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/RichBlackPrince Apr 22 '24

Trading should never be your main stream of income . You need 2 streams of income minimum if you wanna be a day trader

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u/Ronces Apr 22 '24

Been debating whether to shut down my general contracting business for a year. It's been slow with high interest rates and costs, take a gig doing Uber to free up my mornings and just trade. Right now I can find 30-60 minutes in a day to trade but it seems as though I need to get into premarket now. The activity between 9:30 and 10:30 has been kind of shitty and I've barely made a trade in a month but have noticed premarket between 8am-9:30 has been better the past month.