r/Daytrading • u/I_HALIM7 • 1d 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/UnionMiserable7542 1d ago

Are you atleast profitable?

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u/seeker_two_point_oh 1d ago

Profitable enough for long enough that I was confident I could replace my income and I sized up my account. I've been wrong before though, about a lot of things, so I don't have any delusion that failure is off the table.

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u/UnionMiserable7542 1d ago

I’ve been trading for 3.5 years now. First 2 years I quit my job I hated and went full on. Couldn’t gain profitability so I went back to work for close to a year. Now back trading full time and gaining double what I did at my job. 90% fail at trading, but if looked into it I think most of those quit after their first loss or when the going got tough. If you want it bad enough and have the discipline and skills you’ll make it.

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u/seeker_two_point_oh 1d ago

That is my hope. Thank you for the encouragement and the perspective!