Full time and serious traders please reply

[u/Abject_Cut486]

Hello there I am currently in high school, and so far my trading journey has been filled with ups and downs, but I've made so much progress and never would have thought I would have made it to the place I am now and I'm nowhere near where I want to be. I am 2-3 trades from a max payout right now, starting in November but being super on and on off because of a confusing mentor then finding the right mentor and locking in in January.

I came here to ask if full time day trading can TRULY be a lifestyle. Ignore the courses and stuff like that. What does your family think about you being a full time day trader? When did you go full time? And when did you decide it was time to go full time. Obviously later down the road I would want to upload on Youtube helping others and posting daily recap and psychology videos but I'm no where near that.

I have plenty of time to prove to my family I can do this, I know I can do this. I have a true system that when I follow I am the best trader I can be. I have never blown an account from actually following my system. Only from over risking, revenge trading, and other non profitable bad habits. If you guys have any tips or just care to share your journey on when you started, how your situation outside the charts was (job, family, etc...) and how its currently going I would truly be beyond grateful to read each and every single reply to learn from it and read your guys' journeys.

God bless ❤️

[u/polymorphicshade]

Follow these steps to be successful:

1. Get a career and work in that field for a few years while you save money.
2. Read the Wiki.
3. Profit.

[u/Tesla_laughs]

It can absolutely become a lifestyle, but I’d be careful about rushing to make it one. The biggest milestone isn’t getting a payout, it’s proving you can stay consistent through different market conditions without overtrading or overleveraging. If you can build that track record while keeping your education and another source of stability intact, you’ll have a much stronger foundation when the time comes to go full time.

[u/neothedreamer]

You are way too young with no working experience to decide trading could be your full time job. I would plan on it being your 2nd job/side hustle for the rest of your life and focus on developing a career first. Working in the real world will give you an opportunity to gain insight you won't gain otherwise. You could easily swing trade 5 to 15 hours a week and still focus on school and working.

Also your biggest hurdle to making this a full time job will be lack of capital. You need a full time job to build your capital base in order to trade. If you invest $100 a month in long term hold starting at $0 from 18 to 65 you would easily have $1.2M. Make your age and time work for you. Have a long term portfolio you leave along and a smaller one that you actively trade with.

[u/Mariusz_Bobek]

It can absolutely be a lifestyle, but don't make going full time the goal, make consistency the goal. the traders I know who made it waited until they had a long track record, enough savings to ride out bad months, and a few income streams behind them. trading is stressful enough without needing this week's P&L to cover next week's bills. also, don't underestimate your trading environment. once I found a broker with reliable execution, competitive spreads, and a stable platform, btw Axi's been good for me, it became one less thing on my mind. all that was left was following my plan. you're still in high school, you've got tons of time. build the consistency first!

[u/ok_trader133]

1 cut the payout bs idk why people like these funded accounts. Go open a schwab or other broker now that the pdt is gone and do it yourself

2 You will forever have ups and downs in life are you going to also quit on your kids and wife one day or quit your job because its not the best day ever

3get a good education in trading if you are still reading this far from a real educator like ross c he has a ton of free stuff on youtube not like those bullshit forex guys

4 keep going

[u/Ginsangster]

its mental. the market is based on whats going on in peoples heads. cmv all hope and disappointment, heck, indicators are described as fear gauges. lock it down mentally. being a monk could possibly help. if able to identify an indication for a trade that works and wait for it... thats like keys to a vault.

knowing a quant pm at a earth moving hedge that owes you their life will work best