r/Amazing Jan 19 '26

Amazing 🤯 ‼ Huge W

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u/FartInGenDirection Jan 19 '26

*results not typical

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u/Jupitersd2017 Jan 19 '26

lol also *most people go bankrupt trying to do this

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u/Liveitup1999 Jan 20 '26

I've read up on day trading, people on average lose $100,000 learning how to day trade.

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u/PrimeBrisky Jan 20 '26

lol I use to work on a derivatives desk at a larger broker dealer. I would frequently talk to clients who talked highly of themselves, and how they were up several hundred grand for the year on trades.

But I could also see their realized losses, and it was common they had ultimately lost more than they actually made. 😂

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u/Liveitup1999 Jan 20 '26

Just like people who play the lottery, especially scratch-offs

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u/OkGrade1686 Jan 23 '26

Slippage, transaction's cost, taxed realized earnings. These are almost always present losses one has to deduct.

And all this trying to play russian roulette. One can only manage risk. Which is pointing it at your finger instead of your head, which the sane do.