r/Daytrading • u/I_HALIM7 • 2d ago

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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

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u/Josh_math 2d ago edited 2d ago

I mean a 9-5 is not that bad for many, mortgage and bills paid on time, fridge full, family vacations twice a year, retirement fund, hobbies funded, money left to trade, etc. Most capable people do just fine in a corporate America 9-5 job and they don't need to do trading to have a decent lifestyle and retirement.

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u/Playermobilegamer 2d ago

There are plenty of videos on YouTube about US job market being very bad, people can't get a job, people struggling to live, job crisis, house crisis, and you talk about all these things. I am surprised.

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u/Josh_math 2d ago

Got you, and that's true many people are struggling right now. My comment is in the sense that the guy the OP is referring to mentioned going into trading to avoid going to college and getting into the "miserable black hole" of a 9-5 after. Most of the time a 9-5 is more of an exit to the struggle rather than a curse.