Day Trading Is Boring (Not What It Looks Like) (opens in new tab)

I have been day trading since 2001\. And I can assure you that successful day trading is mostly not what it looks like\. When people first hear “day trading,” they often think about fast charts, quick decisions, constant action, and some kind of special screen-reading ability\. But in my experience, this is not where the real edge is\. The traders I have mixed with over the years all used strict trading rules\. I have yet to find a successful chart reader \(however, this might be due to selec...