Yes you can earn 100,000 a year trading, either stocks and/or options or both. BUT you better know what you're doing. With the right tools and knowledge you should make at least 60 a year without much effort, so a 100 is very attainable
First of all, if you have the chance to go to college and don't you're a d**n fool. What not go to college, you still can trade while in school and learning. Yes you may be wealthy but with out college you'll never be rich.
Here are four important items you need for investing/trading
1 - A written sound trading/investment plan with rules that will not only help you but more importantly protect you, mostly from yourself.
2 - Sufficient trading/investment capital. Use your own money, there’s no need to go into debt so that you trade/invest.
3 - A written money management program in place.
4 – A full and complete understanding of the rules & regulations of the industry.
Here are some books for you to consider
What Works on Wall Street by James O'Shaunessey
Beating the Street by Peter Lynch
One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch
Trading For a Living by Alexander Elder
Mastering the Trade” by John Caster
How to Make Money in Stocks” by William O’Neil
The Disciplined Trader by Mark Douglas
Here are some site you should visit
Get into the habit of making daily visits to some websites like MSN Money and Yahoo Finance. (
(http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asphttp://finance.yahoo.com/ )
While at MSN following the strategy lab analysts to get a feel for what the pros are doing and why. This site has some basic information for beginners. If any site offers free information, take it.
Other website that can provide instructions and help with procedures and terminology are
Investopedia -
http://www.investopedia.com/ Stock Charts -
http://stockcharts.com/http://www.investorshub.com/http://www.1source4stocks.com/ Visit some of the more professional websites like Zacks -
http://www.zacks.com/ Smart Money -
http://www.smartmoney.com/ Schaeffer’s –
http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/ Good luck, I've been there & done that, but I stayed in school