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Yes, made more money last year trading, than for all my previous jobs combined. Probably got lucky by betting big in an up-trending market, but I'll take it. I
by aflagatopamoon 8y ago
Yes, made more money last year trading, than for all my previous jobs combined. Probably got lucky by betting big in an up-trending market, but I'll take it.
I use an automated inter-day scalping bot and a collection of scripts to help with manual longer-term technical trading or jumping into a P&D for quick profits.
Generating alpha was easier for me than setting everything up. I did not use any complicated model or strategy.
I suppose it will get more difficult, if not impossible, once the big boys jump in, but right now it is a market for makers.
- anonu 8y agoYour answer is confusing... it sounds like you traded actively by "scalping" - but you admit that you got lucky via buy-and-hold ... So you didnt get paid on alpha - but just regular beta. Very few people have alpha....
- aflagatopamoon 8y ago~0.1% lending bot, ~12% scalping bot, ~7800% algo-assisted technical trading. The luck was that when you took a BTC profit on alts, BTC would have 5x in the mean time, so you 5x your profits. And even if you made a loss on alts, you'd still break even dollar-wise.