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Am I the only person who considers 20%-50% per quarter (months at least is a sensible goal) and why do so many traders on here say its not I understand a few of those people that are doing this and some are even achieving 35% a month could someone explain preferably someone who's really a successful trader if that exists on here?
Well, there is lots of reasons. One is they have been lied to by brokers and lots of so called guru's into thinking trading is easy. Folks do not realize you're competing against people who have deeper pockets and a lot more years experience than you do.

Can you think you can perform surgery by reading a novel or buying some paint by numbers course?
Of course not!

But some people think they'll be millionaires overnight by trading.

I could go on but this would be a lengthy post.