# Leaving your job to become a trader: good or bad idea? | bestbrokers.co.uk

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**Created:** [28 February 2019 09:23 UTC](https://forums.bestbrokers.co.uk/t/leaving-your-job-to-become-a-trader-good-or-bad-idea-bestbrokers-co-uk/398 "2019-02-28T09:23:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Carlo](https://forums.bestbrokers.co.uk/user_avatar/forums.bestbrokers.co.uk/carlo/32/357_2.png) [@Carlo](https://forums.bestbrokers.co.uk/u/Carlo)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2019 09:23 UTC](https://forums.bestbrokers.co.uk/t/leaving-your-job-to-become-a-trader-good-or-bad-idea-bestbrokers-co-uk/398/1 "2019-02-28T09:23:58Z")

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Leaving your job to become a trader: good or bad idea?

Let's be clear about this right from the start: leaving your job to live off your own trading is a very bad idea. We repeat, it really is not a good idea. Once again: leaving everything behind to become a full-time trader is dangerous and risky!

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.bestbrokers.co.uk/blog/2019/02/28/leaving-your-job-to-become-a-trader-good-or-bad-idea/](https://www.bestbrokers.co.uk/blog/2019/02/28/leaving-your-job-to-become-a-trader-good-or-bad-idea/)

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**Author:** ![RickTheMac](https://forums.bestbrokers.co.uk/user_avatar/forums.bestbrokers.co.uk/rickthemac/32/60_2.png) [@RickTheMac](https://forums.bestbrokers.co.uk/u/RickTheMac)\
**Post date:** [9 March 2019 20:47 UTC](https://forums.bestbrokers.co.uk/t/leaving-your-job-to-become-a-trader-good-or-bad-idea-bestbrokers-co-uk/398/2 "2019-03-09T20:47:09Z")

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Hey Carlo -

I guess it must, as you say a bad idea for some if not most. I have to admit that I did just that, in a way - give up my job to live off my own trading - the only difference here being that I was actually a trader ‘in harness’ for someone else before deciding that I should take the plunge and work for myself.

As mentioned before, I still 100% adhere to my daily mantra of "Never trust a hot tip and there’s no such thing as an easy profit! " and I’m still surviving.🙏