Journal
Strategy, psychology, tools, and honest reflections. 19 posts.
The $1 to $50K Challenge: What I Actually Think
You have seen these everywhere. Someone starts with $1, $50, $100, or $500 and claims they will grow it to $50,000 or $100,000. They film the process. They post weekly updates. Som...
Read →Tradezella: Honest Thoughts From Someone Who Trades Daily
Tradezella is a trade journaling and analytics platform designed to help traders track, review, and improve their performance. I have spent time exploring it and here are my honest...
Read →Every Tool I Use to Track My Forex Trading
Tracking is not optional. If you are not measuring your trading, you are guessing about what works and what does not. Over five years I have tried a lot of tools. Some stuck. Some ...
Read →How I Actually Use MyFXBook Analytics to Get Better
Most people connect their account to MyFXBook and then never look at the analytics beyond the headline equity curve. I used to do the same. The curve is up, so things are fine. The...
Read →SignalStart and Copy Trading: My Honest Take
SignalStart is a platform that lets traders broadcast their trades as signals, and subscribers can automatically copy those trades into their own broker accounts. It sits in a spac...
Read →April 2026 Review: Process Over Outcome
April is done. Here is the breakdown. Total trades: 847. Win rate: 52.3%. Net result: positive. The account grew, but not dramatically. Some weeks were flat. One week was notably ...
Read →MyFXBook vs SignalStart vs FX Blue: Choosing a Tracking Platform
If you want to track and verify your forex trading publicly, there are three main platforms worth considering. MyFXBook, SignalStart, and FX Blue. Each serves a slightly different ...
Read →Prop Firms vs Personal Capital: My Experience With Both
I have traded both prop firm accounts and personal capital. They are fundamentally different experiences, even when the strategy is identical. The psychology changes when the money...
Read →MyFXBook: What Verified Results Actually Prove
Every trade I take is tracked on MyFXBook. Not because I enjoy the platform's interface or because it is perfect. Because it solves one specific problem that matters more than anyt...
Read →Trading as a Black Man: Capital, Leverage, and Ownership
This is personal. I do not usually write from this angle because the trading principles apply to everyone regardless of background. But context matters. And my context shapes why I...
Read →Why I Only Trade Gold Right Now
I used to trade everything. EUR/USD, GBP/JPY, NAS100, crypto pairs. I thought more instruments meant more opportunities. What it actually meant was more noise, more confusion, and ...
Read →What 5% Per Week Actually Requires
People throw around return targets like 5% per week as if it is just a matter of trying harder. I want to break down what that number actually requires in practice, because the gap...
Read →The 4% Daily Loss Rule That Saved My Account
There is one rule that has saved me more money than any strategy, indicator, or setup. If I lose 4% in a single day, I stop trading. Everything shuts down. No exceptions. No I will...
Read →My Risk Rules: How I Survive Trading Gold
Gold will humble you faster than any other instrument I have traded. The moves are violent. The spreads widen without warning. A position that looks safe can turn against you by 10...
Read →The Trade That Cost Me 4% in 12 Minutes
March 2025. Gold. Buy position. Entered at what looked like a clean support bounce on the 5 minute chart. Within 12 minutes I was stopped out for the maximum daily loss. Here is w...
Read →5 Years of Forex: What Realistic Returns Actually Look Like
Five years. That is how long I have been doing this. Not five years of consistent profit. Five years of learning, losing, adjusting, and slowly getting less bad at it. The interne...
Read →Trading Isn't About Winning. It's About Surviving
Roughly 90% to 97% of active traders and short term investors lose money, with many failing within the first 90 days to two years. This is often referred to as the 90 90 90 rule, w...
Read →Why I Don't Fully Trust Bots — Or Myself
Before anything else, it's important to explain how I actually trade. My approach is roughly 70% automated and 30% manual. That balance exists because I don't fully trust systems, ...
Read →What I'm Building, Not Chasing
The aim of this journal is not to walk you through investing or teach you how to do it. It is simply meant to be easy to follow along with my thinking and where my focus is right n...
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