The short answer is no, I don’t think so. Of course this is just my opinion, it’s a good way to lose a lot of money, I’ve tried it and I lost a lot of money.

What is day trading?

Day trading is when you buy and sell stock or shares in the short term, often the same trading day. Often traders trade very high volitile stocks at high prices to get quick profits. Many day traders make lots of small trades due to the fast paced nature.

Its easier than ever to get into day trading which makes it very risky. Platforms like IG, EToro, Trading 212 and many more, make it easy to do this.

Day trading is legal, and anyone can do it (as long as you are over 18).

Often day traders trade very highly volatile stocks becasue they rise and fall so quickly meaning you can make lots of money very quickly but also lose it.

Can you make lots of money day trading?

Yes, it’s possible to day trade and make thousands in a matter of seconds. But also lose it, many consider it gambling because you simply cannot know the outcome.

I tried my hand at day trading a few years ago and I made a lot of money and lost of a lot of money, often in the same day and even the same hour.

My most profitable day made me over £2000. My worst day I lost over £6000. It’s the most anxious I’ve ever felt and I had to stop for my own health. I did it for over a year and I think in the end I probably only really made a couple of hundred pounds whilst losing many days to stress taking away from my real business. I regret it but also it was a learning experience that I was probably always going to try!

Belows shows the highs and (mostly) lows of day trading when I was doing it regularly. As you can see I was very bad at it, I wouuld after just buy more of a losing stock instead of just taking the loss, hoping it would go back up. Don’t do what I did! £2,281 in one trade!!

What types of stocks/share do people day trade?

Many people trade in high-liquidity, volatile tech and growth stocks at the moment (April 2026), stocks like:

Nvidia (NVDA)

Tesla (TSLA)

Apple (AAPL)

Amazon (AMZN).

These stocks have high price swings, and are often driven by news in AI, semiconductors, and electric vehicles.

People have also recently been trading in Gold and Silver, these are popular because they are very dependant on news events like US interest rates and Geopolitics.

Gold Price at the moment

Gold price by GoldBroker.com

What is the safest way to start day trading?

If you really want to give it a go, I would highly recommend not using your own money at first, use a demo account on your platform of choice and see if you can make money on that.

Trading 212 have a demo account available to anyone that uses real market data.

Use a Prop Firm

I’m not really a believer in Prop Firms but its a way of day trading without using your own money so the only risk is the fee to get on their platform.

Please make sure you do your own research before putting your money anywhere, this is not advice but information from my own experiences.