I don’t want to sound like a whiner or ungrateful, but I do want to show some transparency when it comes to the life of a day trader. Yes, being able to sit at home and make money online by trading stocks is awesome, but it is not exactly always smooth sailing. There are several moving components to any stock day trading strategy that must all come together in order to make a profitable trade, and as you’ll see, sometimes this can be challenging. Just because you believe (and prove to be right) a stock will move in a certain direction does not mean you’ll still make money on it. What do I mean? Well, instead of me trying to explain these annoyances day traders experience, why don’t I just show you with some of my real life day trading results? Go into trading with a realistic expectation and you’ll be much better off in terms of not setting yourself up for disappointment and false doubt.