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What Does It Take To Day Trade for A Living?

by Chart Shark on March 8, 2010

Last time, I talked about my goal to day trade for a living; now let’s talk about what might really be required of someone who is day trading for a living.
First of all you need capital.  You can paper trade all day, but unless you’ve actually got money invested in the market, you can’t very well make a living at it can you?  If you’re day trading for a living, you’re going to be buying and selling stocks all day, and this is going to require quite a bit of capital.  If you’re day trading full-time you’re going to be [...]