r/Trading is a subreddit with 447k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses struggling, trading, struggling trader, tired trading, and prop firm, and they frequently recommend/review trading book, trading platform, and trading app.
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Popular Themes in r/Trading
#1
Advice Requests
: "Advice for a 17y who wants to start trading"
13 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "I'm beginning to genuinely go insane. How?"
6 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "I Built an Autonomous Swing Trading Pipeline with Self Validation"
5 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "I built a trading strategy testing app — looking for feedback"
3 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "DELL Technologies stock"
1 post
#6
News
: "Chaos in the market? A sovereign debt storm?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Trading
#1
Struggling
17 posts
#2
Trading
16 posts
#3
Struggling Trader
13 posts
#4
Tired Trading
8 posts
#5
Prop Firm
: "UPDATE — 8k in debt and 20k in Prop Firm losses — trading ruined my life"
7 posts
#6
Trading Strategy
: "Traders, how did you find your Trading Strategy?"
7 posts
#7
Strategy
4 posts
#8
Trading Tools
: "Tradingview requiring subscription for long/short position drawing (or any other drawing tools)"
4 posts
#9
Trading Loss
: "how to deal with blow ups/ Trading Loss from 9 years trading experience"
3 posts
#10
Trading Psychology
: "There Is No Such Thing as 100% Objective Profitable Trading"
3 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
: "UPDATE — 8k in debt and 20k in prop firm losses — trading ruined my life"
54 posts
#2
Question
: "I'm beginning to genuinely go insane. How?"
27 posts
#3
Advice
: "Wich videos on YouTube are good for starting with trading ? (Simple explained) $"
17 posts
#4
Technical analysis
: "BTC is not bullish at this moment"
12 posts
#5
Strategy
: "I built a trading strategy testing app — looking for feedback"
7 posts
#6
Algo - trading
: "I Built an Autonomous Swing Trading Pipeline with Self Validation"
6 posts
#7
Due-diligence
: "Think Market Makers Are Hunting You? Here’s How They Actually Work."
5 posts
#8
Stocks
: "LULU earnings play Sep 3rd"
4 posts
#9
Options
: "Options"
4 posts
#10
Forex
: "Can someone help me to find this indicator"
4 posts
Member Growth in r/Trading
Yearly
+130k members(40.9%)
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Last updated: September 2, 2026