How I Overcame The Root Cause For Trader Failure (2024)

July 29, 2021 | 11:50 am | Successful Traders

July 29, 2021 | 11:50 am
Successful Traders

We spoke with John about his trading plan, insights, and lessons gained while trading in the Forex market and our platform as a funded trader.

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• Tell us a little bit about you.
  Real Estate Broker, Property Manager, Forex Market Enthusiast.

• How long have you been trading?
  26 years, Part-Time Trader.

• Briefly describe your Trading Plan and how it contributes to your success.
  I trade dynamic support and resistance areas using a combination of Price, Time, and Volatility.

• Share with us a challenge you faced in your trading career and how you overcame it?
  I suspect I have done most of the things that have been the root cause of trader failure including; risking too much of the account on each trade, over-trading, over-analyzing, too much screen time, trading without a plan, then creating a plan, changing the plan, not sticking to the plan. You name it; chances are I did it! Including paying tens of thousands of my money towards “tuition” for this painful education. I have learned to focus on, analyze and trade just one or two forex pairs, wait for my set up and execute my profit/loss orders. I have also learned to eliminate risk as the trade moves in my favor in case it suddenly reverses on me.

• How did you adjust risk management to your trading personality?
  I finally put the odds of success in my favor by dramatically reducing risk to the account. The 5ers allowable risk structure turns out to be exactly what I needed.

• Describe a key moment in your trading career.
  When I realized that markets were NOT random and that there were predictable, repeatable and calculable price and time patterns, I knew that trading was something that I would never give up on.

• How long it took for you to become a consistent trader, and what aspects did you change that helped you to become consistent?
  I have experience many failures and successes in my 26 years of trading and market analysis. Becoming a consistent trader has been elusive mostly because of risk appetite and sticking with a simple trading discipline over the years. Lots of back testing of my basic trading plan and a greater willingness to sit on my hands and stick to my plan has allowed me to become a more consistent trader.

• What is your mental/psychological strength, and how did you develop it?
  I have a good degree of patience now which I have developed from the aforementioned experiences.

• What was your strategy to successfully passing The5%ers’ First Level?
  Trade the pound sterling us dollar pair only. I like the daily pip movement that would work for 20 pip target and stop with my strategy. Back testing showed potential for 75% winning trades. I succeeded with just 60% in 29 trading days. I’m happy.

• How is trading for the5ers different from trading by yourself?
  Trading for The5ers gives me a financial partner I have to be responsible to and their risk parameters provide that structure. I like their capital growth plan way more than using my own capital. The goals are achievable and will get me a greater income in a much shorter period of time if I succeed.

• What would you recommend to someone who is just starting with us?
  Create a trading risk management plan that keeps you in the game. If you have ever doubled or tripled an account before — you only have to make 76% to be trading a million bucks with The5ers. What an amazing opportunity!!

• Share online resources that were/are significant in your trading development. Name and links are appreciated.
  Tom DeMark; https://demark.com/demark-indicators/

• Would you like to share anything else with us?
  With the greatest respect and humility, thank you for this opportunity to become your partner in proprietary trading.

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