#159: Market Wizard Lance Breitstein: Not Impossible, Just Improbable

Breitstein argues trading success requires years of unprofitable grinding plus a "powerful why," and retail success rates have fallen well below 1%.

• Two brutal years: Breitstein lost money almost every day for a full month at Trillium Trading in late 2011, prompting an HR intervention before he turned profitable.
• Three pillars of performance: He frames trading success as natural talent, hours worked, and effectiveness of those hours—citing LeBron James and Michael Phelps as exceptions on all three.

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