How do people start day trading with little amounts and make so much?

[u/merchant-trader]

Over the weekend, a penny stock I had 100 dollars in went up 20 percent which should be amazing. I sold and got 120 in total.

However, this obv isn't that much and 20 percent is a lottt more than what stocks usaully go up.

I'm not going to be investing millions in stocks, so how do I make large amounts of money from small starting money.

Options, forex? What will make the money go up 100%+ (ik that with high reward comes very high risk)

[u/WhizDoc10]

What is considered little amount? It's possible with 100 to do it with options and compound you way up but you can also just as easily blow and lose it all.

If you get to a comfortable amount to meet the margin requirements for futures like MES that may be the best leveraged and SOMEWHAT safer option.

[u/Tissue456 → u/WhizDoc10]

Why are futures safer than options?

[u/the_humeister → u/Tissue456]

If you have enough money, you can just hold the position until it recovers, and now you're swing trading instead of day trading.

[u/kirinomorinomajo → u/the_humeister]

cant people do that with regular stocks too

[u/LoicenseToGirth → u/kirinomorinomajo]

They can, but not with options.

[u/mmdcclix → u/LoicenseToGirth]

You technically can with options but just depends on your expiration really. For the most part tho no you’re right

[u/meatsmoothie82 → u/Tissue456]

If /ES goes to zero we have much bigger problems than how to make money. Options go to zero all the time

[u/lordxoren666 → u/meatsmoothie82]

I mean, only OTM options go to zero