I think that “any other line of work” is putting it too strongly. The thing that most appeals to me about trading is that its returns can scale faster than the time put into it: if you have more money, you can invest more money, unlike an office job that gives you small raises, but still consumes all your time.
It’s the difference between owning a business and working for one. But trading is not the only way to do that. There are many other sources of passive income available, and some of them take even less capital than trading in the stock markets.
I think that “any other line of work” is putting it too strongly. The thing that most appeals to me about trading is that its returns can scale faster than the time put into it: if you have more money, you can invest more money, unlike an office job that gives you small raises, but still consumes all your time.
It’s the difference between owning a business and working for one. But trading is not the only way to do that. There are many other sources of passive income available, and some of them take even less capital than trading in the stock markets.