r/Trading is a subreddit with 417k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses trading, strategy, struggling, forex, and market, and they frequently recommend/review trading book, trading apps, and screeners.
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Popular Themes in r/Trading
#1
Advice Requests
: "how I can be profitable ?"
16 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Profitable traders, I need your help"
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Anyone else get tired of managing crypto across too many platforms?"
2 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Stock trading Vs Futures"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Trading
#1
Trading
: "Quitting Trading addiction after 8 years - My story"
220 posts
#2
Strategy
: "Any working Strategy?"
69 posts
#3
Struggling
18 posts
#4
Forex
: "What’s your biggest mental struggle in Forex trading?"
18 posts
#5
Market
: "Is ICE stock (Intercontinental Exchange) being Market manipulated?"
15 posts
#6
Gold
: "Gold isn't weak because traders hate Gold. It's weak because rates are becoming the problem again."
14 posts
#7
Struggling Trader
13 posts
#8
Journal
: "Why Every Trader Should Keep a Trading Journal"
13 posts
#9
Mentor
: "Where do you find peers and Mentors if you’re not in nyc that’s not a paid course?"
12 posts
#10
Psychology
: "I think I found out why "Psychology" and "risk management" run wild on Reddit"
11 posts
Products Discussed in r/Trading
Trading Book
30 reviews
#1
Mark Douglas
5.0★ from 5 reviews
#2
Edwin Lefevre
5.0★ from 4 reviews
#3
Jack Schwager
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Trading Apps
21 reviews
#1
TradingView
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
Robinhood
3.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
TradeStation
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Screeners
16 reviews
#1
Finviz
3.7★ from 3 reviews
#2
ChartsWatcher
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
TradingView
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/Trading
#1
Discussion
: "Most people in here are losing money and just won't admit it"
122 posts
#2
Question
: "Isn’t this the real dream?"
31 posts
#3
Advice
: "A reading roadmap for beginners who don't know where to start"
18 posts
#4
Strategy
: "VWAP"
6 posts
#5
Technical analysis
: "Elliott Wave trading"
5 posts
#6
Stocks
: "If The Economy Is So Bad, Why Are Stocks At All-Time Highs?"
3 posts
#7
Algo - trading
: "Drop Your Strategy — I'll Backtest It Against Every US Stock"
3 posts
#8
Resources
: "How the Fear and Greed Index actually works as a trading tool -- and how most people misuse it"
3 posts
#9
Due-diligence
: "I left software engineering to trade full-time. Here are the raw stats behind my algorithmic edge (YTD $63k NET)"
2 posts
#10
Forex
: "I think I found out why "psychology" and "risk management" run wild on Reddit"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/Trading
Yearly
+133k members(46.9%)
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Last updated: June 6, 2026