What does it take to "go pro" and get people to give me their money to invest?

I believe a dream of mine would be to trade stocks for a living. I love researching companies and using my own intuition and analysis to pick stocks and get a read on what will be the next big thing. I started investing in 2011 and have achieved an average annual return of 18% for my portfolio. I have been fortunate enough to have beat the S&P 500 every single year. I am aware that this can be explained by sheer luck, but would like to think otherwise (obviously). My question to you all is: What do you think it would take for me to be able to do this for a living? Is there a way I can statistically prove that my ability to pick stocks is almost certainly not a fluke? Assuming I have a special talent and wanted to start my own shop, how could I do it?

Submitted May 19, 2017 at 02:32AM by youngchriii http://ift.tt/2qYEPo8