the foundation

Being unemployed is only a luxury if you have solid passive income or at least 5 years of capital behind you, everything else is grinding to build enough cash flow to eventually buy your freedom. Start where you are, $150 left at the end of the month means $100 into your world ETF, $50 into your trading stack, high risk stays under 10%, no exceptions (for example). The amount never mattered, the discipline does (routine), I've lived it, the habit you build with $150 is the same one you'll run with $150k (capital protection).
And if you're young and putting $100 a month into an ETF, you're probably already ahead of 90% of your peers, don't underestimate compounding, don't rush the process, a real feel for markets takes years and there's no shortcut, stay consistent and you'll get there.
Of course you'll take some risky trades along the way, burn yourself and learn from it, that's part of the process. But your core capital stays protected and invested, compounding quietly in the background. That's your real future. Everything you make from active trading is just the cherry on top.
I'm 31 now, started from nothing, been through a lot in the financial world, and if there's one thing I can recommend for the younger generation it's this, stay consistent, try to stay liquid through a world ETF savings plan and keep a strict separation between that and your active trading capital.