Reddit reviews How to Day Trade for a Living: A Beginner’s Guide to Trading Tools and Tactics, Money Management, Discipline and Trading Psychology

Yes, you should be cautious of direct messages, especially if they're trying to sell you a course, coaching, or "use this platform, it's the best, here's my affiliate link".

Some great, free resources for learning day trading:

• James Mason from Transparent Traders (has a great FB group, too): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC39bOkqMQ3rd0xIFkFZt94w
  
• SMB Capital (watch their free webinar, it's amazing, and they might have the only course over $1,000 that is actually an awesome investment BUT you can absolutely learn enough to get started for free): https://www.youtube.com/user/smbcapital
  
• Beginner Trading on YouTube (lots of free content and they stream every morning from 8am EST until 11-ish AM): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIAaNr5U1el0LScWQr8b2Yg
  
• The Boiler Room (Connor is awesome, tons of free content coming from him all the time!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNVxqV5plTxTx3D_57ai5Ow
  
  For some paid resources, I recommend the following books / audiobooks:
  
  
• How to Day Trade for a Living by Andrew Aziz: https://www.amazon.com/How-Day-Trade-Living-Management/dp/1535585951
  
• Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas: https://www.amazon.com/Trading-Zone-Confidence-Discipline-Attitude/dp/0735201447
  
• One Good Trade by Mike Bellafiore (who is a co-founder of SMB Capital): https://www.amazon.com/One-Good-Trade-Competitive-Proprietary/dp/B00904ACVE/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=one+good+trade&qid=1566060937&s=books&sr=1-1
  
• The PlayBook by Mike Bellafiore: https://www.amazon.com/PlayBook-Inside-Professional-Trader-Paperback/dp/013518889X/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=one+good+trade&qid=1566060937&s=books&sr=1-2

Andrew Aziz's book is great. Covers the basics, strategies, and psychology. Good pacing, and easy to follow.

How to Day Trade for a Living: A Beginners Guide to Trading Tools and Tactics, Money Management, Di https://www.amazon.com/dp/1535585951/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_zcHWBbA3Q1DWP

No. But if you do decide to try a paid one I really like BearBullTraders and Andrew Aziz’s book is good, How to Day Trade for a Living: A Beginner’s Guide to Trading Tools and Tactics, Money Management, Discipline and Trading Psychology https://www.amazon.com/dp/1535585951/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_wEuZAbW9M6DXN

He goes pretty much A through Z on everything you’ll need to know on day trading. You won’t regret it.

https://www.amazon.com/How-Day-Trade-Living-Management/dp/1535585951/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=day+trading&qid=1567451446&s=gateway&sr=8-3

SAVE YOUR MONEY. If I were you I would only use about $1000 to $2000 because there is a high probability you will lose it all. You need to practice your trading strategies a lot.
I recommend reading this book.

https://www.amazon.com/How-Day-Trade-Living-Management/dp/1535585951

Also beware of people selling you trading course and how to get rich quick daytrading or any of that BS. It takes consistency and good trading psychology to be a profitable trader.

And also you are 18yrs old. You need to start saving money in the long term. Look at high interest savings accounts, high growth stock mutual funds, index funds, etc...

Good luck.