I know there's a lot of day traders in stocks, and I've heard some do it in crypto ( although most do it at a loss ) so I'm wondering if realistically you can do a profitable trade in crypto.
Let's take a real example.
In this mini rally we're having, I've noticed Illuvium is one of the few tokens that is in the red( less than 1% on the daily when this was posted )
1 ILV is $119 on my CEX... but the sell price is $116 and the buy price is $123
Doing a simple trade using USDC to buy one ILV token would cost me $10.40 in ETH Fees on EXODUS. If I was doing it from my CEX, it would probably be cheaper, but I'd end up paying just as much ( sometimes way more ) if I want to take my new ILV token and deposit it in a hardware wallet. So either way, even if I buy ILV and it makes me a 15% gain in less than 24 hours, I barely break even !
So how do I make a profit ? Do I need to buy 30 ILV to maximize my gains ? Or is there any other way ?
The desire to make money in crypto trading every day only happens if you have enough knowledge about it, you can't make money in it everyday if you just depend on luck because it's not designed there. Let's assume that you earn 15% daily in crypto trading although this is quite high and difficult for an ordinary individual trader to do here in the crypto space. Maybe it's better not to withdraw your income right away or you'll earn it in one day, instead accumulate it for a few days depending on what you want, so you won't regret the transaction fee that will be deducted. Now, whatever your reason is why you chose ILV to trade, it's always your choice and we don't care about that. Because I believe that crypto trading is really profitabl if you have enough knowledge about it. And there are many who believe in this and there are also many who lose in the end that is also the reality of crypto trading, whether stock or crypto trading is the same, there is a risk that comes with it.
Day trading is the most difficult type of trading of all, the most risky, the most stressful and quickly leading to the loss of the entire deposit. And if we are talking about day trading with altcoins or margin trading, then multiply my words several times more. Trading is not a profitable behavior model and therefore this activity cannot be profitable (for 95% of traders). And what is the point of trading altcoins? It's like trying to drive a car from the passenger seat: inefficient, dangerous, inconvenient, and doesn't unlock the potential of your car. The best thing you can do with altcoins is investing, with different periods of profit. All this trading will take you not only a lot of time, but also money.
I just want to add something, you just mentioned driving a car, I also want you to know that if you are a driver you know all the responsibilities in terms of knowing how to fix if your car has a problem no matter what this is an issue, and you also know all the regularity and policy in traffic and the safety of the people riding in your car can tell if you can get to the destination you are going to properly, as well as in the practice of crypto trading that you want to get I see you here every day. You should also know what to do when to buy and sell at the right time and opportunity, and you also have an idea of how to read the graph correctly and other things like that.