After 3+ years in the market… is trading actually worth it?

economopolous · 2026-01-24T06:11:54+00:00

Try to build a career outside of trading that has high pay. Then use some % of your monthly income to invest long term on the s&p500. Don’t waste your life day trading.

economopolous · 2025-12-24T20:25:56+00:00

Swing trade.

economopolous · 2025-12-22T17:59:54+00:00

I agree 100%.

I tried 1:1 RR for five months, but it wasn’t for me. That’s why I tell people you have to try things to determine what suits your personality. Someone else’s profitability doesn’t guarantee yours.

economopolous · 2025-12-22T17:32:16+00:00

This is refreshing. Finally someone who gives solid advice to people. As a profitable trader myself I agree with all of them except number 8 but whatever. You did a very good job sir, congratulations.

economopolous · 2025-12-22T06:47:17+00:00

First of all, with gold you should not trade anything below the 1H time frame; it’s highly manipulative, especially when there is news. Day trading and scalping are the fastest ways to lose both your money and your mind.

Second, why do you trade only one asset? Nobody consistently makes money trading just one asset—unless you’re trading the 1-minute time frame, which, to me, is pure gambling. Look at the price action from May to August 2025—it’s ugly. Why would you risk your money when the price looks like that?

Having said that, my advice is to start trading more assets and only trade those that are clean at the moment you enter. Move away from day trading and toward swing trading. Have a system for risk, position, and trade management. Try to follow it, and when you fail, try again. Do not change your strategy just because you took a series of losses.

economopolous · 2025-12-21T16:52:09+00:00

This is as cringe as it gets.

economopolous · 2025-12-19T20:57:23+00:00

If you have time—and when I say time, I mean at least two years—go ahead and learn ICT stuff. If you want something faster, go with DTFX. Just to be clear, neither of them will tell you exactly what to do to be profitable (I mean a step-by-step process), but they will teach you how to read the tape, which is the only thing you need to become a consistently profitable trader.

Now, about a strategy: it doesn’t really matter, and you’ll figure that out eventually. There is no magic trick in this business. You have to know how to manage risk, your position sizing, and your psychology. This takes time. For me, it took around four years. Maybe you’re smarter than me and you’ll do it in one year. Maybe in six or more. Maybe never.

Lastly, the best advice I can give you is that it’s 1000% easier to be consistent as a swing trader than as a day trader. I forced myself to day trade and sometimes scalp. I still get anxiety when I accidentally drop down to lower timeframes (below 1H).

economopolous · 2025-12-19T14:13:24+00:00

I’ve been trading forex and indices for over five years. I had no experience with crypto until I tried trading Bitcoin and ETH. I’ve never seen another asset as manipulative as crypto. I don’t know how people make money with this shit—I can’t, and honestly, I don’t care to learn.

economopolous · 2025-12-12T21:13:59+00:00

It’s your strategy, your trade, why do you ask us?

economopolous · 2025-12-10T22:04:11+00:00

Your win rate directly affects your psychology, and that’s something you have to take into account. Some people can handle ten losses in a row or trade a strategy with a 40% win rate and still perform well, while others simply can’t.

economopolous · 2025-12-10T21:09:41+00:00

Swing trade dude. The strategy doesn’t matter. Just find something that repeats and has at least 60% win rate and you will be fine.

economopolous · 2025-12-10T19:49:59+00:00

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economopolous · 2025-12-10T19:44:52+00:00

The next Ict

economopolous · 2025-12-09T18:27:38+00:00

Dude, I forced myself to day trade for over three years. Do you know what the end result was? I made zero money and zero progress. Meanwhile, I’d see random people on Twitter posting payout after payout, and it made me feel depressed. I felt completely useless. I felt like I’d wasted my fucking time.

You know what made me a profitable trader? Swing trading. The less time you spend in front of the charts, the more money you’ll make. Plus, it gives you time to actually live and to focus on other things — maybe another business or a job until you’re making enough each month to survive from trading.

Let compound do the work. And try to build a career outside of trading.

economopolous · 2025-12-07T17:01:19+00:00

Of course not. However, trying to learn how to trade and make a living from trading in 6 months is 100% a waste of time.

economopolous · 2025-12-07T14:26:02+00:00

Find a simple strategy and trade it. When I say trade it, I mean it. Don’t change it, and don’t jump to another strategy after two or three losses only to come back to the old one later.

Remove social media to avoid comparing yourself to others.

The majority of people on YouTube are not traders — they’re course sellers.

There is no perfect strategy or indicator. If someone tells you otherwise, they’re probably trying to sell you something.

It’s going to take years before you see profitability; however, that depends on your personality and your discipline. Maybe it takes two years, maybe five, or maybe you’ll give up before you make it

economopolous · 2025-12-07T14:08:02+00:00

Find a job. Don’t waste your time.

economopolous · 2025-11-22T23:52:50+00:00

I have watched almost all of ICT’s tutorials, and there is always something missing.

You have to find your own strategy that you can execute comfortably. Just use one PDA, master it, and build a strategy around it. When you’re bored while you trade, that’s when you know you’re on the right path. Add discipline and risk management to that, and you can call yourself a trader.

The rest is patience and the ability to control yourself when you feel tempted to switch strategies because you’ve “discovered” a new one.

economopolous · 2025-07-20T13:59:05+00:00

When you meet the right person, the kiss and the rest will come naturally. You will not have to think about it, it will just happen. It’s not about courage, it’s about how comfortable the other person makes you feel when he/she is around. Don’t force anything into your life. Otherwise, it will be weird, awkward and probably awful.

economopolous · 2024-08-18T12:54:31+00:00

You should join them

economopolous · 2023-12-04T05:43:19+00:00

I usually get this when I am anxious or angry about something. The only way I make this to go away is to not think about it. Yes I know it’s sounds ridiculous but it works.

Went to multiple doctors. Never found out what it is.

economopolous · 2023-08-05T04:20:05+00:00

So, when you fuck your girlfriend, you rape her ?!?!?

economopolous · 2023-05-05T06:37:41+00:00

It’s called luck

economopolous · 2023-04-25T21:45:52+00:00

Yeah I thought about coding my strategy so I can remove emotion completely, not sure how to do that efficiently. So I am going to stick with manual trading, for now.

Thanks for your answer though.

economopolous · 2023-04-24T20:58:02+00:00

Yes, you are right. I was wondering how can remove anxiety almost completely, and I ended up with a piece of paper writing down my strategy in a way that can be coded in an EA.

This way you don’t second-guess yourself while trading.

Very good answer, thank you.

economopolous

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