u/SureSeason632

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?

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?

Hi everyone,

I’ve been day trading live for about a month now. Before going live, I spent around two months backtesting my strategy. My approach is based on market structure, order flow, and supply and demand concepts.

I mainly trade Forex, specifically EUR/USD, but lately I feel like there are very few trading opportunities.

Currently, I use:

•	H4 to determine the overall trend  
•	M15 to identify my points of interest  
•	M1 for trade entries

I’m starting to wonder if my timeframe alignment is the issue. Would it make more sense to use H1 for trend direction, M5 for points of interest, and M1 for entries instead, especially in the current market conditions where price action seems relatively slow?

I’d really appreciate any advice, feedback, or suggestions from more experienced traders.
Thanks in advance!

I've been learning trading for almost a year now, and lately I've been feeling completely stuck.

At first, I spent a lot of time learning ICT concepts, but I found them quite difficult to apply consistently. Because of that, I switched to a more SMC / Supply & Demand approach.

My current strategy is pretty simple:

• I identify the overall trend on the H4 timeframe.
• I mark my Supply and Demand zones on M15.
• I wait for price to reach one of those zones.
• If the market structure aligns with my bias, I enter the trade.

Before going live, I backtested this strategy for about 2 months. The results showed a win rate of around 32%, which I was comfortable with because my risk-to-reward ratio was positive.

I've been trading live for about a month now, but in the entire month of May I only took 4 trades on EUR/USD. This is what's confusing me the most. I feel like I'm barely getting any opportunities, and I'm starting to wonder if I'm being too restrictive with my rules or if this is just normal for a day trader.

For context:

• Market: EUR/USD
• Trading style: Day trading
• Timeframes: H4, M15, and M1
• Strategy: Trend + Market Structure + Supply & Demand

Has anyone experienced something similar? Do you think I'm filtering out too many setups, or is 4 trades per month normal with this type of approach?

Any advice would be appreciated.