I looked into trading a while back after my dad lost a bunch in the market. I read a lot of info and in the end finally found someone who stated information like this in the link. In the end I learned that the vast majority of retail traders lose money, I think 85 or 90% was listed, the majority of people who get into professional day trading quit within a couple years, day traders make profit by leveraging their money many times over just to make a living, and day traders actually take an income instead of letting their money ride and losing it all in a few trades but this also keeps them from progressively getting richer. Day traders expect to lose on at least 40% of their trades which is apparently one of the biggest issues mentally with trading. None of the retail platforms explain these facts nor many other sources of info online.