Huge, huge misconception and mis-information regarding all of the legends of the trading world. The biggest: Jesse Livermore, totally inconsistent, really blessed then suicide Your favorite guru, some one of them (Larry Willi is average) Some first success (because of luck) huge amount of salesmanship. Better marketers and sellers compared traders. While your star is shining get OPM asap. As soon as you own Millions$$$ under control, you can stop pretending and get simple avg return of 6 % / annually.