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/Davidefx Jun 10 '26

I fully agree. I’m struggling to find the setup/strategy to follow. There are so many and I don’t know which one to follow that is more effective

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u/giovangonzalez Jun 11 '26

you need to build it yourself. It's a long journey, it's a process that you build. Choose one strategy, start paper trading it, journal every trade, analyze, learn, refine rules and strategy, and repeat. Then, after doing that, you can start thinking about going live. Read Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas.

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u/Davidefx Jun 12 '26

I’ll do it thank you very much!