Day trading can really be a great money making business. However, like all kinds of business, day trading has its risks. And, the risk in day trading is huge, but, the rewards can even be bigger.

Before you start day trading you should first consider a few things.

Day trading is a very stressful and expensive full time job. Because you have to monitor and look for market trends, you will sit all day in front of your terminal watching different market movements in order to spot a particular stock that you can trade and profit from.

More and more traders are opting to enter the futures trading market because of the possibility of high rewards. And this is true, because futures trading does have a lot to offer compared to other trading schemes.

However, the lure of big returns often overshadows the risks and realities linked with this type of trade. It is for this reason that a lot of traders fall into major losses — because they focused too much on the good to try to overcome and get around the bad.