I remember when the big question, asked on trading forums, was "do you trade for a living/".

In the past, I've been a full time trader, but I never really "traded for a living". I always traded to make money.

The thought of having to pay bills, out of my trading profits, would have set the willies into my willy.

Even when trading futures was my sole activity (other than drinkin' and smokin'), I spent a lot of time out of the markets.

Pound 'em hard and make 'em pay.