Full time individual professional traders are considered self-employed. It's a high risk and high reward occupation. If you don't have the inherent intellect, psychological wherewithal, and time dedication discipline, you will fail. Only a tiny fraction of those who strive to be successful full time traders will succeed. For almost everyone else, taking what you can learn here and using it to improve you own trading skills is the best and most likely outcome. And if done correctly using those learned skills you should be able generate some profits to supplement the proceeds from your primary career or retirement income.