{"id":31627,"date":"2013-09-21T10:04:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T14:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=31627"},"modified":"2023-04-17T11:24:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T15:24:58","slug":"what-does-the-average-day-trader-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/what-does-the-average-day-trader-make","title":{"rendered":"What Does the Average Day Trader Make?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q: What does your average day trader earn in percentage terms per year?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

@MikeBellafiore<\/strong><\/p>\n

SMBU recently sent a survey to the SMB Trading Community asking of their trading frustrations. From this survey we ferreted out the top five trading frustrations. Then we held a Webinar to offer solutions. During this Webinar we were asked the question above.<\/p>\n

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In One Good Trade<\/em><\/a> I wrote about the percentages a trader can earn on his trading book. Those returns can be obscene. So ridiculously good that I wrote no one would believe them. This is a function of many factors:<\/p>\n

1) Day Traders (I say Intraday Traders) are expertly efficient with their capital.<\/p>\n

2) We trade so actively that we have more opportunities. For example, did you see FB explode into the close? TSLA the past few? P this week? The solars on the open? We see all of these moves in real-time with sophisticated and powerful trading tools.<\/p>\n

3) We can leverage our money to many multiplies than a hedge fund, mutual fund, institution, or retail trader\/investor. Day trading leverage to a trading firm is calculated much differently than for a hedge fund. We can trade bigger intraday accounts with less money.<\/p>\n

Let’s just say our returns in percentages are obscenely higher than what a portfolio manager might return or what many consider a solid increase on their capital. If you insist on an answer check out One Good Trade<\/em>. I am not answering that question here and starting all the disbelief \ud83d\ude42 . Kiddingly, I want to enjoy my weekend.<\/p>\n

Related blog posts:
\nThe Money Trade<\/a>
\nYour Job is to Not Make Money<\/a><\/p>\n

You can be better tomorrow than you are today!<\/p>\n

Mike Bellafiore<\/p>\n

One Good Trade<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The PlayBook<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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