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Here is what I send out to anyone who is wanting to learn about trading.

Here's my thoughts as a momentum day trader:

There's a some good information and lots of BS on here but the way to do it is research. Start you a separate email address, go through this subreddit and others like it for trading, forward any postings that give information on how to learn to trade because your question has been asked hundreds of times and lots of people have chimmed in with lots of good information.

Sometimes distinguishing between what is good information and what is BS can be sometimes hard. Whether it's videos, books or information, look at reviews and what other people are saying. Once you get going let your Spidey senses kick in.

Definitely rethink about getting into day trading when over 90% that start lose their money within the first year and only 1% to 3% that start can truly sustain consistent profits if you don't have money you can't live without.

Due to trading being so extensive deciding on what type of trading to do, stocks, commodities, options, futures, currencies, crypto, day trading, swing trading, and the list goes on, would be first thing, then learn everything about it. There are so many YouTube videos to watch and free information on fundamentals and technical analysis that there is really no need to spend money on a course unless you have vetted it thoroughly and feel that it could benefit you.

What you learn for one trading format could be used if you move to trading something else (since there is so much to trade you might look at several avenues before deciding what strategies to learn). Trading is a lot of discipline, waiting on the right setup to trade or not even taking a trade. Sometimes It's better to hold off jumping into a trade that's not ideal than it is to go into a bad setup because you have the dreaded FOMO (fear of missing out) or revenge trading (losing on a trade then going into any trade because you need to recover your losses and you lose even more money).

Mentors are good to have but for the most part people don't hold your hand for free so be careful. There are so many scammers out there and definitely be aware of people selling courses flashing money and cars around saying you can start trading on Monday and purchase your Ferrari on Friday if you just buy my trading course.

Then finding a trading platform that's going to fit your trading style best, it is a long process in itself. I use the thinkorswim platform from Schwab, it fits best with my strategy and I use a cash account. Are you going to use a prop firm, cash account or margin account. Are you going to trade on your phone, computer or laptop and what setup are you going to need, for example multiple monitors.

One of the best ways to learn to trade once you have a brokerage account and read alot about fundamental and technical analysis, is doing a demo or paper trading account, which is trading with fake money to get used to how trades work, using charts to find entry and exits points, because if you can't make it work with a demo account you'll have a hard time using real money.

I myself have never paper traded but if I was to tell myself in the beginning all of this I would have definitely done it.
BUT WARNING : when you go to paper trade set your virtual account balance to what you are going to use when you open your account. DON'T USE an amount like $1,000,000 or a $100,000 because your fake profits will be as such FAKE in a real account.

Go through your email, one by one and  you'll have the information available to start your adventure in trading.

I got into the market over 10 years ago swing trading some here and there and in September of 2024 I started momentum day trading. I started 2025 with a $2500 account and profited $20,000. I've never purchased a course but I have done lots of reading and watching videos. I follow Ross Cameron with Warrior Trading, now he is controversial but he does a great job of explaining how the market works.

Due to unforseen bills I had to about drain my account and really now starting from scratch but I only know a smidgen of what I truly need to know to be a full time day trader. I'm working on it though! Best of luck in your studies but this is not a get rich quick endeavor but a journey to master a skill that could take a lifetime to achieve or a short time to fail.

Whether you are looking to add an additional income, trade as a hobby or wanting to do trading as a full-time job it will take a lot of work and many years to learn this but in the end hopefully you will have the discipline to say whether I made it or not as a Trader but at least I gave it my best.  Wishing you well in your endeavors!

the 20% target thing sounds logical but it doesn't actually work that way in practice. I made the same assumption early on.

the issue is you're attaching your exit to a number that has nothing to do with what the market is doing. what I ended up checking was: where does the setup technically break? most day trades have a logical price where the reason you got in no longer holds, and that's your exit. not a percentage. if the stock hits resistance at +8% and stalls, that tells you more than waiting for an arbitrary 20%.

worth noting that with $1k you're also under the PDT rule unless you're on a cash account. worth checking how Schwab handles that before you go much further.

Do what you are good at. The truth about day trading is most of the time people make 1 to 5% on a trade on investment?

Maybe once a week they make more, more during holiday season October to January. Maybe up to 25% per trade max. I have made more but it is extremely unlikely. Maybe 1 to 3 trade a week I might make 10 to 15% though not lately harder to make money now with way market is right now.