How to make $10000 in a day

The reality of professional day trading is much different, but first, a bit of backstory. I got into day trading by accident. When I was 22, my father died. A few years later, I received an unexpected inheritance from him for $100,000.

I was an intern at an architectural firm in New York City and had someone manage the inheritance while I got on with my career. Long story short, the Great Recession hit, and I moved back home to Vermont. As I struggled to find meaningful work, I began to wonder if I could generate better investment returns than the pitiful job my "professional advisor" was doing.

If I was going to make ends meet through investment returns, I realized it would not be from bond income, dividends or a "buy and hold" strategy. I needed to invest in stocks that were going places soon.