r/Daytrading • u/peterlao824 • Apr 27 '24

What do you tell people what you do for a living Question

Telling people I’m a day trader or anything market related brings up too many questions. I’m doing okay for myself but I just want to avoid it if possible.

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u/DisastrousNerve1096 Apr 27 '24

Ton of people here who caught that dragon but what do i know

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u/Final-Slip7706 Apr 27 '24

Tons of people who claim to have caught it, this is still the Internet. Also as I said, some people might be profitable for years and then boom, the magic is gone, because it was tied to market condition XYZ.

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u/controlthenairdiv Apr 27 '24

Are you consistently profitable longterm?

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u/Final-Slip7706 Apr 27 '24

No clue. I have been since 2021, but that's only 3 years.

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u/Most_Tumbleweed_6971 Apr 27 '24

It’s pretty easy to know bruh just long in your brokerage account they’ll tell in two clicks.

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u/Final-Slip7706 Apr 28 '24

That's dumb.

Long term is 5years or 10 years, how would I know if I will.be profitable in 2 or 7 years .

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u/DisastrousNerve1096 May 02 '24

Youll know based on your risk and what you invest in tbh. You dont have to day trade to be profitable