Ross Cameron is among one of the most successful day traders of our generation; a Vermont boy, who at one point in his life worked an “8 to 7” job in NYC, quit that job to live a more modest life back in Vermont. He first decided to trade stocks and sought to earn an extra $500 a week. This, however, would turn into $500 to $1000 a day investment wins.

So how did he do this?

Through the power of loss.

Ross Cameron had lost $15k on penny stocks.

This may not seem like a lot to many investors, but for many new investors, this could put them in the dog house.

And for many others, this is likely a sign for them to quit investing.

However, like many great minds, Ross Cameron saw this loss not as a defeat but as a lesson. If he lost $15k due to his poor trading skills, maybe upon proving his trading skills, he could easily have earned $15k.

And thus, his desire to become a better trader and never lose that amount of money again was awakened. Now, his story is inspiring because, like anything of greatness, heavy defeat is always a part of the process (Tirekickers).

Instead of giving up, he buckled in and continued to improve his trading knowledge and skills. Now that he has developed his criteria and has become one of our generation’s greatest traders and investors, he teaches others how to become better traders and investors. Finally, Ross Cameron also teaches workshops and just recently, he wrote and published a trading skills book.