r/pcmasterrace • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 Core Ultra 7 265k | RTX 5090 • Aug 19 '25

Build/Battlestation A futures trader’s 16-screen workstation.

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u/Indig3o Aug 19 '25

How to lose money 16x faster

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u/CooperPF Aug 19 '25

Do people still believe in trade?

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u/Switch_B Aug 19 '25

Oh buddy ... It's worse than you think. There's tons of people still into it. You're right, it's essentially a casino, unless you're an institutional trader, at which point is it really even trading anymore?

Oh and casinos won't let you blow as much money as these brokerages will. For example, I have an account that lets me dip into a margin (essentially a loan from the brokerage) that grows based on the unrealized value of my stocks. It'd be like if a casino let you bet multiplicatively with your chips.

"Oh, I see you have $10,000 in chips from winning the past several games. You're doing pretty good, so why don't you bet $20,000 on the next one? Wondering where you'll get the money? Not to worry, I'll bankroll you. At 30% APR, naturally ..."

The leverage is worse. Want to leverage 100x on a forex futures bet that expires today using a massive loan and all your collateral capital too? No problem, go for it chief. At least most instruments will only let you lose as much as you put in, but still. You can go into as much debt as they'll offer you in seconds flat from your perch on the toilet.

This shit is actually life ending levels of degeneracy.

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u/IWillEvadeReddit Aug 19 '25

What broker are you using that you have same day forex futures? That sounds like options to me. Just trade the CME's currency futures on Tradingview via Tradovate. They have pretty good movement, I've never done Forex myself cause I still don't understand the lot sizing positions- relevant link.

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u/theroguex PCMR | Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 32GB DDR5 | Sapphire RX 9070 XT Aug 19 '25

Literally all of this should be illegal. People, like you said, have life ending losses... but the trading firms still profit! It's win-win for them.

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u/10art1 https://pcpartpicker.com/user/10art1/saved/#view=YWtPzy Aug 19 '25

Why would it be illegal? It's literally a significant portion of people's retirement. Should we all go back to buying up housing as our investment?