2025 is my 5th year trading every day. I feel like I maybe finally have it right. I have been trading well for the last 5 months. I am down to 1 trade per day.. I trade QQQ options. Yes, my long term goal has always been to be full time. 2025 will be my 34th year in sales at 58 years old. I am just over it. I am great at sales, but my heart and passion is in trading.
Put $n in an account and make it a hard stop. If you blow through it then stop trading. You're too old to start over.
this has been a long and EXTREMELY hard journey. Nothing in my professional career has even come close to the difficulty in getting trading right.
Well, that's trading in a nutshell, isn't it? English isn't my first language, but I like to refer to (day) trading as a very marginal business. By that I mean there ain't much room for error or having a bad day at work. For a very, very select few it may be different. But those are the few. Not the many. It can't be any other way.
That's exactly why it is attractive. You love the challenge. Bear in mind that day trading is bound to failure. Look for the statistics behind trading everyday, they are discouraging. So do not beat yourself too much if you don't make it. It is very hard to make day trading to work.