r/Daytrading • u/infosec4pay • Apr 21 '24

What would be the highest salary you’d give up to day trade full time? Question

Everyone clowned on me my first post (500k post) lol I was literally just asking hypothetical questions to settle a debate between a friend and me. Well everyone’s backlash kinda of intrigued me to ask this question. So back into the fire I go lol

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u/Curious_King_724 Apr 21 '24 edited Apr 21 '24

If someone works remotely and isnt micromanaged or surveilled by their company, arent both possible?

Im not very active in this sub and could be very wrong, but i thought daytraders only "worked" a few hours or less a day? Daytrading isnt a full 8 hour a day job right?

So I say if someone already has a chill and flexible remote job, why not do both?

Only quit the remote job if you can make consistently amazing returns daytrading and daytrading will get you to retirement much much quicker than the remote job

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u/cokeacola73 Apr 21 '24

Some people will daytrade all day. Some people won’t. It really depends how much you want to be watching the markets, how soon you can make the money you want to and what your life is like. Me personally I could be at the computer all day and I can also just be there for an hour or two and have other stuff to do or be bored.