As a small investor, you are responsible for your own actions. You don't have to worry about window dressing at the end of each quarter and year, you don't have to worry about the market fluctuations and find ways to explain why you missed selling at the top or didn't buy at the bottom, you don't have to worry about irritating investors while taking a short term risk and under-perform a benchmark index.
The best of all, as a money manager of your own money, you can act as a long term investor - no money manger could have such a luxury! While you could be patient when the market is in turmoil, the money managers are losing sleep at night!
Do you still want to be that pro that manages other people's money?
Next, we will focus on the third advantage for small investors - costs!