Captaintis
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My Trading Story for 2025
About Me:
I’ve been learning about trading for about 18 months, but I took some breaks because I was busy with school and personal stuff.
I started trading funded accounts last March.
So far, I’ve passed two challenges, and now I have a $4,800 account. It’s showing about a -2.5% loss. I didn’t trade last month — honestly, I’m not sure how it got that low. Maybe I set some trades and forgot about them since I took a break for a month. (I attached a picture below.)
Oh, and I did take out some money from that account after passing, about 6.1% or $320. So, I covered the account cost. (Picture attached.)
Sometimes I have a lot on my mind, so I might forget what I wanted to say. You might notice me mixing up things from older posts with new ones because I can’t type as fast as I think—sorry about that!
I use both technical and fundamental trading, but I’m better at technical stuff since I started learning fundamentals only this year.
I trade Forex and commodities, mostly gold (XAUUSD) because I like it even though it can jump around a lot. I’m planning to add some other easy-to-understand commodities soon.
I used to be a day trader, but now I’m focusing on swing trading because I have other things to do.
Why I’m Writing This Down:
I want to keep track of how I’m doing and also share my experience with people here.
I hope writing this and keeping a record helps me stick with trading better. I’m not sure exactly why, but it feels like it will help.
One day, I want to look back and tell my story to others, especially to people just starting like me, when I get to a good spot.
I don’t want to make YouTube videos because talking a lot isn’t really my thing. I just want to focus on trading, not selling courses or becoming famous.
I started trading pretty young with my parents helping me.
Like most beginners, I began by learning about chart shapes, candlestick patterns, and things like harmonic patterns.
After a while, I realized there’s more to trading—it’s all about chances, kind of like gambling. But if you have a good plan, you can increase your chances of winning (not like those YouTube gurus who promise 100% wins, haha).
So, I kept learning new ideas and found a solid way (a strategy) to get better results.
Unlike many new traders, I didn’t just jump in—I tested my plan carefully first. I made a spreadsheet to keep track.
I looked back at one year of charts starting from last February to check how my plan worked. (Just so you know, I really started doing this detailed testing with my spreadsheet last October. I first checked two months, then decided to review the whole year to get more info because I found this new method after losing a few funded accounts. I had stopped trading for a bit and focused on building a strong system. This all happened near the end of the first few months of last year.)
I’ll share pictures of my spreadsheet below. Also, some of my notes might look a little off because I made some mistakes when logging data, especially for gold and forex.
Oops, I forgot what I was going to say next, haha!
Oh right—
I’m better at technical stuff than things like reports and economy news. I used to think those reports didn’t matter, but now I see they don’t give exact trades, but they help me understand the markets better, especially for things like commodities and Forex. So now, I’m learning more about those.
Tools and Resources I’ll Be Using:
I use TradingView to check charts and study the market.
Google Docs helps me write down what I learn.
Google Sheets is where I keep track of my tests to see if my trading ideas work.
I also use ChatGPT, Deepseek, and Perplexity to find more info and help me out while learning.
I’m sure I forgot some things I wanted to say, but I’ll add them once I remember.
My Goals:
I want to keep them private for now, but my plan is to grow slowly and steady.
Short Summary:
I just shared a bit about myself, what I know, and the tools I use that you can try too. I’ll add some pictures below. Also, sometimes I forget stuff, so please forgive me!
I used to be a day trader, but since I don’t have as much time to watch charts like before, I switched to swing trading.
Before writing this, I passed a $4,800 account last year and took out some money—about 6.1%—so I covered the cost of the challenge. I attached a picture of that below.
Please Note:
I won’t share all my secret ways or system because that’s what makes it special. It took me a long time to build, and I’m sharing this for free (no plans to charge, haha). But I’ll share stuff that might help you learn or at least give you some ideas.
I keep forgetting things, so I’ll add more as I remember.
If you have any questions, don’t be shy to ask—I really appreciate it!
Sorry about the messy drawings (I used the Windows snipping tool pen, so it looks kinda rough).
Also, in one spreadsheet picture, you might see that USDJPY for July shows 100%. That’s because I deleted that month’s data and need to check it again, so it just shows 100% for now, lol.
I use a few sheets that link to this main one, which sums up all my logged info. This is what I can share now, but I have more detailed rules and filters that are hidden below what you can see.
This is how my data tracking sheet looks for testing trades. You’ll notice January for gold is blank, and a few other months are empty too because I still need to check those.
This is the funded account I’m using now — it’s about a $4,900 FundedNext Stellar Lite account with a -2.5% loss right now.
Payment summary from my $4,900 account
Alright, let’s get started!
About Me:
I’ve been learning about trading for about 18 months, but I took some breaks because I was busy with school and personal stuff.
I started trading funded accounts last March.
So far, I’ve passed two challenges, and now I have a $4,800 account. It’s showing about a -2.5% loss. I didn’t trade last month — honestly, I’m not sure how it got that low. Maybe I set some trades and forgot about them since I took a break for a month. (I attached a picture below.)
Oh, and I did take out some money from that account after passing, about 6.1% or $320. So, I covered the account cost. (Picture attached.)
Sometimes I have a lot on my mind, so I might forget what I wanted to say. You might notice me mixing up things from older posts with new ones because I can’t type as fast as I think—sorry about that!
I use both technical and fundamental trading, but I’m better at technical stuff since I started learning fundamentals only this year.
I trade Forex and commodities, mostly gold (XAUUSD) because I like it even though it can jump around a lot. I’m planning to add some other easy-to-understand commodities soon.
I used to be a day trader, but now I’m focusing on swing trading because I have other things to do.
Why I’m Writing This Down:
I want to keep track of how I’m doing and also share my experience with people here.
I hope writing this and keeping a record helps me stick with trading better. I’m not sure exactly why, but it feels like it will help.
One day, I want to look back and tell my story to others, especially to people just starting like me, when I get to a good spot.
I don’t want to make YouTube videos because talking a lot isn’t really my thing. I just want to focus on trading, not selling courses or becoming famous.
I started trading pretty young with my parents helping me.
Like most beginners, I began by learning about chart shapes, candlestick patterns, and things like harmonic patterns.
After a while, I realized there’s more to trading—it’s all about chances, kind of like gambling. But if you have a good plan, you can increase your chances of winning (not like those YouTube gurus who promise 100% wins, haha).
So, I kept learning new ideas and found a solid way (a strategy) to get better results.
Unlike many new traders, I didn’t just jump in—I tested my plan carefully first. I made a spreadsheet to keep track.
I looked back at one year of charts starting from last February to check how my plan worked. (Just so you know, I really started doing this detailed testing with my spreadsheet last October. I first checked two months, then decided to review the whole year to get more info because I found this new method after losing a few funded accounts. I had stopped trading for a bit and focused on building a strong system. This all happened near the end of the first few months of last year.)
I’ll share pictures of my spreadsheet below. Also, some of my notes might look a little off because I made some mistakes when logging data, especially for gold and forex.
Oops, I forgot what I was going to say next, haha!
Oh right—
I’m better at technical stuff than things like reports and economy news. I used to think those reports didn’t matter, but now I see they don’t give exact trades, but they help me understand the markets better, especially for things like commodities and Forex. So now, I’m learning more about those.
Tools and Resources I’ll Be Using:
I use TradingView to check charts and study the market.
Google Docs helps me write down what I learn.
Google Sheets is where I keep track of my tests to see if my trading ideas work.
I also use ChatGPT, Deepseek, and Perplexity to find more info and help me out while learning.
I’m sure I forgot some things I wanted to say, but I’ll add them once I remember.
My Goals:
I want to keep them private for now, but my plan is to grow slowly and steady.
Short Summary:
I just shared a bit about myself, what I know, and the tools I use that you can try too. I’ll add some pictures below. Also, sometimes I forget stuff, so please forgive me!
I used to be a day trader, but since I don’t have as much time to watch charts like before, I switched to swing trading.
Before writing this, I passed a $4,800 account last year and took out some money—about 6.1%—so I covered the cost of the challenge. I attached a picture of that below.
Please Note:
I won’t share all my secret ways or system because that’s what makes it special. It took me a long time to build, and I’m sharing this for free (no plans to charge, haha). But I’ll share stuff that might help you learn or at least give you some ideas.
I keep forgetting things, so I’ll add more as I remember.
If you have any questions, don’t be shy to ask—I really appreciate it!
Sorry about the messy drawings (I used the Windows snipping tool pen, so it looks kinda rough).
Also, in one spreadsheet picture, you might see that USDJPY for July shows 100%. That’s because I deleted that month’s data and need to check it again, so it just shows 100% for now, lol.
I use a few sheets that link to this main one, which sums up all my logged info. This is what I can share now, but I have more detailed rules and filters that are hidden below what you can see.
This is how my data tracking sheet looks for testing trades. You’ll notice January for gold is blank, and a few other months are empty too because I still need to check those.
This is the funded account I’m using now — it’s about a $4,900 FundedNext Stellar Lite account with a -2.5% loss right now.
Payment summary from my $4,900 account
Alright, let’s get started!
