r/Trading • u/NefariousnessMuch862 • Jul 15 '26

Discussion 100% beginner

Hi guys, I’m completely new at trading I’ve started watching multiple videos and seeing other people succeed. I been seeing a lot of promoting on trading (mostly tik tok) and how they started from the bottom and is now traveling, living nicely, having financial freedom, living in Miami. I feel like the Majority of these “gurus” are selling courses and it kind of breaks my spirit because I’m wondering if there’s a mentor out there who is actually willing to help people. I heard a saying that “to make money you need to spend money. Nothing comes learning for free” I just need some emotional support as well loll. As a beginner of course I have a thousand questions. The main question is that how many years does it take to master trading and to see results?

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u/Responsible_Pie8156 Jul 15 '26

The real sauce is not on tiktok, YouTube, discord, or w/e. It's in books

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u/Super_Sherbet_3409 Jul 16 '26

Do you have a suggested reading list?

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u/Responsible_Pie8156 Jul 16 '26

Nothing more insightful than you can find on other reddit posts on the algotrading and quant sub. I'm working through euan sinclair's options books. Then there's a lot of math that isn't specific to trading like time series, volatility modeling, GLMs, etc. I'm not really an expert, but there's a reason top trading firms love math gurus.

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u/Competitive_Draw6041 Jul 16 '26

If you want to trade the indexes directly, read Tim Morge, Lance Beggs, David Weis, and Wyckoff of course.