the best really short term trader, if you believe what they have disclosed about themselves, has to be Al Brooks
That secretive Japanese dude. " a Japanese day trader who'd made a big bet against the market timed the bottom almost perfectly and narrated a play-by-play of the trade to his 40,000 Twitter followers. He claims to have walked away with US$34 million (S$47.7 million).Aug 27, 2015"
Cohen made most of his money holding positions but yea, he has a big team of traders that trades both intra-day & longer time frames which is typical for many pros in this era. Al Brooks is on record saying he was never profitable in the 10 years he day traded. Not aware of any traders that got wildly rich from only intra-day trading since the days of the floor traders. Not biased - I am primarily a swing trader that trades intra-session about 7-12 times per month when the right setups are there, CIS - his big $34M trade was a swing trade built into over a 2 week period. On the last day he added in 41% of his position - the capitulation phase. .
Well he was a pro trader making a very good living at it for over a decade before he put this trade on. There is always a level of luck involved with the big winners. Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. CIS had been watching the bid-ask action on the most active Nikkei stocks & saw deterioration with demand before placing his first short position. He said he diverted his attention away from the open P/L by playing a computer game. CIS was a Japanese millionaire trader living in Japan when he put on the big Nikkei short. Day traders could learn something from this.
CIS is an eccentric - a real computer gaming fanatic, for him the market is probably just another computer game except that it pays the bills. https://www.smh.com.au/business/mar...-trader-makes-48-million-20150828-gja58s.html
Here is a quote from the guys blog. (Gary Phillips). "...high frequency traders (HFTs) now use ultra-high speed connections with trading venues and sophisticated trading algorithms to exploit inefficiencies created by the new market structure" http://tradestrongmanagement.blogspot.com/ The guy is a genius. Nobody knows about him.
Hello comagnum, Did Al Brooks eventually become a profitable day trader after 10 years of losses? Thanks