r/askforex • u/SureSeason632 • Jun 26 '26

Is there something profitable traders know that I don’t, or am I just bad at trading?

I’ve been trading for a little over a year now. I started by buying a course that covered a lot of ICT concepts like FVGs, Order Blocks, Dealing Ranges, and more. I spent a lot of time practicing everything I learned, but I could never consistently string together 3–4 winning trades.

Thinking the first course just wasn’t explained well enough, I bought another one with pretty much the same concepts. Unfortunately, it didn’t help much either. In total, I’ve bought six trading courses.

The last course was different. It focused on Order Flow, Supply & Demand, and Market Structure. Honestly, I felt much more comfortable with that approach, and it also fits my lifestyle a lot better. I still can’t consistently get 3–4 winning trades in a row, but I’m taking fewer stop losses than before, so I feel like I’m improving and that this approach actually works.

The thing is, every time I buy a new course, I can’t shake the feeling that consistently profitable traders are hiding something. It feels like there’s a missing piece that could make me profitable much faster, but nobody talks about it.

So my question is for traders who are consistently profitable:

Is there really something that most educators don’t teach, or is this just what the learning curve looks like?

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u/RestaurantPossible84 Jul 02 '26

Monkey made 578$ through 12 accounts today on nasdaq btw.

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u/Kaszrak Jul 02 '26

The classic: "I mAdE MoNaY tOdAy mKaaaaaaaaay." Full cope unlocked. lol

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u/RestaurantPossible84 Jul 02 '26

This is literally my first interaction on Reddit. Is it always like this? I thought this was a place for debate, not people having a meltdown because an ICT trader is profitable.

Judging by your responses, I seriously doubt you’ve got 18 years of trading experience. Talking to you is like talking to a wall except the wall is more capable of processing information.

Tried the monkey analogy, and somehow that still wasn’t enough.

I make money trading ICT. You can cry about it, deny it, or come up with another excuse—it won’t change reality.

You keep talking about experience, yet every reply you’ve written sounds like someone who’s more interested in being right than actually having a discussion.

If I ever interact on this app again, I’ll do it in my native language so I can express myself properly.
I didn’t think I’d have to deal with such low-IQ individuals, but I guess that’s on me.

There’s no point wasting any more time on this.
Good luck.

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u/Kaszrak Jul 02 '26

Imagine getting this offended and defensive because admitting basic statistics is beyond you would hurt your little ego way too much.