The life of a pandemic day trader
A booming market, the promise of easy riches what could go wrong?!
February 1, 2021 After months of research, Randelovic quit his job to focus on day trading just before COVID hit; ‘I’ve had to become comfortable with losing,’ he says (no credit)
In February 2020, just before the pandemic swept the globe, Milos Randelovic delved into the hectic world of day trading. For several months prior, the resident of Kelowna, B.C., had read trading books, scrutinized how-to websites and browsed YouTube channels where some day-trading influencers claimed easy riches could be made through rapid-fire speculation on investments. In those early first weeks, Randelovic, 33, even quit his job managing a heavy equipment dealer with an eye to bankrolling his own business from the proceeds of his trades. “With all the research I did following the markets every day, I felt I could make some good money,” he says.