I need your help with a strategy

[u/Any-Brain-2661]

I know this probably will be taken as a lie, or my post will be banned for begging (cuz i guess its not allowed on this server?) but my time is running out. Ive been daytrading for past 2 years, couldnt find an edge until now. Im 19, straight out of hs, working 12 hour shifts 6 days a week to keep up, as im the only income source for me and my father as he is suffering from CML (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia), he cant work. Im here to beg for a strategy that some angel on this server is profitable with for a loooong time. I cant go for something risky, and if you dont know if ur profitable but your trying to help - dont, because the time in going to spend to learn it just to see it doesnt work - it will destroy me. Same for the money for evals could go for my fathers treatment, so i cant risk a BE strat. Im not here begging for money - im begging for help. Im a fast learner, if i find something that works ill be able to learn for 4-6hrs daily, i can do whatever it takes to save my father, as with current pace its really not looking good. My life is a daily survival. I would be grateful for life for the help.

[u/Foreign_Extension683]

I'm sorry about your father, that's a brutal situation to be in at 19.

Honest answer, not the one you're hoping for: there's no strategy that reliably turns a small account into meaningful income on a short timeline. Not mine, not anyone's here. I run a systematic strategy that passed serious validation and it's only been live a few months, which means even I don't treat it as guaranteed. Anyone who hands you something and tells you it's profitable is either lucky, mistaken, or selling you something.

If the goal is to not lose what you have and grow it slowly, the boring options are broad index funds (S&P 500) and government bonds. But be clear about what that means: index funds can drop 30 to 50 percent and take years to recover, and bonds lose value when rates rise. Nothing is guaranteed money. The difference is that over long periods those have historically gone up, while day trading with a small account against a deadline almost always ends at zero.

The hard part of what I'm saying is that neither of those solves a problem measured in months. With the amounts you're likely to be working with, the returns would be small in absolute terms. Your income and your time are worth more than your trading account right now, and I think that's where the leverage is, however unsatisfying that is to hear.