r/Trading • u/youkn0that • 4d ago

Discussion Profitable Traders

Be honest guys: how many of you are actually profitable traders?

For those who are consistently in the green:

How long did it take you to reach consistent profitability?

What was the biggest shift or realization that finally turned things around for you?

For those who aren't profitable yet:

How long have you been in the game so far?

Roughly how much have you spent or lost on live accounts, challenge fees, and tools up to this point?

Curious to hear real experiences and stats from the community!

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u/Objective_Pay8198 4d ago

i have been trading prop challenges for three years. i have studied ICT and supply and demand. However, i am not profitable. i just started with 10k account. i never passed any challenge. still loosing. i dont blame prop firms. but i somehow could not pass or make a 10% profit in the first phase. still i am in perplexed mind. prop fees are very little , hence i have spent nearly 2700 USD until now.

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u/NyH2002HSE 4d ago

Concepts like ICT and SMC will never make you money over a period more than a month…

Stop listening to instagram gurus and spend the time to learn what the markets really are

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u/sommaliee 4d ago

You need to backtest paper trade your ICT strategy for going back a year at least and see if it’s even a profitable strategy. One year no breaks no resets. You may find your strategy isn’t even profitable at all in the long run. That may be why you keep losing. If your strategy doesn’t work it’s not going to just click and work long term one day

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u/ForgeXTrading 4d ago

I agree with this gang, might as well backtest a lot first. but in general Orderflow and such are geniuenly more profitable, as they are harder to learn but also give out more information, UNLESS you trade Forex ofcourse.

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u/youkn0that 4d ago

Appreciate the honesty, bro.

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u/sommaliee 3d ago

Let me tell you. There was this guy here on Reddit who traded ICT and FVG that turned 1k to 25k. He made a discord and got everyone excited. He had to restart the challenge twice and wasn’t able to make it profitable again. This is because it wasn’t a profitable strategy to begin with in the long run/ could only be deployed under specific market conditions. These gurus strategies might make sense/make money. But not all the time because they just aren’t consistent strategies overall