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Do Retail Traders Actually Make Money?
beginner·6 min read·Tier 4
The honest answer, from the largest studies ever done: most active retail traders lose. Here's the evidence — and the narrow path the survivors walk.
If you only hear one true thing about retail trading before you risk a euro, let it be this: across markets, decades, and asset classes, most active retail traders lose money. That is not cynicism or gatekeeping — it is the single most replicated finding in the entire field, and a journal built to make you better has to start by telling you the truth.
What the largest studies actually found
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