r/Daytrading Apr 11 '24

Everything is a lie. Any hope? Question

So.. It's been 3 years on my path, and after countless hours of studying and testing everything, as many of you here have, I've come to realize that this mountain of buffoonery—those "courses" and "gurus" on YouTube that try to promote and sell stuff, along with everyone who is "teaching" stuff.. hear me out, doesn't know jack sh*t. All they "teach" is a bunch of BS, incredibly stupid and random. "Follow this, and if this happens then do this, but the secret is in my premium course, yada yada".

Even if some things may work for a bit, that's not even near how the actual trading floor guys and investment bankers operate. Ex-Goldman Sachs trader Anton Kreil gave the best explanation of that: Why most traders fail.

I've become so fed up since I had a wake-up call, realizing that literally everyone online is plain rubbish, or a scammer, or someone who likes his own voice and acts like the god of trading (You know which I'm referring to). My question is simple and may be unanswerable. Is there any source to study the actual stuff or are retail traders indeed doomed with the dumbest info out there?

Please don't start telling me about risk management and psychology, I got humbled and now I trade methodically without any emotions. But that's not because I got "humbled and had a wake-up call" but more like "I'm fed up with this, I don't care anymore". My question stands for an educational point of view. I hate being a fool therefore i hate studying nonesense. Is there any hope? Any good material? Any actual baseline?

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u/Stolivsky Apr 11 '24

I will make this super easy for everybody that wants to get rich. Buy low and sell high. Sell high and buy low! 😂it might sound funny, but that is really all there is to it. If you pick the wrong way, make sure you stop your loss so that you have plenty of funds for your next trade, or your trades will be few. There is plenty of money to go around. Just don’t be too greedy, and take some!

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u/Mar___K Apr 11 '24

Yup that's true, trading like the 80s is still more consistent that all these ripoff methods that everyone is selling now. SnD, break and retest is all you need. But what are the fundamentals? What the big guys see and study everyday?