Yes without a university degree.
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yes, of course
dropping out of high school is absolutely guaranteed to improve your trading abilities
and if you do happen, by some unaccountable future mischance, still to end up being among the 99+% of those who try and don’t manage to make their living through trading, having dropped out of high school can only ever help with every other possible aspect of your future life and career
it’s a win-win, really, isn’t it?
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The biggest gain from a high school or college education is in acquiring the discipline to FINISH WHAT YOU START, whether it’s pleasant or not. If you can’t do that with something that doesn’t cost you anything, how do you expect to become a disciplined trader?
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this really hit hard 
Let me be the first to say I admire your thought process. I wish I had it at 15. Without reading the other posts is intentional for me. I don’t want to be swayed. I would start with this. Since you are close to completing high school I would finish. You are talking about 2 or 3 years at the most. You can still study trading and still trade. High school has some value. You will have the rest of your life to trade. First, it is the completion of something. Make a habit of completing learning courses or cycles. These are good habits even in trading. I totally agree with you that trading should be taught in high school and college. It is my opinion that both pubic high school and college are used by our society to take us down paths that they want us to go. Neither teach us about what it takes to really be effective and financially successful. Money is not everything But it ranks way high like oxygen. With money being so important in life, it amazes me that we are not taught anything close to trading ins school. This is more important than college to me. If you make enough money, you can pay for college. 2 or 3 years may seem like forever because you have only lived for 15 short years but 3 years out of 50, or 80 years is a drop in the bucket. Stay with trading and keep learning no matter what you decide.
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Do not drop out of high school; there is literally no need to. It is possible to trade the higher time frames and go to school. There are people with day jobs doing exactly that. Of course you need to learn. You can do that in the evening during the Asia/ Pacific session or go to sleep early and trade the London morning session. You’re not 18 yet, so you can’t open an account. In the mean time, you can demo, back test and hone your skills. It really takes a long time to get into good habits if you’re not taking a paid course. You have three years, so put them to good use.
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Young man do not even go down that road. No education = no future simple math.
If you are sure it’s what you want to do then brilliant you have a goal to achieve. How you going to get there? Education is not just sitting in a classroom learning, it’s learning. Like they say, if it’s what you want to do then there is a lot more to it and it takes an educated sole to achieve it.
A good start of your education would be to learn a bit about psychology and how it affects the mind in decision making as this is huge in trading forex. Your young and I hope you have not been in life stressful situations as of yet.
I am past the fifty mark and still learning, it never stops however, unless you know how to learn, then your at a serious disadvantage.
Embrace education while you can as it will not last forever.
I will leave you with a great Northern saying (UK) nose to the grindstone lad!
I think this question should be answered just like if someone’s asking if they should quit their jobs to trade full-time… and the answer is trade part time first until you feel confident that you can actually go all in. School is not for everyone and if you really believe you can excel in trading… by all means you can then quit school! 
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facts, i wont quit, i will just finish it off while on the side trying my best to learn as much and practice
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Better to have your hype dampened on a forum, than have all your saved up pocket money ripped out your account in the markets…
Trading (particularly lower time frame trading) is the hardest easy money you will ever try to make, but if you are willing to bust a gut and keep going right through the pain barrier, you will develop an invaluable life skill, particularly at a time where going forward from here, half the jobs that exist and seem viable now, won’t exist in 10 years time.
Thousands of hours. Literally, at least if you are an average Joe like me. Of course, there are some who I have seen who just seem to click with the markets and can start trading profitably after 2-3 months, but these guys, they are the exception to the rule.
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That’s awesome! How many more years do you have until you finish high school?
about 2.5 years
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That will go by so fast if you keep yourself busy with school and learning how to trade. You got this! 
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I would use spare time to trade, but do best to get good grades. If your high school has any areas that are interesting to you, give your best shot there. If the teachers are just bad and nothing inspires you, just do your basic stuff to pass it by with decent to good grades
There’s a lot of areas that you can take an interest in that will compliment forex. You might take an interest in business, computer studies, coding.
All those areas might prove to be good tie ins in case you master forex.
I think you should drop out of high school even if you don’t become a trader. Its a waste of time and money. You can just say you graduated on a job application because no one will ever check.
The only thing useful that you will learn in high school is a foreign language. That’s only if you move to another country.
I have a college degree but it didn’t help me at all.
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If you drop out of high school for trading, this would be most stupid thing ever. To understanding trading, you will need the knowledge of economic and finance. It would be great if you continue.
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Sorry to disappoint you but you can’t be consistently profitable by 18 because that’s when you will actually get to trade. No broker allows a trader to trade who is below 18.
never think of doing that. education is must and one shud complete it. the trading can go on side by side. one needs to be educated enough to learn trading as well
Giving up education for trading is a big big no. Complete your education, then you can give it a try here. Never leave one field without completion, just to start with the next one. That won’t fetch you good results anywhere.
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Should i dropout of high school to pursue Trading?
If i can Travel back in time with the current knowledge that i possess in the year 2021, i probably would drop out of high school to pursue trading.
No one is born with wisdom, they are only acquired through experience (the painful ones especially) . Looking back in retrospect, the only thing VALUABLE which i had obtained through my time in ‘A’ levels was just a mere piece of paper.
Twenty odd years ago, in my early twenties, after completing high school. i didn’t want to depend on my parents. I felt ashamed to ask them for money. Thus, with that piece of HALF F ***** up grades PAPER, i got myself enrolled in an allied healthcare vocational course. Thru incredible fortune, i think i must have met the minimum requirement and was accepted. With that acceptance letter, i went for an interview with my current place of employment. Talk about grace from heavens, i manage to get a sponsorship and was PAID about a grand every month while studying. After graduation, i have worked in the same hospital till today. I have a stable career, got married, have some kids and my family was reasonably well-fed. I’m a blessed man indeed.
Had i not obtained that piece of mere paper. I really wonder where i would have ended up. Just Ask yourself 3 question,
- How VALID still is a piece of paper in today’s world?
- Would it guarantee you a STABLE career?
The 3rd question is the most important question that you should ask yourself
- What is your game plan and ODDS of success if you don’t have that piece of mere paper?
It is your life, make the RIGHT choice. Nobody can tell you what the right choices are, because most people are as clueless as everybody else.
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