r/Trading is a subreddit with 436k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses trading, struggling, struggling trader, tired trading, and ai, and they frequently recommend/review trading book, trading platform, and trading app.
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Popular Themes in r/Trading
#1
Advice Requests
: "Should I invest in S&P 500 and NASDAQ as a minor?"
20 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Anyone know the best International brokerage API for algo traders outside the US"
3 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Have you had a strategy that worked so well in your backtest but failed miserably live?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Trading
#1
Trading
: "why I stopped Trading SPY lunchtime chop during my Vanquish evaluation"
40 posts
#2
Struggling
17 posts
#3
Struggling Trader
13 posts
#4
Tired Trading
8 posts
#5
Ai
: "Is money leaving Ai?"
8 posts
#6
Strategy
: "8 losing days in a row... what Strategy finally made you profitable?"
8 posts
#7
Trading Strategy
: "How trading strategies evolve over years & what they sell you on youtube."
6 posts
#8
Trading Platform
6 posts
#9
Trading Beginner
: "I’m a beginner and don’t know which type of trade to do"
5 posts
#10
Bot
4 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 Platform
13 reviews
#1
TradingView
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
Webull
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
IC Markets
5.0★ from 1 review
Trading App
11 reviews
#1
Interactive Brokers
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Trading 212
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
IG
3.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Trading
#1
Discussion
: "How I Turned $247 Into $7,141 With One Swing Trade"
72 posts
#2
Question
: "Has anybody actually made it out of there 9-5?"
35 posts
#3
Advice
: "Has anyone here become a successful trader?"
26 posts
#4
Technical analysis
: "My strategy that has made me a living"
8 posts
#5
Stocks
: "Help"
7 posts
#6
Algo - trading
: "No one told me trading would be this hard"
6 posts
#7
Strategy
: "I stopped using pre set stop losses and my trading has never been better"
4 posts
#8
Futures
: "NQ zones I am looking for Sunday Open:"
4 posts
#9
Options
: "I feel stuck"
3 posts
#10
Due-diligence
: "Trading beginner questions about indicators"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/Trading
Yearly
+128k members(41.8%)
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Last updated: August 4, 2026