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Re:Day Trading for a Living? by ineedasername on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @11:33AM (#20941239)
Because it would represent an extremely narrow slice of traders. It's possible traders of these equities find it quite hard to make a living but a larger number of other day traders do just fine.

Also it says "impossible" but the article actually shows it's difficult and rare.

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Re:Day Trading for a Living? by bradshaw1965 on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @12:32PM (#20941979)
Glancing at the abstract it looks like 97% lose money, what larger number in a more suitable sample size would make a difference?

I've heard low single digits of traders and investors deliver Alpha. Impossible? no. Highly efficent? Yes

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Re:Day Trading for a Living? by peteey on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @11:42AM (#20941349)
The paper's claim is "virtually impossible".

The post's title is click bait.

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Re:Day Trading for a Living? by bryanrasmussen on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @11:48AM (#20941419)
lots of things are virtually impossible to do for a living and people still manage it though.
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