The Trading Wisdom I Never Share: My Personal Journey to Doubling Money

I set my teacup down with a sigh when this eager fan approached me about my trading "secret." They're always fascinated by how I seem so relaxed yet manage to double my money with just a few key moves each year.

What I told him isn't what most traders want to hear.

I don't chase the market—I hunt cycles. Daily fluctuations? Just noise to me. Hell, I barely look at 4-hour charts except to understand structure. The real money comes from signals on daily or weekly timeframes.

My approach starts with tiny test positions—like throwing pebbles into darkness to find my way. Only when the weekly close confirms direction do I scale in. My stops? Placed comfortably beyond opposing weekly lows. Wide enough for the market to breathe, wide enough for me to sleep like a baby.

From entry to exit typically spans a month minimum. During this time, I'm not glued to charts like most idiots. Three minutes after daily close is all I spend checking: "Where are we? Trending or consolidating?" Then I move on with my life.

While others are having panic attacks over 5-minute candles, I'm reading books, hitting the gym, coding, even working side jobs. Trading is just one income stream for me—not my entire personality.

Nobody in my social circle knows I'm sitting on seven figures in positions. They think I "dabble in investments." Why? Because they couldn't handle what I'm doing.

The difference between us? They watch floating P&L; I watch trend structures. As long as my thesis remains intact, the position might as well not exist in my mind.

Nine of ten small stop-outs are pointless exercises, but that tenth trade? It recovers everything and funds my year. Big money comes from the market's generosity, not from frantically pointing at charts.

Anxious about risk? Start with 0.1 lots and scale up gradually. Lower your frequency and leverage naturally becomes safer. High frequency trading will destroy even the best system through friction.

No trading guru wants to admit this truth: patience makes more money than brilliance.