Actually, I am not well off per se. I don't own any assets other than shares. Many on these threads, including yourself, are far wealthier than me. Although I am a lot younger than many of you would think.
The only reason I use the term professional trader on these threads is to explain my approach to those here who are amateur investors and/or speculators (no FA scepticism, no TA knowledge, no stop losses, etc.) who keep on attacking me because they don't understand or relate to my style.
As for success, I am very happy with my trading progress. Unlike you and most others here, my considered analysis of NSL has been very accurate and saved me lots of money.