Stay with your convictions in this matter as well 🤗

Girlfriend thinks trading is for people who don’t want to work.


My girlfriend and I have been in an ongoing argument because she believes that trading is for people that are not willing to “hustle”and “get their hands dirty”. She says things like “why doesn’t everyone do it if you can earn as much as you say?” She comes from a very traditional family with her dad being a cop and her mom being an Registered Nurse so I can’t fault her for her beliefs. She believes in trading you’re time for money and “working hard” in her terms to achieve what you want. She doesn’t see the opportunity with markets and I’m frustrated with trying to explain. She genuinely thinks I don’t want to work because I want to trade and that is completely not the case. I do want to work and I am currently working.

I told her an example that you could make more in 2 hours in some cases than people make in a whole week and she’s like “okay so after those 2 hours what are doing?? That’s not productive” this that and third. I know she loves me and is just concerned but idk what to do, she’s super upset about this and I didn’t expect this reaction. Any advice is appreciated!

EDIT: I keep seeing a lot of people asking so I just want to clarify. I took an interest in trading in February of this year. This conversation is based on me wanting to learn this skill. I have not traded live funds. I’ve been studying, backtesting, and journaling paper trades since about 3 months ago.