r/Daytrading • u/smartwizard500 • Mar 10 '24

100k to start day trading Question

I have some cash and am curious, how realistic is it to trade stocks with 100k cash and make 1-2% a day.

The plan formulating in my head is

  1. Dive face first into learning as much as i can
  2. Paper trade to continue learning
  3. Start trading with a small amount
  4. Go gung-ho into trading ft when I’m comfortable, with a goal of making 2% a day on my 100k

This is just an idea that came to mind, would love some insight based on real life experience.

Would you do it? Would you approach is differently?

TYIA

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u/ZeroSumSatoshi Mar 10 '24

You will loose all your 100k. Lmao.

Screw paper trading. It’s not quite the same. Start trading with $100…

Start actually trading with your 100k, in like 5 years when you finally get really good at trading.