | can only aspire to - true independence and self |
| You don't need to be at a certain place at a certain | | | | mastery after overcoming many hurdles. |