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Thanks for the reply. Agreed that I'm no genius, but I've made 15-25% most years which I'm relatively proud of.
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I think your ****** comments are a little overboard. I'm up much much more than 200% over that timeframe.
So why did you claim you're making 15-25% per year, which is in line with the market? Now you claim to be making far more than 15-25% per year?
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I make more trading per year than my regular job
This makes zero sense. You say you have a "good job" that would allow a more expensive mortgage. You now claim you make more trading per year than this good job.
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I was very happy to get my trading account to about 105k as of 12/31/16. Beers were had with my wife to celebrate (we're not rich)
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My dilemma: move to a nicer house and use 100k or keep pursuing the trading with all of it? I swear this is not a humble brag.
So you claim to be making at least $70K/year trading for various years + the same from your job. Despite that, pulling out $100K to put down on a house is a "tough decision" for you.
Hah? That makes zero sense. Nor does this:
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Thanks for the reply. Agreed that I'm no genius, but I've made 15-25% most years which I'm relatively proud of.
If you're making at least $70K/year and you're claiming you're making 15-25% "most years" trading, you must have at least a $500K bankroll. Or else you're making far more than 15-25% or so a year. So why is the $100K a hard decision? And why are you celebrating having a trading account at $105K at the end of the year when you claim to make nearly that much trading every year?
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and have moved the majority of my investments to long term retirement-type accounts and that dates back to before the recession. This money was a surprise and although I'm on track for retirement I'm wondering if this is a good time to pull some significant (to me) cash off the table or whether the market looks more attractive over the next couple years.
You're crushing the market according to your claims, yet you don't know what makes a market attractive or not?