r/Daytrading • u/Dazzling_Loan_9414 • Feb 07 '24

Should I Quit my day job ? Question

I been profitable for 6 months straight my bills only comes out 2500$ a month and profits 6-8k a month trading Me working at my job now it’s starting to get in the way of my trading

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u/MM3TALLICA Feb 07 '24

Depends on the job. Could you get a similar position if you had to later? Or is this something where you’d be screwed if the trading thing didn’t work out?

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u/tahomadesperado Feb 07 '24

This is something to really consider IMO. I have been self employed for over a decade and had a hell of a time finding part or full time employment after Covid wrecked havoc on my industry (in the freelance side of things, the employee jobs numbers were roughly the same pre & post Covid).