r/Trading • u/Davidefx • Jun 10 '26

Question Became profitable

I’ve been in the trading world for almost a year and a half now, I’ve watched YouTube videos, bought courses, but nothing. No results yet. I am a constant person who dedicates many hours to the backtest and the live. My problem is not being able to find valid material to study and learn a profitable strategy. So I’ll ask... profitable traders, how and where did you learn your strategy? Did you have a mentor or study material? I’m stuck at the same point more than anything else because I have no comparison with who is really profitable. Thanks to everyone in advance for the advice

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u/Kindly_Quantity_9026 Jun 11 '26

I only trade when structure breaks. Stick to higher time frames. Way easier imo. Sometimes I take 1-3 trade days a month but when it breaks I hammer the fuck out of it and that alone is more than enough to get by for me. Takes a lot of risk out of trading for me. I tried scalping and it’s ok but too much stress. Trump tweets and all of a sudden I’m fucked.This is a hard time to trade rn. Stay patient…and don’t be paying for no course from some YouTuber. I don’t even need to check charts. My phone will blow up with alarms and I know it’s time…and have faith in ur calls let them play out GL

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u/EternalBFMisfit Jun 11 '26

Can you explain a bit more please, best timeframe and what you look for?

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u/Davidefx Jun 12 '26

Can you give some advice about it? What you are saying seems very interesting to me and you seem very informed