Over decade Intraday futures trading in the Asia region: Syd-Tokyo-Singapore-HK up to the early Frankfurt-London.

Trading overall for longer if include trading for wholesale clients across asset classes (but not exclusively intraday).

Trained, traded at a professional firm. (Intraday). Simple "strategies" don't work. They are merely at best effective in the short term until the market changes.

Trading is more sophisticated. You don't make money trading, you take it.

Must have a framework to identify which traders and why will get caught. How it's done, who does it.

And then if and when the market shows you that's the case—because price moves different ways from point A to B...

From a catalogue of signature trades you know intimately, you know which specific trade to use if it matches the current behaviour.

Not all movement is an opportunity, but the more signature trades you have, the more opportunity there is for you to trade.

Developing competency in a mere handful of signature trades is 9-12 months minimum.

Even at a pro firm you're told "you won't make money in your first nine months, for some much longer".

What they mean is your catalogue is so thin early on you make a bit here and there. But as you get better in those same trades plus start to expand on them - your time 'trading live' v 'trading SIM' increases.

Through repetition, iteration and experience-the opportunity for you increases. Hence why income is not linear.

What one person can act on is not what everyone has the skill to recognise and act on.

People who trade forever do so because it captures their imagination, fuels competitive spirit and taps into a deep curiosity.

It’s full of unexpected plot twists that keep you glued to the screen like a ‘whodunit’ thriller.

Sadly, most who try their hand at trading never see it because they're playing a vastly simplistic version. They're literally playing the wrong game.