Just sharing my journey so far.
I learned about day trading about early march. Before then I had no idea what “trading” was. I jumped in completely blind and lost all my capital in just a few trades. Basically just gambling, lol. It wasn’t a huge amount, but it still stung.
Around early April, I actually started studying properly. I’ve been at it for a little over a month now, focusing mainly on SMC and CRT concepts.
I started practicing on replay mode, and so far:
First strategy: 56 trades, ~46% winrate, 2.16R average RR
Then I switched strategies simply just experimenting:
Second Strategy: 18 trades, ~55% winrate, 2.88R average RR
Still inefficient data and far from solid sample size, but it’s progress.
Lately though, I feel like I’m rushing the process way too much. Part of it is because I want to be profitable by June, when college starts. I really want to at least help ease the burden on my brother, who’s going to be paying for my tuition and living expenses at my dream university.
Mentally, I’ve been pretty drained these days. There are times I still feel so confused, and blind within these markets. And every time I learn something new, it feels like I’m just overcomplicating it more. But I’m not giving up, it’s either I figure this out or I figure this out.
Just a small rant from a broke learning teen trying to make it work.
If anyone have any tips, help me out please 🙏🏿