A self-taught trader says futures trading once felt so confusing and intimidating that they avoided it entirely, but after nearly a year of trial and error, they now say, “Futures trading is changing my life in a good way.”

In a recent post on Reddit’s r/FuturesTrading, the trader shared how years of dabbling in stocks, options and forex never resulted in consistent success. While a few lucky stock picks eventually turned a few thousand dollars into roughly $50,000 over a decade, they admitted it never felt reliable.

Months Of Failure Before Things Started Clicking

“Options were confusing, and the only time I really made anything was a couple of small-dollar YOLOs,” the trader wrote. “Forex ate me alive.”

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