Making £100 a Day Trading Crypto: The Harsh Reality

WenMoon42 · 2025-10-05T19:03:09+00:00

The pursuit of a stable £100 daily income from crypto trading is fraught with challenges. While possible, it demands significant capital, strict risk management, and a well-developed strategy. Traders often face emotional highs and lows, making it more akin to gambling than a steady income source.

WenMoon42

2025-10-05 19:03:09

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I’ve spent years chasing that elusive “stable income” from crypto trading, and let me tell you - the £100 daily target is both simple and utterly deceptive.

Why £100? Because we’re all bloody dreamers

We all fancy the idea of making £3,000 monthly from our laptops, don’t we? Enough to tell your boss to sod off eventually. But here’s what nobody tells you: it’s technically possible but brutally difficult. I’ve seen more accounts get wiped than succeed.

What you ACTUALLY need before starting

Capital: You need £2,000-£5,000 minimum. Anyone promising results with less is taking the piss.
A trading platform: Any major platform will do, they’re all taking your money one way or another.
Risk management: I try to stick to 1-2% per trade but always end up risking more when I’m down. Don’t be me.
Trading strategy: You’ll likely develop five different ones before finding something that doesn’t completely fail.

Trading methods that MIGHT earn you £100 daily

Day Trading

I spend hours glued to charts trying to profit from tiny movements. It’s exhausting, frankly. When BTC moves 2% and I catch it right, that’s £100 on a £5,000 position. When I’m wrong (often), it’s beans on toast for dinner.

Scalping

This is madness - dozens of tiny trades hoping for 0.2-0.5% gains each time. I’ve tried it. My nerves are shot, and my profit/loss ratio is questionable. Only for the truly obsessed or possibly unhinged.

Swing Trading

Less stressful but requires patience I don’t have. Bought SOL at £160, watched it drop to £150, panicked, sold, then watched it climb to £180 the next day. The story of my trading life.

Leverage Trading

Pure gambling dressed in financial clothes. I once turned £500 into £1,500 using 5x leverage… then lost £2,000 the next day. The house always wins eventually.

A typical trading day (in my dreams)

Starting with £2,500:

Trade 1: +1.5% = £37.50
Trade 2: +1.2% = £30
Trade 3: +1.3% = £32.50 = £100 profit

Reality? One bad trade, and I’m chasing losses all day.

Tools you’ll need

TradingView - where I draw fancy lines that the market promptly ignores
Trading platform app - for making panic trades while on the toilet
CoinMarketCap - to torture myself with what I could’ve bought
Trading bots - if you fancy automating your losses

The truth no one admits

Some days I’m up £200. Other days I’m down £300. This isn’t a stable income; it’s sophisticated gambling. The market doesn’t care about your £100 daily target.

Final thoughts

Making £100 daily trading crypto is possible, but treat it like a proper job, not a get-rich scheme. Most days I make less, some days more, many days nothing. And I’m still not sure if I’ve beaten index investing over the long run.

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