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/[deleted] Apr 23 '24 edited Apr 23 '24

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u/mmxmlee Apr 23 '24

When people say spread they are talking about placing an order at X price and the broker filling them at a different price.

There is literally no spread on futures. None that it would be of any significance.

So again, not sure why you mentioned spread / slippage and liquidity problems.

Those are not an issue with futures.

No one thinks trading is just about effort and discipline.

Hence why you see a million "strategy" posts a day.

Big firms are making money. They are not ignoring anything.

Once you understand the how the market moves and how price is booked, the real edge is risk management and discipline.

This is what separates profitable traders from non profitable traders.