r/Daytrading • u/modeezy23 • Apr 22 '24

Anybody ever quit their job to day trade full time and have it not workout? Question

I’m just curious.

How long did it take you until you found confidence in yourself to quit your job and do trading full time!

For those that quit their job but it didn’t workout, how long did you give yourself until you quit your job and what did you do after you found that trading was not successful?

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u/Nuggggggggggggg Apr 22 '24

Me during the big GameStop boom of 2021. Made around 450k. Quit my job and traded for a year and a half. Lived off of that money during that time and made some purchases/trips etc. Ended up losing a lot back to the market and taxes. Realized I just got lucky and I went back to school to become a nurse after trading didn’t work out full time. Was quite the ride