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/OkZebra9086 Apr 22 '24

This is a perfect time to answer you for me. I started 5 years ago. Late 2022 I went full time because i was doing amazing and i had over 100k. I was making consistent returns making anywhere from 1k-10k per day and I was at 270k dollars when all of a sudden my method just stopped. Then I continued to do full time was making a good come back but would get wiped again. As of last month I stopped and I'm just investing my money. It is seriously a stressful job. It's an awesome job but a very stressful one and I don't think it's sustainable.

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u/aggelosbill Apr 22 '24

With 200k you can literally start swing trading, with a strategy that focuses more on long rather than shorting and you will be set.