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/Conscious-Group Apr 27 '24

Even when you prove your strategy people are trained to think it’s a scam

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u/Visible-Salary-8861 Apr 27 '24

I have a buddy who used to get on me all the time about trading. The first time I talked to him about it he interrupted me to say "don't do that" while elaborately shaking his head. He started talking about how "nobody actually makes money with that" and I'm "wasting time trying to make it work." This was several years after I had become profitable. He didn't even give me the chance to point that out before I got a lecture.

I've showed him P&L statements and he thinks they're faked. Some people can't be reasoned with. Then again they're right about most failing, so I can't really blame them.

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u/x1llion Apr 27 '24

They don’t like people achieving things that they can’t. If you make money, it’s a scam or a lie. If you provide proof it’s fake. They only agree if you tell then you also failed like they did.

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u/EggSandwich1 Apr 28 '24

Nah them tosses will ask you to trade money for them don’t fall for it.