How I turned £3000 into £20,000 in 6 Weeks

[trendie]

hi Aston1st,
hows the Verification going?
Are you funded yet?
(your last post answered a whole load of questions I was mulling over, on my thread, so thanks)

 

[Aston1st]

hi Aston1st,
hows the Verification going?
Are you funded yet?
(your last post answered a whole load of questions I was mulling over, on my thread, so thanks)

Hi Trendie,

Very sorry for the delay in replying to your post, I have been busy.

I failed the verification.

Since last October I have been in a new Job , it's in investments but not a role that I have been active in for awhile so lots of catching up to do.

As a result I neglected my concentration on the trading side. My mind was not on it. What with working from Home and Children home schooling just too much going on.

I have been so busy I have not even posted any more videos since October.

As you know I do have a view on the FTMO though, and have my doubts about the viability of being a "Prop" Trader through them. I was going to do a video on that but realised it would take too much of my time.

Interestingly, there have been a lot of posts from "Interesting Youtubers" that have passed both FTMO Challenge & Verification to the extent that they have left their full time jobs using the "Capital" that FTMO has provided them. They have a large following of around 30 K subscribers ...............................................................................................I am sure you can work it all out for yourself

Happy Trading.

 

[trendie]

Hey,
Glad to see you're still about.
I looked at FTMO and 5%ers, after reading your thread.
The FTMO 10% Max Loss was steep for me.
I would keep trading until I hit 20-25% account loss before I needed to go back to drawing board.
So, felt, that 100K for me would be equivalent of 50K or 33K in real terms.
The alternative would be to reduce my trading size, but that would be equivalent of not needing the 100K! Hope that makes sense.
Still toying with taking the challenge, just for fun!
Anyway, good to hear from you, and hope all goes well with your new ventures.

 

[Aston1st]

Hey,
Glad to see you're still about.
I looked at FTMO and 5%ers, after reading your thread.
The FTMO 10% Max Loss was steep for me.
I would keep trading until I hit 20-25% account loss before I needed to go back to drawing board.
So, felt, that 100K for me would be equivalent of 50K or 33K in real terms.
The alternative would be to reduce my trading size, but that would be equivalent of not needing the 100K! Hope that makes sense.
Still toying with taking the challenge, just for fun!
Anyway, good to hear from you, and hope all goes well with your new ventures.

Yes, I did do a video on this.

The so called $100,000 is in actual fact $10,000 . If you go one cent over $10,000 than one has failed the challenge. So to pass the challenge you have to generate 100% profit on your "trading capital" of $10,000. Which can be quite pressurising.

It' good to practice on and use their stats for guidance.

 

[postman]

Title should read; "How I turned £3,000 into £20,000 in 6 Weeks"

I had been trading futures & spread betting using various strategies with mixed results. I.e scratching or losing money. As you well know there are as many reasons for losing in trading as there are traders.

Last October 2010, I put around £3,000.00 in a spread betting account and traded the DAX. It was day trading.

1. Where as before I would trade around 20 -30 rts a day I slowed down to between 1 - 10.

2. Started trading at £5.00 then £10.00 , the margin requirements back then were £40.00 for each £1.00 traded, I traded aggressively.

3. At just before and at the Zenith of my trading I was trading £750.00 a tick! Obviously problems getting fills from a bucket shop spread betting account meant that I had to endure 4 ticks spillage!

4. I was using the High and Low of yesterday for my support and resistance levels and pivot points along with point and figure.

5. Initally I was aiming for 10 ticks a day, but often this was too easy to get which meant I traded for some times 20 even 50 ticks.

6. The Zenith of my trading account was £118,000 at which point I should have stopped and took all my gains or at least take half.

7. Largest winning day was £35,000 which was on an uneventful day, no real news out so was not too excited about it.

8. Largest losing day was £62,500 Ouch!!!!1
General rule was if no news was coming out, or if the magic charts did not display anything a lotof the interday "big" moves were fake moves and unless they were outside day's I would be cautious in reacting to them.

On the day the DAX was trading aroudn 6750.00 and heading south to the previous day's low, at around 6699 since I was trading at £750.00 a tick I could not take the pain anymore and exited. I then reversed my position on the rationale that if it did take the previous day's low I would reverse again and job 30 ticks! Ala's the price never hit the previous day's low as it was a fake move and it returned to my original position at 6750! at the end of the day.

9. previous to this my target was the DAX to reach 7,000 ( it's that and some all day long nowaday's) which would have given me around £260,000. Syliva from CNBC gave me the idea of reaching for the "Stars" previous to her comments I was trading simply on my own targets and levels. The 250 ticks were 250 ticks too far! Also should have reduced my size.

10. Undeterred from that mega day loss I figured that with £25,000 left in the account I could easily double it in 10 days. Of course I had not figured on the Irish Question that day which is the second big dip on the chart was my worst as I throw my rules out the window. Initially I managed to gain ground only to throw it away.

11. Throughout the trading period I took numerous draw's on the account and spent the money thus my £25,000 profit was frozen at that level as I had no more funds in the Account.

I learnt a number of very valuable lessons during that trading session.

1. It is best to start with a decent size account. Then go for 10 ticks a day or if too easy 10 in the morning and 10 in the afternoon. If you can trade at £100.00 a tick that's over £200,000 a year!

2. Dont' look at the money direct but see the account in terms of numbers of units.
This is so the money doe'snt get in the way of trading how you see the market. Don't try to impose your will on the market, if you have an appointment or your wife gives birth don't try and trade around it or before your appointment trying to tell the market to hurry up and allow you to take your profit!!! :smart:

3. It's possible, to make real money in this game, as an independant or retail trader.

4. When trading, take money out regular, place some of it in :

a; Your reserve trading account that should try to equal your optimum trading account i.e if you start with £10,0000 your reserve should also be built up to £10,000 as you grow so should your reserve.

b; Pay yourself regularly, as paper profits are just that Paper Profits, having £100,000 in my trading account was a great feeling. Not taking the money off the table when I had it is a great regret!

Last but not least, take advice from Oliver Twist's Fagan:

"Only one thing in this world counts, and that's money in the Bank in Large amounts."

Now I have to gather some more capital to trade again. Prop shops won't touch me with a barge pole as VAR is too risky for them and trading period too short.

This is how I turned £3,000 into £20,000 in 6 Weeks
I bought Tesla shares.
Its a lot simpler.

 

[MichaelJohnFX]

Yes, I did do a video on this.

The so called $100,000 is in actual fact $10,000 . If you go one cent over $10,000 than one has failed the challenge. So to pass the challenge you have to generate 100% profit on your "trading capital" of $10,000. Which can be quite pressurising.

It' good to practice on and use their stats for guidance.

Once you pass the challenge, I don't think the $100000k actually even exists. Wouldn't surprise me if the whole thing is a Ponzi scheme.

 

[Aston1st]

Once you pass the challenge, I don't think the $100000k actually even exists. Wouldn't surprise me if the whole thing is a Ponzi scheme.

If you have ever read Shoshana Zuboff's "Surveillance Capitalism" then you understand the business model of the modern approach of hoovering data and monetising it. While I don't think FTMO is a Ponzi scheme it's NOT a Proprietary trading firm in the true sense of the word.

 

[LuckyMac]

Love this. I needed this motivation this morning

 

[Aston1st]

So my last video clip on the FTMO Challenge.

Obviously done during this lockdown hence the Afro!
I have a new position so don't have much time to be trading:

 

[trendie]

hey Aston,

Does your FTMO trading challenge charge you commissions on your trading, or just the spread?

Happy Easter!

Edit: are you using MT4, or MT5? Neither?
Are their charts / performance / latency acceptable?

 

[FXX]

a guy on YouTube turned 500 dollars into 100k in a month and now has it over 5 million dollars. it can be done

 

[Inquisitor]

a guy on YouTube turned 500 dollars into 100k in a month and now has it over 5 million dollars. it can be done

Yes it can be done as others have also been able to do it. Can you post a link or their channel name?

 

[Aston1st]

This is a Treat for Easter.

 

[trendie]

a guy on YouTube turned 500 dollars into 100k in a month and now has it over 5 million dollars. it can be done

I detect a note of incredulity and cynicism in your post.

I want to make 100K, and I have 200K to make it happen.

 

[barneydunn]

I detect a note of incredulity and cynicism in your post.

I want to make 100K, and I have 200K to make it happen.

Well you know the old saying... the best way to make a million in the stock market is to start with 2 million

I was interested to read the first post in this thread as I know someone who makes money every day scalping Dax on the 1 minute chart. He has shown me what he does but I can't keep myself together long enough to do it which is a shame. Proves it can be done though.

 

[Jacob.FX]

There is so many Youtube videos which are promising amazing tactics and EAs which are making money for you... This is a place for actual people and real reviews! Thank you guys, I am so excited to start trading

 

[Aston1st]

I have finally distilled my experience of Trading into an Online Course.

In the past I have taught some people how to trade for themselves, this was usually at a good location aboard for a few days, however with the lockdown I taught a few via Zoom. Having carried this out online, I decided to condense my knowledge into a short course. Nobody is going to learn how to trade in two days, but I sign posted the foundations for newbies to build upon.

Having studied and gained two diplomas in Investment advice ( CISI) some time back , I have been working on the other side of the fence as a Stockbroker. Which restricted my ability to trade a personal account.

The course should save a newbie a lot of time and money finding their own feet in this exciting endeavour.

If anybody any body knows anyone that would like to get into trading by all means drop me a line.

 

[Windlesham1]

I have finally distilled my experience of Trading into an Online Course.

In the past I have taught some people how to trade for themselves, this was usually at a good location aboard for a few days, however with the lockdown I taught a few via Zoom. Having carried this out online, I decided to condense my knowledge into a short course. Nobody is going to learn how to trade in two days, but I sign posted the foundations for newbies to build upon.

Having studied and gained two diplomas in Investment advice ( CISI) some time back , I have been working on the other side of the fence as a Stockbroker. Which restricted my ability to trade a personal account.

The course should save a newbie a lot of time and money finding their own feet in this exciting endeavour.

If anybody any body knows anyone that would like to get into trading by all means drop me a line.

I'm not allowed to post a link to my site which is free options education

 

[Aston1st]

I'm not allowed to post a link to my site which is free options education

Love Options, which broker do you use as it's hard to find here in the UK?

My course is not for free. I have not posted a link , if people are interested they can pm me.

 

[Windlesham1]

UK is appalling for options- I use ADM but SAXO have a lower entry requirement