It's true that trading is good, but you need to know before you start that being profitable requires significant budgets. If you have small budgets, you will take more risks, and you know the rest.
If you have a small budget, it is preferable to target mid-cap stocks and be patient. Imagine you have $100. By making 5x, you reach $500. Then you can have fun playing with small-cap stocks with a maximum of $150. If you manage to make 10x on those $150, you get $1500. Even if you only manage to double the remaining $350, you get $700, so a total of $2200, and you have successfully completed your cycle with a nice 22x.
You wait for the next cycle in 4 years and try the same approach aiming for half, i.e., 11x, which gives you $24k. You see how, in 8 years, you can build a wealth of $24k starting from $100.
Now, you can diversify: stocks, real estate, and others.
What I'm saying is very realistic, and you know it, but the big problem is that people start with $100 but want $50k the same year.
