Are successful traders born or made?

Are successful traders born or self made?

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Kinda like asking was albert einstein born a genius or was he self made

You may watch "BBC - What Makes a Genius?". In this video they try to answer for such questions
My own opinion is - Made.

we must be born first to grow some hand to clik and some eyes to see
and i doubt we can teach parrot or monkey to trade.

It's like the person asking someone " Were any great men born here ?"
Answer : " No, only babies born here".

Many great people later in life turned their failures into success.

http://presentoutlook.com/famous-failures/

Born. Simple as that.

Imho, it takes both, just like anything else in life. Having the capacity without the motivation won't get you there, and vice-versa.

They're all purely made mostly and in general... with small and minor influence

coming from genes and heredity...it's a cool debatable question though...

Reminds me of the famous debate between Richard Dennis & William Eckhardt which led to the birth of 'turtle traders.'

IMHO Successful traders are made & birth is part of the process, for some the birth part has positive roles in the process, for some negative. after-all if one finds himself on the right side, it has to do with his dedicated work.

And what the hey man Poundtrader with the questions? It's like you're

some sort of psychologist that like getting in the peoples heads by asking

questions you know is going to ruffle some feathers and or stir up some

debate...I like your approach though so you have no ruffled feathers from

me I'm just sayin....keep up the good work PT...gotta keep the brain working

and thinking huh? I see you...take care...

I think a good trader can be made.

Some of the replies connect the word genius and persons such as einstien. With the question.i cert
aInly dont believe you have to be a genius. Infact some of the best traders tend to come from the opposite.the barrow boys of the london spring to mind.quick witted and emotionally adapt.not frightened of risk.are they born that way no there the product of there inviroment.

I would say both. But it is bit difficult to make successful traders. There is a unique story behind every successful trader

I believe born, but you discover yourself and know you are trader or not.....

this is one of the problems facing retail wanna be traders.those elite your referring to have a story because there one offs.but that comparison is not realistic.

there are thousands upon thousands of successful floor and day traders slogging it out week in week out making comfortable livings.its not such a impossible task .

I remember starting this quest with 2 friends many years ago.im the only 1 still trading.they are both extremely inelegant wealthy men.1 of them would go into a state of increased heart rate and sweat so much he would need to change his shirt.this was risking a possible total loss of 5 uk pounds.he could not handle the loss of controll over the putcome .he cannot trade although has just opened his second hotel.the second friend who made 18 million pounds when his company was floated set aside 100.000 pounds to trade.he lost that in 6 months.he played the market like roulette. Both are very detetmined men but both concluded that trading was not somthing they could adapt to.

its really to do with the type of person you are .it takes a certain type of personality to trade which I dont believe your born with and its not based on your intellect.

just my 2 cents worth

lol, you take care

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