Profitable & consistent daytraders, how much did you lose before making it?

Curious to know how my fellow traders are doing out there What is your personal amount/story?
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fong zi cheng

I would say my journey of trading FX wasn't very tough. I started off young so therefore the capital wasnt too huge but I lost 80% of what I deposited. The reason of the loss was due to trading without proper risk management and greed. I started investing time into learning and got myself to who I am today.

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Matthew Judith

I’ve seen $5k-$250k from the interviews and posts I’ve come across but the average seems to be in the $40-$70k range and 3-4 year mark is when it starts clicking.

So far I’ve lost about $7k maybe a little more but I am just in the beginning of my journey and I’m not process driven or organized enough yet. I have a long way to go regarding psychology and risk management


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Nguyễn Thành Lợi

Most beginners will lose everything before they get stable

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Zora Lancelot

A 70 percent don't last beyond the first year, and 95 percent stop trading by the third year.

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Ina Grantham

Intraday trading is the most popular, yet data suggests that most intraday traders lose money.

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Bess Conrad

more than 95 percent of traders lose their whole forex investment pot in the first six months

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Pag Lucia

It is important to note that trading is not a guranteed path to profits, and not all traders become consistantly profitable. Success often requires a combination of education, discipline, risk management, and the ability adapt to market conditions

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Arvin Poe

Traders who ultimately achieve profitability often emphasize the importance of learning from losses, refinning strategies, and continually improving their skills

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Marian Kelsen

Individual experience can vary, and succes in trading is influenced by a variety of factors, including market conditions, individual trading strategies, risk tolerance and psychological resilience.

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Tracy Flower

Profitable traders only look for profits of 2-8% / month. while novice traders look for 30-100%/ month. The difference here is that profitable traders can last for months, while novice daily traders then MC

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Bruno Albert

I lost 10,000 $ before starting to earn. Trading is not as easy as clicking buy and sell. trading is a long journey. loss and profit are a collection of trades.

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Giles Kingsley

Only a few traders are able to reach the 5% success stage because 90% stop in the first year and 5% stop in the next 4 years.

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Elsa Lambert

I don’t count this, but when I was swing trading without knowing what I was doing like an idiot I lost about $10k. That’s what caused me to get serious. Being serious about daytrading I’ve lost about $5k. I’m hoping I’m past that period and finding consistency but only time will tell

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Roxanne Murray

I started trading with really small amounts so i just lost 400$ before i became profitable. Now im gaining 35% daily on crypto futures

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Edmund Broad

100k? Maybe someone should have told them about paper trading and proper scaling.

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Alfred Wright

400k but I am yet to be profitable

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Mick Simon

Almost 16k. And I’m only just now MAYBE becoming profitable. I mean I am, but not long enough to say for certain.

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Louis Steinbeck

I lost 6k in 3 months. Now consistently get a profit. Trick is, 1. Futures, 2. Don’t keep hopping in and out of a penny stock, 3. Trade large to medium cap, penny stocks are how you become broke

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Hilary Blume

I lost maybe 800 dollars total trading micros before I started figuring things out.

Granted I'm frown a 3rd world country and didn't have 6 figures to gamble away in the first place. Only god knows what would have happened if I did.


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Laura Leopold

Well it depends, most here are lying anyways. You will probably lose it all before you learn if you start out with a figure in mind. If you educate yourself and demo trade first you will probably lose a LOT less!

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