"Assume you average five trades per day, so if you have 20 trading days in a month, you make 100 trades per month. You make $3,750, but you still have commissions and possibly some other fees. Your Factors that determine the money you can make day trading futures Starting capital No matter what you are told, that it is your risk management or trading strategy or even a specific market, the bottom line is that your starting capital is the place to start. Working with this strategy, here's an example of how much you could potentially make day trading stocks: 55 trades were winners/profitable: 55 x $0.06 x 7,500 shares = $24,750. 45 trades were losers: 45 x -$0.04 x 7500 shares = ($13,500). Your gross profit would be $24,750 - $13,500 = $11,250.