r/traderrlife

I have been investing in stocks for many years and have finally achieved some modest success. However, I certainly wasn't able to generate consistent profits right from the start.

Over the years, I've tried many trading methods, including technical analysis, chasing hot stocks, and investing in stocks recommended by others, but the results have been less than ideal. I gradually realized that the truly effective strategy is to trade with the trend.

I remember when I first started out: I spotted a tech stock that had been falling for several days, assumed it was cheap enough, and took a heavy position in it. Before long, however, it continued its decline. Not long after, it continued to fall. Not only did I not make any money, but because I was afraid of cutting my losses, I delayed and my losses grew larger and larger. That experience completely changed my way of thinking.

After that, I started focusing on trends, only trading stocks that had clearly strengthened, had increased trading volume, and whose prices were constantly hitting new highs and lows.

Once, I observed a small-cap stock that, after several weeks of consolidation, suddenly broke through a key resistance level with increased volume. I didn't immediately chase the high price, but patiently waited for a pullback to confirm support before entering the market. Although I didn't buy at the absolute lowest point, the stock subsequently embarked on a very steady upward trajectory.

I have grown increasingly convinced that the market is always a more powerful force than any individual's predictions. To achieve stable profits, one should not rely on guessing the bottom or on short-term luck, but rather on following trends, controlling risks, and patiently waiting for genuine opportunities.

To this day, I continue to use a trend-following trading strategy, respecting and following the market, rather than fighting against it. In the long run, this approach has provided me with a level of stability that is far more reliable than the occasional windfall of a speculative trade.

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Dollar up → gold down → mood destroyed. Dollar down → gold up → suddenly I’m a long-term investor again.

I would love feedback on my new sector breakdown (pic #2). The portfolio has shown improvement since the rebalance.

I’m fortunate to have been in the All Time Top 10 Market Beaters on Dub virtually every week… for almost 2 years now!

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Quick context I posted an AMA on various communities last week — some of you might have seen it.

This month I wanted to break down something specific because

I keep seeing the same question: "what strategy should I use?"

The honest answer? Your strategy probably isn't the problem.

Your TIMING is.

Thats my April on one express I traded more aggressively but the edge is the same one I use on every account.

Here's what my journal data shows after tracking 400+ trades:

AM session (9:30 - 11:00 ET):

- Win rate: 82%

- Average R:R: 1.34

- Biggest drawdown in a single session: $400

PM session (12:00 - 16:00 ET):

- Win rate: 64%

- Average R:R: 1.47

- Biggest drawdown in a single session: $330

Same setups. Same risk management. Same me. The only variable

is time of day.

When I stopped trading PM, three things happened:

1. My win rate jumped because I was only taking the highest

probability window

2. My funded accounts stayed alive longer because I wasnt

giving back AM profits in the afternoon

3. My mental health improved massively because I wasnt

staring at charts for 8 hours

I trade 3 setups on NQ — all OHLC-based, no indicators. But

honestly the setups are maybe 30% of why this works. The other

70% is:

- Session filter (AM only for this regime)

- Entry grading (I rate every setup A+ to C before I click.

Below B = I sit out)

- Hard daily target (hit it = close charts, no exceptions)

- Journal everything (if you can't measure it, you can't

improve it)

The reason most traders keep blowing challenges isnt that

they dont know enough. It's that they take every mediocre

setup they see, trade all day, and have no system for knowing

when to STOP.

And the best advice I can always give you is: look at the data I guarantee you will see a pattern.

Happy to answer any questions about the journal system, risk management or how I approach the market.