I agree. While someone can make lots of money by trading, it is an active and stressful activity. From my observations many start out as traders maybe even because they have too much energy when they are young and think they can outperform the markets in the short term, but eventually they migrate toward a more passive role, mainly as an investor. Either that or they grow their own businesses, where they might be as active and stressed as while trading or maybe more, but it's their business they work on.