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Ever noticed that being a "day trader" is the occupation of choice for losers

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Paralegal Mohammad
  09/05/25
I haven't heard anyone say they're a day trader since the ea...
Nothing Ever Happens
  09/05/25
whatever, investor, trader, "i manage my own portfolio&...
Paralegal Mohammad
  09/05/25
seriously managing a portfolio is very different than explic...
cucumbers
  09/05/25
The last one about managing portfolio is weird to add. In th...
clarks
  09/05/25
"day trading" is not a real occupation and short-t...
'"'"''"'"'''"''"
  09/05/25
exactly. very few can do it successfully and the ones that d...
Paralegal Mohammad
  09/05/25
The key is not caring. You can say trade but it can’t ...
clarks
  09/05/25
no reason not to if you can live off it
Oh, you travel?
  09/05/25
i'm a pattern day trader.
animeboi
  09/05/25


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Date: September 5th, 2025 11:25 AM
Author: Paralegal Mohammad (Death, death to the IDF!)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5770093&forum_id=2,#49238571)



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Date: September 5th, 2025 11:27 AM
Author: Nothing Ever Happens (🧐)

I haven't heard anyone say they're a day trader since the early 2000s iirc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5770093&forum_id=2,#49238576)



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Date: September 5th, 2025 11:28 AM
Author: Paralegal Mohammad (Death, death to the IDF!)

whatever, investor, trader, "i manage my own portfolio"

all of this is code for unemployed loser

i mean benzo does it for christ's sake

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5770093&forum_id=2,#49238583)



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Date: September 5th, 2025 11:33 AM
Author: cucumbers

seriously managing a portfolio is very different than explicitly saying you're a day trader. i have two friends who retired in their 30s from winning the IPO lottery; on first dates they just say they manage a portfolio in order to make it sound like they have money without revealing they have millions to filter out the gold diggers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5770093&forum_id=2,#49238601)



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Date: September 5th, 2025 12:07 PM
Author: clarks

The last one about managing portfolio is weird to add. In the days of Reddit and zero fee trades there’s no reason you need some poor finance dweeb to manage your portfolio.

Day traders are losers but there are sometimes that a day trade might make you money.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5770093&forum_id=2,#49238675)



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Date: September 5th, 2025 11:29 AM
Author: '"'"''"'"'''"''"

"day trading" is not a real occupation and short-term trades almost always have negative expected value, which means the large majority (i think over 90%) of day traders lose money. it's no different than gambling.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5770093&forum_id=2,#49238585)



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Date: September 5th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: Paralegal Mohammad (Death, death to the IDF!)

exactly. very few can do it successfully and the ones that do work their asses off. they're not like RSF, at all, ever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5770093&forum_id=2,#49238593)



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Date: September 5th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: clarks

The key is not caring. You can say trade but it can’t be your main job. I was making about $250k one year and that’s when I got successful at day trading. And it’s not really day trading it’s buying it at a price then selling it when you made enough profit. But that only works when you can blow $30k and not think anything of it. You’re loose and don’t care.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5770093&forum_id=2,#49238802)



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Date: September 5th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Oh, you travel? ( )

no reason not to if you can live off it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5770093&forum_id=2,#49238588)



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Date: September 5th, 2025 12:04 PM
Author: animeboi (.)

i'm a pattern day trader.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5770093&forum_id=2,#49238666)