do the really good ones ever have losing years?
this is my 9th year doing this as my only source of income.
first 8 years were good. first 4 my avg was really good.
last 4..avg is so so. but never a losing year.
now this year, i'm getting killed.
fwiw my avg per year after 8 years was +795 units. w/ the best
being up 1910 units and the worst being 2 years ago when i made only 200 units.
after yesterday i'm down -550 units for 2009. told my wife how much i was down the other day and she was like wtf.
last year i only made 210 units...which is basically what someone making min wage makes. (this will help you if you are wondering what a unit equals for me). better to list units than dollars.
year before only made 200 units.
i'm just curious for those of you that do this for a living and are good at it, do you ever have losing years or do you make profits every year.
i guess its better to make 100k one year and lose 10 k the next year
as opposed to making 20k each of the 2 years.
just pissed off on how 2009 is going .
thought i could do this for the rest of my life and not have to get a real job. have lost a significant portion of my bankroll this year.
i guess its best to have a regular job and do this on the side.
it just so happened my last year in grad school, i got really good at this and never got a job. oh well hope things will turn around this year.
still 8 months to go.
but if may is as bad as april, i might be done w/ this sooner than later.
feel free to private message me if you don't want to post in this thread.
thanks
this is my 9th year doing this as my only source of income.
first 8 years were good. first 4 my avg was really good.
last 4..avg is so so. but never a losing year.
now this year, i'm getting killed.
fwiw my avg per year after 8 years was +795 units. w/ the best
being up 1910 units and the worst being 2 years ago when i made only 200 units.
after yesterday i'm down -550 units for 2009. told my wife how much i was down the other day and she was like wtf.
last year i only made 210 units...which is basically what someone making min wage makes. (this will help you if you are wondering what a unit equals for me). better to list units than dollars.
year before only made 200 units.
i'm just curious for those of you that do this for a living and are good at it, do you ever have losing years or do you make profits every year.
i guess its better to make 100k one year and lose 10 k the next year
as opposed to making 20k each of the 2 years.
just pissed off on how 2009 is going .
thought i could do this for the rest of my life and not have to get a real job. have lost a significant portion of my bankroll this year.
i guess its best to have a regular job and do this on the side.
it just so happened my last year in grad school, i got really good at this and never got a job. oh well hope things will turn around this year.
still 8 months to go.
but if may is as bad as april, i might be done w/ this sooner than later.
feel free to private message me if you don't want to post in this thread.
thanks
