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How much do day traders make? What real account data shows
Most day traders make nothing. They lose money. In one large study of real accounts, 97% of Brazilians who day traded futures for at least 300 days…
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Book Reviews
George S. Clason – The Richest Man in Babylon – Review
The Richest Man in Babylon is a book of short money parables set in ancient Babylon, and its whole message fits in one sentence: keep at least a…
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Risk of ruin: How bet size decides if your account survives
Risk of ruin is the chance that a run of losses takes your account down to a point you can’t come back from. I simulated 1,000 trades, 10,000 times…
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How do prop firms make money? A coin-flipper’s $50K challenge
Prop firms make most of their money from challenge fees, not from trading. At Topstep, even the funded account you earn by passing is simulated – the…
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Trading journal template: Free Excel sheet and how to use it
A trading journal template is a spreadsheet with one row per trade: entry, stop, target, size, exit, the result in dollars and in R, and a few honest…
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Is day trading gambling? What the numbers actually say
For most people who try it, day trading works like gambling: the expected result after costs is a loss. Two large studies of real accounts say so. In…