About r/Daytrading
In its own words:
Daytrading futures, forex, stocks, etc.
Community guide
r/Daytrading (#169, about 5.2 million) is for day-trading discussion. Daytrading futures, forex, stocks, etc. Rules: Stay on topic; Don't glorify losses or post wins without context; No memes, jokes, or NSFW content; No spamming, selling or promoting your product, service or community; No pumping stocks; Don't be an asshole Sample ~106.4 ppd.
Fit
Intraday/session trading talk under the sub’s risk, promo, and civility rules.
Versus wallstreetbets / investing / StockMarket
WSB uses YOLO/gain thresholds; investing wants longer-horizon ideas; StockMarket is a broader active-trader desk. Daytrading is session-focused as scoped by its rules.
Practical pointers
Not financial advice; follow collected rules on pumps, signals, and low-effort posts.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Apr 29, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 3,333 subscribers (+0.06%). It sits just behind r/battlestations (#168) and ahead of r/Shoestring (#170) in our ranking.
What sets r/Daytrading apart
Compared with other large communities, r/Daytrading leans heavily on text posts (69% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 34%). Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 3.8× as many posts as the quietest (02:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Daytrading went up from 5,192,172 to 5,217,551 subscribers (+25.4K, +0.49%). That is about 577 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Daytrading talks about
Looking at the titles of 654 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “trading”, “trade”, “traders”, “trades” and “looking”. Other frequent themes are strategy, money, trader, actually, profitable and free. Recurring phrases include “prop firm”, “complete beginner”, “fearless forecast” and “software sunday”. By format, 69% are text posts, 17% are images and 10% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Question (314), Strategy (102), Giving Advice (89), P&L - Provide Context (30), Trade Idea (28), Software Sunday (26).
Activity and best time to post
r/Daytrading gets about 110 new posts a day. The public archive holds 241,515 posts and 2,431,460 comments in total, about 10.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (110 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (74). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Daytrading
The moderators of r/Daytrading list 6 rules. In short:
- Stay on topic
- Don't glorify losses or post wins without context
- No memes, jokes, or NSFW content
- No spamming, selling or promoting your product, service or community
- No pumping stocks
- Don't be an asshole
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Daytrading and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/Daytrading?
r/Daytrading has 5,217,551 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #169 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 25,379 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/Daytrading?
r/Daytrading was created on Apr 29, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years.
How active is r/Daytrading?
Very active: r/Daytrading gets about 110 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 241,515 posts and 2,431,460 comments. In a sample of 654 recent posts we counted 547 different authors.
When is r/Daytrading most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/Daytrading about?
The community describes itself as: “Daytrading futures, forex, stocks, etc.” Recent post titles often mention trading, trade, traders, trades and looking. Most posts are text posts (69%).
Is r/Daytrading safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Daytrading as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Daytrading?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Daytrading accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Stay on topic”; “Don't glorify losses or post wins without context”; “No memes, jokes, or NSFW content”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Daytrading?
Communities with similar topics include r/StockMarket (4.1M), r/stocks (9.4M), r/Animemes (4.2M), r/Futurology (21.7M) and r/CryptoCurrency (10.2M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/Daytrading.