I've been working the last ten years to become an overnight success... (paraphrased!) I believe this sums it up pretty well. Most 'wealthy' or 'successful' traders - however you wish to define it, have been working at this for quite a while, and we only hear about them once they become successful - whether it be by reading about them, watching them on a TV program, biopics... whatever the medium is, and suddenly they're this overnight sensation. I always maintain it is easy to make money - it is the keeping it is the tough part!