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Hello guys, Im an 19 year old student self educated in the basics, I would not say I have a ton of experience at this age lol. Also as a student I don't have a lot of capital for my strategies. How would you guys say I can build capital? I mean not like an $10hr job bc I already do that but maybe use a model to build convexx pay off schemes from propfirms to gain an bigger multiplier than on the live market, or other things? What is your guys' advice? Thanks in advance
May 15, 2026 · 02:28 PM · 30 views · Commons
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@maybequant · May 15, 2026 · 03:12 PM
don't fall for that stuff, check out my post on the prop firm strat.

The only way to make money is to acquire skills that other will pay you for, you can't trade your small money to get wealthy, you trade other people's.
Now imagine how difficult it is to get funded, to get the trust of wealthy individuals with the thing they care about the most, their money.
You need a degree to have indipendent and unbiased recognition of your skills or you can build a company and have skin in the game.
self learning is a beautiful thing but only if you have one of the above.
This is probably the best (and simplest) advice you will ever get from a stranger on the internet, anybody that tells you differently is trying to scam you out of some money.
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@quantguild
Roman Paolucci Mod Trader FOUNDER
@quantguild · May 15, 2026 · 02:50 PM
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I’d say start by starting, don’t focus on scaling the capital but learning first. Depending on if you want to get into it in an institutional capacity will dictate your direction but focusing on convex payoffs is how you blowup your RR otherwise everyone would do it
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@pretoninho
Pretoninus II Mod Trader FOUNDER
@pretoninho Solaris Traders · May 15, 2026 · 07:08 PM
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I started with simple Bitcoin DCA. $50-$100 every month without exception since 2017. For me it is the best financial decision I have made so far.

You are young, the sooner you start the better!
Translated from French
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