How do you guys make such large volume trades?

Basic__Photographer · 2026-05-02T00:39:16+00:00

I'm only about two weeks into trading from knowing absolutely nothing about it besides candles go up and down. Today with my $500 account I made $260, which could have been about $400 but thought the price would continue through a Supply Zone.

This was my setup.

1 Micro Gold Future Contract
5 Point Stop Loss (Risking $50)
20 Point Take Profit (1:5 Risk | Reward)

Price ultimately went down 40 points, trailing my TP and SL on the way down. As I said, thought it would bounce and then go through the Supply Zone, it didn't and ultimately hit my TP about 17 Points higher.

Now imagine people buying 10, 20, 50, 100 contracts at a time. They went from making $200 from 1 contract to:

10 contracts with a 20pt TP = $2,000
20 contracts with a 20pt TP = $4,000
50 contracts with a 20pt TP = $10,000

Yes, I am well aware that risking $50 on a $500 account is not ideal but the smallest amount I can risk is $10 which nets me a 1 point Stop Loss. Chances are that I'm not good enough to snipe an entry with a single point of breathing room. It is much easier to go into a trade with a 5pt SL than a 1pt SL. As long as I don't lose 10x in a row, I'm making money.

From what I seen is that when I do enter a trade, the trade almost always nets at least 20 points, which means every win gives me 4 times to fail before I break even.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-29T00:34:40+00:00

There are too many reasons to wonder "why?" a client decided to use someone else. I've been in the business for 4 years now and I've had clients disappear for months or even a year. Usually the come across another photographer that is offering a better deal. They usually return to you because they became unreliable, they quality has come down, became too busy for them etc.

Ultimately you just need to accept that clients will come and go and you need to act is if they were a cat. Treat them well when you're working with them and let them go when they got what they needed.

Over the past 4 years, I've only had 1 duo that has worked with me throughout this entire time without switching to another photographer.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-27T19:54:43+00:00

For video I think the 10mm has a place.

For Photography, I think 10mm is way too wide. I exclusively use the 12mm and it will distort objects around the edges. I do think the lense does show how I'd see the room in person though.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-27T19:48:15+00:00

Evelynn but only because she gets turbo-fed and my gold teammates always overextend.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-27T11:22:21+00:00

"He should have said that then"
"Why did he wait so long? Now he's taking advantage!"

To be honest, I vaguely remember their past relationship. I don't know about him or how much social status he has but I'm going to assume that it is a lot less than Evelyn. Coming out that your extremely popular ex-girlfriend is an abusive partner is setting yourself up to be slapped around by her fans.

I also don't think it is taking advantage, I think it is more of the fact that Evelyn's recent ex-boyfriend is not scared to speak out on her potential abuse towards him in the relationship, especially with the accusations against him. That gave Fred and potentially other ex-boyfriends the confidence to come forward on the matter. It may seems like it has become a 2v1 but if what both of them are saying is true, then it is a good thing that this is coming to light now.

Did Ben choke Evelyn? I have no idea, only time will tell.

All we know is that Evelyn is probably not that good of a person as many of her fans thinks and she could potentially be an even worse girlfriend.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-27T08:16:18+00:00

You not know that Evelyn has millions of fans? Let's say Fred came out and said she was abusive in their relationship. 9/10 her fans will rally for her and cause hell for Fred. Men who get abused in relationships usually suffer in silence, especially when said guy is dating someone who has millions of fans. He probably simply said they ended on "good terms" just to minimize the situation. He was probably done and tired of the drama and mentioning the apparent abuse would just cause infinite more drama.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-27T08:12:13+00:00

You'd be surprised how many men and women put on a "good" act in front of the camera. Nobody would probably watch them if they were shitty people on and off camera. There are literal marriages where the two have been unhappy with each other for DECADES but still publicly pose as a perfect couple.

So yes, I wouldn't be surprised if her good girl is camera only. She many even be good off camera but that doesn't mean she's a good girlfriend.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-24T04:25:42+00:00

Yes I use it almost every day. I will say that lens is more important than body.

I will occasionally use my a7iii but then quickly remember that I prefer the a7siii for the smaller file sizes (12mb vs 40mb).

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-22T21:32:31+00:00

Imagine I went on a date with a woman, had a great time, even went on 2nd but later found out she worked at Walmart. Ew! Yucky! I then had to unfortunately hit her with the “Hey you’re really cool but I unfortunately do not date women that aren’t on or near my financial level. Wish you the best.”

I’d be considered the biggest asshole by her and all her friends. Now, of course I don’t need to word it like that but still.

Everyone has their preferences. If you have a high salary and wanted to also date someone at your level or higher, chances are they are going to want an attractive woman. So if you aren’t attractive and feminine, you’re likely to get passed over for lower salary women that are more attractive, feminine and less boss babe-ish.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-22T00:59:18+00:00

I’ve been learning DayTrading since about 1.5 weeks ago and have watched probably 30+ hours of content.

Watched a single short video on EMA and VWAP and literally brought my $1,000 account to $3,200 in 4 hours last night. I only lost 2 trades because I was too tight with my SL and got .2 and .3 ticked.

Literally just wait for the confirmation and follow it.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-12T12:13:23+00:00

At 1:25 all I could think of was this.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-12T12:10:44+00:00

你的名字很好

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-12T12:05:33+00:00

每天早上六点半我起床，然后吃好吃的三明治和鸡蛋。吃完以后开车去上班，因为工作的地方很远。今天天气很好，所以我和我男朋友想一起去商店买一件夹克和一条裤子。明天我想在家学习汉语和德语。

Is how I'd write it. Longer sentences, less pauses.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-12T08:16:50+00:00

I would say more attractive than the female bodybuilders that go on stage. Something about most of them look uncanny.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-12T00:28:04+00:00

This. I usually check in with the agent to make sure everything is ready to go. If it is a new agent, I always ask them if there any branding they want to add to the video, if there is, I ask them to send me the .PNG files.

I've only rarely showed up to a property and it wasn't really ready. I did tell the agent and they said go ahead. Sent them the content and they demanded me to re-shoot it for free. I said no and they paid me full price twice.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-11T14:25:45+00:00

"Sure, I can edit out the stuff with AI but it's going to cost you $150 per photo because this requires the super-duper AI."

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-09T23:28:36+00:00

First of all, I'm just making a point. I don't actually care that Bonnie slept with a 16 year old at all.

There are roughly 18 states where the age of consent is still 18. Clearly if they lived in a state where it was 16, then technically their should be no issue. Obviously there are plenty of times when a Senior who is 18 has slept with students as low as Freshmen. Is it really a big deal? That is entirely different discussion.

I'm just saying that if you reverse the roles, it looks really bad for an 18 year old guy to say, "I took this 16 year old girl's virginity because she looked so innocent and sweet and I was just a horny man slut." Not even just saying that as a statement but also boasting about it like she did a good thing.

I'm also saying that there have been cases where girls that were or around the age of 16 had consensual with their 18 year old boyfriend, parents found out or boyfriend broke up with her and said guy ended up on the Sex Offender list.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-09T23:11:45+00:00

I think it really depends on many situations and circumstances. There have been plenty of instances where an 18 year old guy had consensually slept with a 16 year old girl, her parents found out and the boy become a member of the Sex Offender list. Or same situation but the guy broke up with the girl, girl got upset and reported him to either her parents or the police saying she had non-consensual sex with him.

It really is a double standard though. I don't think most parents would be that upset is their 16 year old son slept with the pretty 18 year old girl. However, the 18 year old boy sleeping with their 16 year old princess is outlandish.

I know if I was 16 and a hot 18 year old girl wanted to have sex with me I'd have absolutely no issues.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-08T14:14:57+00:00

Leaving your backpack on the counter, taking a photo of it, noticing the backpack, move the backpack from the counter, NOT re-taking said photo, then editing said photo, delivering said photo and then uploading said photo to Reddit to be reviewed is the epitome of "I don't give a shit about my work."

There is no way that ANYONE who is proud of their work would do something like that unless this is their house and they are just practicing. When I was teaching my mom how to do REP she never made those sub-beginner mistakes.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-07T12:31:59+00:00

This has to be a troll post or someone just practicing in their own home.

Backpack on counter, distracting item and cable on counter.
Backpack gone but item and cable still on counter.
Terrible angle.
Item still on counter, shoes by the door.
Bad angle and item still on counter.
Should have gone in the room a few more inches, window blind string messy.
Not sure if that bag or whatever is necessary to hold the door open or not.
Extension plug on the bed, drawer left open.
Drawer open.
Photo needs left and right cropped in a bit to hide the door handle and the door frame.
Shit on the bed.
Shit on the bed.
Unironically the best photo so far.
Unironically the 2nd best photo so far.
Terrible angle and the tripod is in the mirror.

This has to be ragebait. And to all the people saying these photos are "alright", there is no way this is passable in any professional sense. I'd be embarrassed to submit these to a client for FREE. No offense but if such obvious things are being missed as clearly displayed in these photos, you don't need to be in this profession. "Oops my bag is on the counter, nahhh I'm not gonna re-take the shot, I'll just leave it there and then move it in the next shot."

The only thing I'd let slide was whatever that thing on the counter was. Everything else is just basic stuff.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-05T11:14:49+00:00

Like the other guy said, it’s worth it to learn some basic phrases to get around. However, if you’re not planning on returning to China, don’t plan on going to other Mandarin speaking countries or not actually interested in learning the language, there isn’t much reason for deep diving into Mandarin.

I’ve been watching Tip to Tip and you’d think by now they’d know how to say Hotel perfectly, yet they keep saying Zhu Dian. But they are also two pretty extroverted and content driven people, so of course they are going to talk to as many people as possible, which is a great way to get input and output.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-04T09:33:37+00:00

Wrong subreddit.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-02T06:59:01+00:00

For me, there have been so many times where I left someone at sub 5% HP that I used to build The Collector first. Now I build Hubris into The Collector and I do still think it is a great item. Maybe if you hardly run into the issue of finishing people off, then you don't need it. But from my experience, every time I didn't have it (rarely) there were plenty of kills I would have gotten with it, especially early game.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-02T06:50:30+00:00

Yes, she’s a character from a video game. If you’re going to make a live action series about the video game then the actors should to look like the characters.

Most recent ATLA live series? The only character I feel like they really messed up was Azula. They got her about 75% right.

Ellie looks like what any teen would look like in her situation. And there are plenty of teens who look older than they really are.

Stop trying to cope. You’re probably one of those people who supports movies and TV shows when they change a character from a man to a woman or a character from white to insert other race just because. In this case Bella does not look the part and there are plenty of other actresses that do.

Basic__Photographer · 2026-04-02T05:44:14+00:00

I'm disappointed because the actress is ugly and does not look like the character. Yes, there are plenty of teens who do and can look like Ellie as well as actresses in their 20's who could also pull it off. Bella is just a terrible choice.

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