I've never been comfortable calling losing traders... 'Traders'. Nor would many traders that I know. Could you imagine a consistently losing trader or short term lucky one goes in to a room full of long term successful traders and say's, Hi guys, I'm a Trader.
It would be the same as a bankrupt homeless guy calling himself a business man because he sold some stuff on the internet once or a person with an idea an 'Entrepreneur'. I actually had that one recently. Oh how I laughed.
I could go on with examples of this but I don't feel the need. Many will argue this point as they themselves could be losing traders but yet want the title. Short term successful/lucky doesn't count. For example, I open a restaurant and its full every night for 2 months, does that make a successful restaurateur? Difficult one but I wouldn't be happy with saying yes. I would want a fair amount more time than that. Not a definitive time, but a bit longer I reckon.
We live in a world where titles mean more than the value of their money or/and time.
To be a trader surely one has to be trading successfully, otherwise they are just a money giver to those who do trade.
Lee