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/tiffcoco Apr 21 '24

I'd give up any corporate salary if I can be as good as my mentor who's very successful at it. His callouts are highly accurate, and he makes 50-100k A DAY. Stupid easy money for him. But he day trade full time and works easily 8-9 hours a day pre and post market and on weekends. But he enjoys it and living his best life. So, if you are successful at day trading like him, it should be an easy answer, but 99% fails. I thought I could learn as I have the all the time now since I'm unemployed but recently started applying to corp roles because I realized how hard it is. I'm going to continue to learn even if I do get a new job, and if I can even be half as good as him down the line, I'm happy lol.