Define a successful trader in 1 sentence

developed own profitable trading system and automated it to eliminate the human factor.

Strategy, money management and respect.

He did a lot of research and testing. Developed a good trading robot and launched it on the market.

Respects risk above all else.

Successful trader is a lonely cowboy who does not follow the crowd.

@amsb spot on , I believe that a successful trader really doesn't care about other traders and paves their own way to success.

he doesn't follow the crowd in making trading decisions

He doesn't sell his system.....

The guy who at the moment of his death has active trading account with at least 5 profitable years.

"Aussie" the yokel.

“Fuck, why didn’t I understand that one price action truth years ago, those thieves and scoundrels have been trying to hide it from me from the start”

Successful trader means me
https://www.forexfactory.com/ha3an

Treat every single trade as a business and know the potential risk vs reward

One who can successfully manage trades even if entered on a coin flip.

Worked through all the endless information about trading and figured out what's bs and what's not hahaha

A successful trader is one who knows when to exit a trade just how well they understand when to enter a trade.

A successful trader plays a proven profitable non-subjective technical system ...

One for which the following formula is true:

avgWinAmount * winRate - avgLossAmount * (1 - winRate) > commissionPaid + capitalInvested * riskFreeRate * time + minimumWage * timeSpentTrading

A successful trader knows what they are doing. They never distract from their trading plan and keep following it.

I don’t think it can be defined in just one line because the meaning of success is different for different traders. When a trader is able to achieve his short term as well as long term goals, he is successful.