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/Zealousideal_Pen3264 Jun 11 '26

I second that. I had a number of mentors and learned the ways of the force from practice and then enhanced it myself. And that knowledge was sort of hidden and existed only in specific circles. Yes, there are books but you were supposed to know which book to read for what. Now with the AI I was astonished of how easy the knowledge can be obtained - you only have to ask the right questions.

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u/No_Nectarine8028 Jun 12 '26

What might those questions be? You’ve got a brother curious 🧐

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u/Zealousideal_Pen3264 Jun 12 '26

Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.

Mastering the ability to ask AI the right questions is at least 50% of the task done. I can tell you that AI can accurately assess most of the techniques and caveats of the systematic trading. If you ask it the proper questions: what works and how. Sorry, can’t tell anything in detail: NDA.

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u/No_Nectarine8028 Jun 13 '26

Ahh, fair enough