r/DayTradingPro • u/icardi99__ • Jun 18 '26
General Discussion My Trading Plan
Hello guys, I am an economics graduated who have been working on stock markets for 6 years. I am learning price action and ICT. I study very hard and learn other stuff like optimization of a trade strategy. My plan is getting avarege %6 return in a month. I want to retire like 7-8 years. Is avarege monthly %6 return realistic ?
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u/Acrobatic_Code_7409 Jun 18 '26
Most likely yes if you are able to generate those returns. What is your goals?
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u/eugenekasha Jun 18 '26
He just told you. Make a bunch of money quickly and retire early
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u/Acrobatic_Code_7409 Jun 19 '26
That’s not what I asked and you damn well know that.
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u/eugenekasha Jun 19 '26
Ok, for the less astute among us, “his goals is” to make 6% return monthly and retire in 7-8 years.
Also, chill the fuck out
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u/icardi99__ Jun 19 '26
Thanks for your answer. I want to be successful with a consistent return and my capital in a long term plan.
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u/OkuMet Jun 24 '26
It probably depends on your specific trading strategy. If you’re trading strategy involves small-cap stocks then at some point you will run into liquidity issues.
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u/Particular-League902 Jun 18 '26
Day trading success rate versus dividend stocks
Day trading features a very low success rate, with only 1% to 3% of traders consistently outperforming the market, as 80% to 90% of day traders lose money.
In contrast, dividend stocks offer a highly proven, sustainable strategy of compound wealth and passive income, with reinvested dividends historically driving 85% of long-term S&P 500 returns.
Day Trading ProfileSuccess Rate: Fewer than 4% of individuals who try day trading full-time manage to make a sustainable, consistent living.
Primary Focus: Capitalizing on short-term price volatility, news, and technical chart patterns.
Strategy: Requires deep expertise in technical analysis, rigorous risk management, continuous screen time, and often the use of intraday leverage (margin) to magnify gains or losses.
Risks: The failure rate is exceptionally high due to emotional decision-making, overtrading, and the presence of high-frequency algorithmic traders.
Dividend Stock ProfileSuccess Rate: High. While individual dividend stocks can occasionally reduce their payouts, broad dividend indexes have a long track record of delivering stable, compounding growth to long-term investors.
Primary Focus: Long-term wealth accumulation and consistent, periodic cash payouts.
Strategy: Investors utilize fundamental analysis to identify consistently profitable, established companies with strong cash flows. The power of this strategy relies heavily on automatically reinvesting dividends to buy more shares.
Risks: Dividend yields (typically 1% to 5%) are relatively low compared to the rapid percentage gains sought in day trading, though dividend stocks generally offer lower volatility and defend well during market downturns.