if you think daytrading is a viable career, you have a low IQ

[ducksoover]

I almost always have to hold in my laughter whenever I hear someone talk about retail daytrading

It is a very quick IQ test. If you genuinely believe you can make profit in the long run by looking at "patterns" on a screen, you are an intellectually lazy day dreamer who doesn't have the work ethic to learn a real skill that will get you serious income.

Every single (and i mean EVERY SINGLE) so called daytrader online is selling a program. They sell dreams to people and use their method of "technical analysis" to show how they have their supposed edge in the market.

Anyone who has put in the minimum effort to research about the markets will understand that is all about reaching the raw prices first.

You are competing against HFTs (high freq traders) who have very complex and carefully designed algorithms that will slash the prices the 10th decimal and compute thousands of trades in seconds. You are not going to win. HFT hedge funds have invested millions of dollars in physical infrastructure to get as close as possible to the stock exchange to reduce latency. Meters of fibre optic cabling, FPGA boards that cost stupid $$$, expensive software to reach raw prices etc is the REAL edge in the market.

You are not going to win with your shitty wifi, your laptop, and astrology signs on a chart.

It amazes me how people fall for this nonsense in social media.

 

[iwantochange]

dnr

 

[DrMd]

dnr, day trading dosent take much iq so makes sense

 

[ducksoover]

dnr

i don't expect tiktok kids who dilute the quality of the forum to care

 

[iwantochange]

i don't expect tiktok kids who dilute the quality of the forum to care

i dont care about money

 

[ducksoover]

i dont care about money

Joined Apr 22, 2025

tiktok cel thinks i asked him

kids like you have made this forum shitpost central

 

[iwantochange]

Joined Apr 22, 2025

tiktok cel thinks i asked him

kids like you have made this forum shitpost central

i joined in 2024 but lost my account, you are incel with over 1400 posts just smd

 

[BlackFag]

day trading is good thing for extra money

but unless your dad is the CEO of blackrock
its not a viable career

 

[ducksoover]

day trading is good thing for extra money

no it is not, another idiot on the forum

 

[iwantochange]

no it is not, another idiot on the forum

 

[iwillascend2025]

good thread. there are no "secret tricks" in the stock markets

 

[King.epstein]

good thread. there are no "secret tricks" in the stock markets

Stock market has nothing to do with daytrading

 

[ducksoover]

Stock market has nothing to do with daytrading

he is still right in that there are no "secrets"

 

[satangoy]

I almost always have to hold in my laughter whenever I hear someone talk about retail daytrading

It is a very quick IQ test. If you genuinely believe you can make profit in the long run by looking at "patterns" on a screen, you are an intellectually lazy day dreamer who doesn't have the work ethic to learn a real skill that will get you serious income.

Every single (and i mean EVERY SINGLE) so called daytrader online is selling a program. They sell dreams to people and use their method of "technical analysis" to show how they have their supposed edge in the market.

Anyone who has put in the minimum effort to research about the markets will understand that is all about reaching the raw prices first.

You are competing against HFTs (high freq traders) who have very complex and carefully designed algorithms that will slash the prices the 10th decimal and compute thousands of trades in seconds. You are not going to win. HFT hedge funds have invested millions of dollars in physical infrastructure to get as close as possible to the stock exchange to reduce latency. Meters of fibre optic cabling, FPGA boards that cost stupid $$$, expensive software to reach raw prices etc is the REAL edge in the market.

You are not going to win with your shitty wifi, your laptop, and astrology signs on a chart.

It amazes me how people fall for this nonsense in social media.

as someone who's tried day trading i totally agree, the market can be unexpectable like shit, it's a good way to make quick cash but in the long run absolute shittt and as u mentioned competition is crazyy

 

[turkcelfatcel]

I almost always have to hold in my laughter whenever I hear someone talk about retail daytrading

It is a very quick IQ test. If you genuinely believe you can make profit in the long run by looking at "patterns" on a screen, you are an intellectually lazy day dreamer who doesn't have the work ethic to learn a real skill that will get you serious income.

Every single (and i mean EVERY SINGLE) so called daytrader online is selling a program. They sell dreams to people and use their method of "technical analysis" to show how they have their supposed edge in the market.

Anyone who has put in the minimum effort to research about the markets will understand that is all about reaching the raw prices first.

You are competing against HFTs (high freq traders) who have very complex and carefully designed algorithms that will slash the prices the 10th decimal and compute thousands of trades in seconds. You are not going to win. HFT hedge funds have invested millions of dollars in physical infrastructure to get as close as possible to the stock exchange to reduce latency. Meters of fibre optic cabling, FPGA boards that cost stupid $$$, expensive software to reach raw prices etc is the REAL edge in the market.

You are not going to win with your shitty wifi, your laptop, and astrology signs on a chart.

It amazes me how people fall for this nonsense in social media.

What would you recommend beginners

 

[KeepCopingLads]

I almost always have to hold in my laughter whenever I hear someone talk about retail daytrading

It is a very quick IQ test. If you genuinely believe you can make profit in the long run by looking at "patterns" on a screen, you are an intellectually lazy day dreamer who doesn't have the work ethic to learn a real skill that will get you serious income.

Every single (and i mean EVERY SINGLE) so called daytrader online is selling a program. They sell dreams to people and use their method of "technical analysis" to show how they have their supposed edge in the market.

Anyone who has put in the minimum effort to research about the markets will understand that is all about reaching the raw prices first.

You are competing against HFTs (high freq traders) who have very complex and carefully designed algorithms that will slash the prices the 10th decimal and compute thousands of trades in seconds. You are not going to win. HFT hedge funds have invested millions of dollars in physical infrastructure to get as close as possible to the stock exchange to reduce latency. Meters of fibre optic cabling, FPGA boards that cost stupid $$$, expensive software to reach raw prices etc is the REAL edge in the market.

You are not going to win with your shitty wifi, your laptop, and astrology signs on a chart.

It amazes me how people fall for this nonsense in social media.

99% of day traders are unprofitable btw guys

 

[gymcelld]

99% of day traders are unprofitable btw guys

Pack it in mate

 

[shuichi]

Retail daytraders aren’t losing because they’re bad they’re losing because the market runs on quantum vibes and their charts are out of sync with the profit dimension.
HFTs don’t use algorithms, they use financial telepathy to steal price movements before they exist.
So every time a retail trader draws a triangle, a hedge fund already cashed out in a parallel universe.

 

[ducksoover]

What would you recommend beginners

long term investing and actually putting in research into the industries youre looking into, not a 5 minute chart

 

[gymcel64]

Thank you.
The problem with this forum has gotten pretty clear after the results of the 2025 survey results; over half of the user base is under 18 years old.
Seeing people like you with an ounce of common sense is a ray of sunshine to me in this dark cloudy shithole that this forum has become.
HFTs have been raping us all since the digitization of the markets.

 

[Wexilarious]

True, it would have worked if prices wouldn't be randomly go up and down but being logically attached to something, but it not

 

[Oopity]

I almost always have to hold in my laughter whenever I hear someone talk about retail daytrading

It is a very quick IQ test. If you genuinely believe you can make profit in the long run by looking at "patterns" on a screen, you are an intellectually lazy day dreamer who doesn't have the work ethic to learn a real skill that will get you serious income.

Every single (and i mean EVERY SINGLE) so called daytrader online is selling a program. They sell dreams to people and use their method of "technical analysis" to show how they have their supposed edge in the market.

Anyone who has put in the minimum effort to research about the markets will understand that is all about reaching the raw prices first.

You are competing against HFTs (high freq traders) who have very complex and carefully designed algorithms that will slash the prices the 10th decimal and compute thousands of trades in seconds. You are not going to win. HFT hedge funds have invested millions of dollars in physical infrastructure to get as close as possible to the stock exchange to reduce latency. Meters of fibre optic cabling, FPGA boards that cost stupid $$$, expensive software to reach raw prices etc is the REAL edge in the market.

You are not going to win with your shitty wifi, your laptop, and astrology signs on a chart.

It amazes me how people fall for this nonsense in social media.

People saying dnr but its true, these people "daytrading" are just creating free alpha for hedge funds

 

[luuk]

I almost always have to hold in my laughter whenever I hear someone talk about retail daytrading

It is a very quick IQ test. If you genuinely believe you can make profit in the long run by looking at "patterns" on a screen, you are an intellectually lazy day dreamer who doesn't have the work ethic to learn a real skill that will get you serious income.

Every single (and i mean EVERY SINGLE) so called daytrader online is selling a program. They sell dreams to people and use their method of "technical analysis" to show how they have their supposed edge in the market.

Anyone who has put in the minimum effort to research about the markets will understand that is all about reaching the raw prices first.

You are competing against HFTs (high freq traders) who have very complex and carefully designed algorithms that will slash the prices the 10th decimal and compute thousands of trades in seconds. You are not going to win. HFT hedge funds have invested millions of dollars in physical infrastructure to get as close as possible to the stock exchange to reduce latency. Meters of fibre optic cabling, FPGA boards that cost stupid $$$, expensive software to reach raw prices etc is the REAL edge in the market.

You are not going to win with your shitty wifi, your laptop, and astrology signs on a chart.

It amazes me how people fall for this nonsense in social media.

If it was a viable career they wouldn’t have to sell courses thats the first red flag jfl

 

[DoctorPMA]

You are correct. I have never in my life known anyone who is a profitable day trader. I knew someone who would make insane gains but on a random sunny day it would be all gone and they would go manic for months. Its a waste of time and money unless you are "passionate" about it but even then I am willing to bet that over a long term you would be making minimum wage at best.

 

[primalmaxer]

I almost always have to hold in my laughter whenever I hear someone talk about retail daytrading

It is a very quick IQ test. If you genuinely believe you can make profit in the long run by looking at "patterns" on a screen, you are an intellectually lazy day dreamer who doesn't have the work ethic to learn a real skill that will get you serious income.

Every single (and i mean EVERY SINGLE) so called daytrader online is selling a program. They sell dreams to people and use their method of "technical analysis" to show how they have their supposed edge in the market.

Anyone who has put in the minimum effort to research about the markets will understand that is all about reaching the raw prices first.

You are competing against HFTs (high freq traders) who have very complex and carefully designed algorithms that will slash the prices the 10th decimal and compute thousands of trades in seconds. You are not going to win. HFT hedge funds have invested millions of dollars in physical infrastructure to get as close as possible to the stock exchange to reduce latency. Meters of fibre optic cabling, FPGA boards that cost stupid $$$, expensive software to reach raw prices etc is the REAL edge in the market.

You are not going to win with your shitty wifi, your laptop, and astrology signs on a chart.

It amazes me how people fall for this nonsense in social media.

i would argue its definitely viable but consistency is more the issue.

 

[ducksoover]

The problem with this forum has gotten pretty clear after the results of the 2025 survey results; over half of the user base is under 18 years old.

Genuinely made me want to delete my account and leave. I was on lookism.net briefly before it got taken down and the quality of dialogue, humour, high effort posts etc were miles better

I only care about fruitful discussions that will have a real impact in my life. Seeing these posts of "WHO MOGS" is annoying as fuck to see

HFTs have been raping us all since the digitization of the markets.

Well the good thing is that they are market makers which means they provide a lot of liquidity, you shouldn't really be so quick to exit a trade in minutes anyway

 

[ducksoover]

If it was a viable career they wouldn’t have to sell courses thats the first red flag jfl

or expose their "edge" to people that would increase competition

 

[ducksoover]

You are correct. I have never in my life known anyone who is a profitable day trader.

I have met many of these so called "profitable" day traders, my own brother is one of them

they will lie to themselves and other people due to their desperate wishful thinking, they want to believe so badly that you can actually make money doing it

they will also talk about the market like they are experts too never underestimate the level of delusion people can reach

 

[Ch1gga]

I almost always have to hold in my laughter whenever I hear someone talk about retail daytrading

It is a very quick IQ test. If you genuinely believe you can make profit in the long run by looking at "patterns" on a screen, you are an intellectually lazy day dreamer who doesn't have the work ethic to learn a real skill that will get you serious income.

Every single (and i mean EVERY SINGLE) so called daytrader online is selling a program. They sell dreams to people and use their method of "technical analysis" to show how they have their supposed edge in the market.

Anyone who has put in the minimum effort to research about the markets will understand that is all about reaching the raw prices first.

You are competing against HFTs (high freq traders) who have very complex and carefully designed algorithms that will slash the prices the 10th decimal and compute thousands of trades in seconds. You are not going to win. HFT hedge funds have invested millions of dollars in physical infrastructure to get as close as possible to the stock exchange to reduce latency. Meters of fibre optic cabling, FPGA boards that cost stupid $$$, expensive software to reach raw prices etc is the REAL edge in the market.

You are not going to win with your shitty wifi, your laptop, and astrology signs on a chart.

It amazes me how people fall for this nonsense in social media.

 

[jboard]

ik people who’ve done crazy stuff w daytrading and crypto

 

[fluoride1337]

True for the most part. There are obviously some people out there who are savants or have some kind of x-factor that makes them good at it, or they just get lucky and get into the right call groups.

This kind of post/advice is pointless though, because everyone is the main character of their lives and most will believe that they will be the exception to the rule. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, because people who avoid all risk never achieve anything great, but stuff like day trading is just moralized gambling and most people have to get completely obliterated financially before they learn their lesson.

 

[ducksoover]

because people who avoid all risk never achieve anything great

there's calculated risk and being based in reality

 

[gymcel64]

I only care about fruitful discussions that will have a real impact in my life.

Yeah you know it has just become a cesspool of chronically online teenagers in their edgy phase.
I get no value from discussing anything here anymore, it's kind of sad.

 

[shuichi]

long term investing and actually putting in research into the industries youre looking into, not a 5 minute chart

what a cope nigger

 

[Skry]

Day trading is poison because of the cortisol alone. Not even joking. I'd only consider it for 5M a year +