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The Day Trading Show

Stay at Home Mom Makes $11,000 Trading While Raising Kids

Mar 29, 2025
51:15

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In this episode of The Day Trading Show, Austin Silver sits down with special guest Rebecca, a successful Futures trader who has achieved over 10 payouts, with four of those happening in 2025 alone!

Rebecca shares her trading journey from Forex to Futures, the lessons she learned along the way, and her approach to risk management and mental discipline. She gives actionable tips into how she held a funded account for 122 days, demonstrating her ability to maintain consistency.


🔍 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

📈 Rebecca’s transition from Forex to Futures and why she finds Futures prop trading more profitable.

🧩 Rebecca’s proven risk management strategies for cutting losers quickly and scaling down.

🏠 How she balances being a stay-at-home mom while achieving trading success.

📝 Comparing prop firms like Tradify and The Futures Desk and what makes each unique.

🔥 Strategies for handling volatile markets and increasing consistency.


🎥 Timestamps:

00:01:31 - Trading with kids at home & balancing motherhood.

00:12:30 - Switching from Forex to Futures trading

00:18:34 - Emotional impact of losses and dealing with tilt.

00:25:38 - Why Rebecca prefers micro contracts over mini contracts.

00:42:13 - Rebecca’s perspective on handling prop firm challenges.

00:47:55 - How Rebecca maintains her confidence and strategy.

00:49:38 - Why you shouldn’t trade when you need the money.


Connect with Rebecca: https://x.com/rebeccaatrades --  ⁨@rebeccaatrades⁩ 

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