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I’m curious about people’s honest perspective on this: do you actually believe it’s realistic to day trade for a living?

From what I’ve seen, there’s a lot of evidence that most traders underperform the S&P 500 over time. It makes me wonder whether the “successful” traders are just statistical outliers who got lucky, similar to how, with enough people flipping coins, a few will inevitably get long winning streaks.

At the same time, it feels like the market is dominated by billion-dollar firms with faster data, better tools, and huge informational advantages, which makes it seem even harder for individuals to consistently outperform them.

I’m open to changing my mind, but I’d be interested in hearing how people here think about it.

I’m not a regular in this space and don’t mean to discourage anyone, but I’m genuinely curious, do you believe it’s possible to make a sustainable living through day trading?

There’s a lot of evidence suggesting that most traders underperform the S&P 500 index. That makes me wonder if the small percentage who are profitable are simply benefiting from luck. For example, if 1.5 million people flip a coin 10 times, a few will naturally get 9–10 tails in a row, it looks impressive, but it’s still just chance. Could trading success work in a similar way?

I’m open to changing my perspective, but considering that massive firms with billions in resources and access to superior information are constantly competing in the market, it seems unlikely that individual traders can consistently outperform them.

What are your thoughts on this?

Bullwaves reviews? Anyone actually funded with them?

I've been seeing Bullwaves pop up a bit more lately but I'm having a hard time finding real reviews. Most of what I see looks like affiliate marketing.

Has anyone here actually gone through their evaluation and gotten a payout? I'm trying to find a new firm to diversify my trading capital but I don't want to waste time if they're not legit.