You cannot learn to trade 1M acct with 2K practice account

The mental / psych pressure is totally different. We are talking about someone with <5M networth of course. 1M to someone with 100M networth is no big deal, just like 2K to someone with 200K networth. You need to care in order focus. It needs to hurt to the point of disgusting you in order to force you to learn.

RE on the other hand, is a slow business. You will not be subject to a margin call from your mortgage bank, as long as you have enough cash flow to cover your expenses. So you can afford to sit tight and wait it out over a downturn. A highly leveraged position to speculate on RE price appreciation, on the other hand, is a totally different story. 

So if you have not lost 100K+ while doing active day trading a mid 6-figure account AND owned / managed at least a low 7-figure RE investment portfolio, you are not in a position to talk about the risk of stock trading vs. RE investment.

just my 2c

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• ding! -美西游子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 06:29:31

• +1 -Novice- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 06:31:59

• totally agree. -AMYMINT- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 06:32:12

• 大赞MM的心胸和气度！再次感谢你的系列。 -不锈钢碗- ♀ (87 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 06:38:10

• Move on, 真假还没有结论，那些质疑的人应该是更认真的在动脑筋 -math66- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 06:44:39

• 想问好的话，QQH问就行，现在各方都想偃旗息鼓，不提这事对各方都好 -math66- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 06:54:34

• 请问您是 -不锈钢碗- ♀ (33 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:13:56

• 你善良好心，但有可能会重燃战火，还是不提这事对各方都好 -math66- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:30:49

• 俺也表达一下感谢。谢谢分享！非常喜欢看。请继续写。 -barronsbook- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:14:33

• 你还真信了？不过欣赏你的认真负责，你的贴都有料，谢分享！ -math66- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 06:37:45

• 7-figure RE investment portfolio 两个50W 的房子. 要求不髙嘛.这里的同学99%是有这个资格 -yoyo2- ♀ (6 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 06:54:41

• 这个概念必须赞。 -独孤侠- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 06:55:41

• 咱坛总是问这个问题，牛奶和豆浆哪个更有营养？ -ZeroSumGame- ♂ (2132 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 06:57:27

• 赞。 -big-guy- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:01:06

• Great summary! -njrookie- ♂ (113 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:03:11

• 是的，我就是这样的意思。谢谢交流指教 -ZeroSumGame- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:05:55

• 肯定不是学生物出生。：）。 -Morning3evening4- ♂ (131 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:03:49

• 哦，那至少可以说找到了passion不是？:). -Morning3evening4- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:06:40

• 这个可能性时刻存在。一个行当做的越久自信越大，有时候胆子就太大了。 -ZeroSumGame- ♂ (389 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:08:39

• very agree except if you are in 谷歌, you won't buy google stock -LordofMoney- ♂ (174 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:08:23

• 顶！分析在理。 -IEbird- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:25:49

• 赞。一语中的 -海泠- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:01:07

• How much you can lose in a day will determine how much you can m -goodschool1- ♀ (69 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:10:39

• volatility 是投资的入门票。不愿意付的没法做投资。 -barronsbook- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:15:59

• 顶教授的好文！ -海魂衫- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:16:39

• agree! that's why paper trading can never fully prepare someone -gqc- ♀ (67 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:31:51

• 谢谢好文，我想也是。走大马路和走钢丝的心理压力怎么能比 -maywalk- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/27/2015 postreply 07:56:54