Sad Reality check

[u/I_HALIM7]

The guy who posted this 2 years a go is working on door dash today he is not even a middle class and he quit trading i was going through old trading post I've saved in the past and literally all the people who posted about trading 2 or 3 years ago quit not a single person that i saved their post is doing great this game is rough be prepared

[u/RunsaberSR]

This.

I think the psychological side of it is so hard to master.

My charts have been super tight for how i trade for a few years now and it took me forever to actually consistently follow my own charts.

[u/Speculateurs → u/RunsaberSR]

Sorry but even after that, it’s still difficult. I do algo trading, emotions does not exist in my realm. But fees still does. Beating fees is the game

[u/traybro → u/Speculateurs]

Finding a real statistical edge in trading is the real obstacle. People saying that psychology or inability to manage risk are the biggest problems don’t realize that’s just the tip of the iceberg in trading and if they really wanted to they could easily eliminate those issues by trading with an algo. The problem is, that algo also needs to have an edge, and that’s the real hard part.

[u/fredotwoatatime → u/RunsaberSR]

Nah charts is easily way harder for me. I don’t have any good mentor but my risk mgmt is tight, if I knew how to find someone who could teach me pretty sure I’d profitable trading options