There are plenty of successful people who make 7 figures trading, year in year out.
I read that same article about those traders.
I basically didn't like that firms 'nominated' traders. These guys are no doubt exceptional, but there idea it's a 'top list' is a marketing ploy.
IMO, someone who should have been on that list, at the top, was Paul Rotter.
4,000 lots in the
DAX is huge, yes. However, Paul Rotter doing 200-300,000 round turns a day blows this guy out of the water.
http://www.trading-naked.com/paul_rotter.htm
(TraderDaily Interview) "the mercurial Rotter is a hugely successful trader. Though he wouldn’t confirm any compensation figure beyond saying that he takes in more than $5million per year, some say he pulls down at least that much per
month."