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Find a day trading firm that gives you a bit of $$$ to trade, a professional trading workstation and you will understand the basics rather quickly. They usually don't give you salary but give you payout once you win some $$. TBH I'm not sure whether these firms still exist but back in 201X I did a few months of day trading (mostly scalping CIM).

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lol I have never understood day trading. Everyone says day traders lose money yet somehow people make money doing it enough that they can get jobs at hedge funds and the like.

Most people lost $$ eventually and those who win consistently don't necessarily care about a hedge fund job.

From what I remember they basically told us not to be afraid of losing $$ because our capital allowance for each stock is small. My best stock was CIM and the allowance was merely 10 hands which is 10k shares. I'm not sure if it leads to a job in hedge funds but I think hedge funds are very picky about schools and such.

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