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Professional Futures Trader - Trailing 12 month performance: 1,306%

Mountains of Colorado Katılım Şubat 2020
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DC@CandyCabin75·
Full-time futures trader since Feb 2020. Self-funded. No prop firms. Last year I stripped my account down to almost nothing — on purpose. I wanted to rebuild from scratch with one focus: master the mental game, nail my position sizing, and prove I could do it consistently. 14x account growth. 1,300% return. 995 trades. 57.8% win rate. $235K profit. No secret indicator. No signal service. No guru system. Just psychology, position sizing, and patience. Before trading, I spent 20 years as a petroleum engineer. I have a lot to share — especially on the two things nobody wants to talk about: the mental side and how much you risk per trade. More coming soon. Follow along.
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DC@CandyCabin75·
Everyone should be working a live account. Prop firms can help, but start the live account process as soon as you can. Think long term — grow it to the point where 1R covers your monthly bills. The ups and downs along the way are brutal, and getting your position sizing right matters more than most people think (read my take on why 1% risk is nonsense). But at some point you have to shift your focus to small, incremental goals that keep you clear and locked in. Winning distorts your read on the market worse than losing does — so use the "anyone can exercise for 5 minutes" mentality. Set a target you can hit. When you hit 4R, take 2R out. Put it in checking, savings, whatever. The other 2R stays so your base keeps compounding. Pay yourself along the way. It makes trading real, resets your psychology after wins, and kills the video game mentality. Think big, think long term — but don't forget to reward the process.
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DC@CandyCabin75·
I really loved your 'so you wanna be a full time trader' video. it's the right conversation. The loneliest part of trading isn't the losses — it's that no one in your life understands what you're going through. You can't explain a -3R day to your spouse over dinner. You can't tell your friends why you're gutted on a Tuesday afternoon. The pressure of a mortgage, a family, real bills — and your income depends on how well you execute against your own psychology. The hardest part was never the market (which is saying something because finding edge is really really difficult too). but my most difficult challenge was controlling myself. Like grabbing a bag of chips you know are terrible for you — I spent years doing the exact things that made it worse. Impulse trades, needing to be right, revenge entries. You know what's destroying you and you do it anyway. and maybe that's why the opportunity exists in the first place, but the journey, when you finally start winning that internal battle, is so damn fulfilling. Nothing else compares.
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Jaymes R.@jaymesrosenthal·
@CandyCabin75 awesome to hear, very impressive you can handle that, what a dad!
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Jaymes R.@jaymesrosenthal·
What It Actually Takes To Make Your First 100k Trading
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Power Beast@powerbeastt·
13 DECISIONS YOU NEED TO MAKE BY 45 SO YOU DON'T HAVE REGRETS AT 70:
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DC@CandyCabin75·
@TheH0n3stTrader @grok Start with a drawdown assessment...plan for the 2% probability case. I'd be ok going to 3% risk for this system.
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The Honest Trader@TheH0n3stTrader·
Hey, @Grok. • 45% Win Rate • 2:1 Avg. R:R Ratio • 2% Risk / Trade • ~160 Trades per Year I start with $10,000. 7 years later = ?
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DC@CandyCabin75·
@satymahajan Happy Birthday! We have similar stories. I am 50 - started full time trading 6 years ago. 4 kids, petroleum engineering exec for 23 years, traded along the way, going back to late 90's.
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Saty@satymahajan·
Good morning. Today is my birthday, so I will not be trading. After 46 years this is what success looks like to me. I hope it inspires you.
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DC@CandyCabin75·
Yes.
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Candace Lau@CandyTheTrader·
NY AM session trade +$30,720 in 1 trade on $NQ Caught 64 points in this price run 🥹
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DC@CandyCabin75·
Honestly, I wouldn't try to stay grounded in the value of money. I'd do the opposite — actively separate the two worlds. Costco brain and trading brain don't belong in the same room. The moment you start converting R into groceries, it gets in the way of what you're building. What I'd do instead is channel that energy into pushing your R per trade. You've clearly done the hard work — the emotional discipline is there. So lean into that. Increase your size, get comfortable, sit in it for a while — then go again. That feeling of $500 not being enough? That's not a problem. That's you being ready to grow. Keep pushing your R per trade until the instrument you're trading can't consistently get you out for a 1R loss anymore. That's the real ceiling. Until then, there's still room. You're in a great spot. Trust the process that got you here.
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Rebecca@rebeccaatrades·
I was thinking last night about how far my trading has come. Taking a trade isn’t stressful anymore and I’m not filled with anxiety wondering if it’ll hit my TP. If it does, it does. If it doesn’t, there will always be another trade. There will always be another day. Now my biggest struggle is staying grounded in the value of money. Now that I’ve had a green PNL of $8000 in two trades, $500 doesn’t seem good enough. It’s a good problem to have but something I’m unsure how to navigate. Any tips?
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DC@CandyCabin75·
@RicosWay Yea it’s very true…they have no idea what language you are speaking.
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Rico Lindsay@RicosWay·
Moving forward I’m not talking trading with anyone who’s not a trader. They won’t understand anything you’re doing or going through so I’m choosing to protect my energy at this point. If they ask, the answer will always be “everything is good” lol
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DC@CandyCabin75·
@anymanfitness agree these numbers are flat out wrong. hockey is somewhere between 5k to 7.5k per season per kid.
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DC@CandyCabin75·
@wannabechamp 500%. this is not enough money to do anything meaningful.
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Dan Cheung@wannabechamp·
What % per month on $50k account would change your life? 1% 2% 3% +5%
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DC@CandyCabin75·
"I'm a futures trader." That's it. Said with the same energy as someone saying "I'm an electrician" or "I'm a dentist." It's my job. If you're dodging this question or overthinking it, that's not a branding problem — that's an internal confidence problem. You haven't fully committed. Because when you have, there's nothing to explain or apologize for. Credibility comes from being a real person with real problems who happens to trade for a living. Not from some rehearsed answer designed to sound humble enough but not too humble. The fact that this question even exists is the tell. It's YOUR narrative that trading is perceived negatively. Fix that internally and this question answers itself.
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small_caps_automated@SmallCapSmarts·
Question for full-time traders: What do you say when someone asks what you do? “Trader” is basically ruined by TikTok kids and fake lambo gurus. If you dodge it, people think you’re broke. Say too much and suddenly you’re “that rich guy”.
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DC@CandyCabin75·
I'd participate in a trading verification system tomorrow. Independent 3rd party, verified entries, exits, contract size, returns — all of it. Give me a bright green checkmark next to my name so people don't just know I'm profitable, they can see HOW profitable. There are levels to this game. The fact that "traders" are blocking people who ask them to verify tells you everything. If you're real, you welcome the audit.
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EnhancedMarket@EnhancedMarket·
When you ask a trading guru to verify their trades, this is what happens. Yesterday he said word for word: “I don’t like blocking people” Today: blocked All I asked for was verified entries, exits, and contract size. Offered $50K to do it. The answer was a block. That’s the industry you’re paying for.
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Sham@SpeculatorFL·
1:3 is the best risk-reward ratio.
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DC@CandyCabin75·
The system you choose should determine the position size. You cannot use the same position size for a high win rate system that you would use on a low win rate system. This is a critical distinction — not to mention the psychology involved in trading through losing streaks, and how that varies depending on the system. The position sizing determines the psychological intensity of the experience. It's all connected. You cannot separate any of it. Because just like a nutritional program, the best plan is something you will stick to.
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DC@CandyCabin75·
@EdTrading_ glad I could help - I also posted a tool that allows traders to equalize drawdown and calculate % risk - mostly to demonstrate the win rate DOES matter. as that is what dictates sequential loss rates.
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Ed@EdTrading_·
@CandyCabin75 This is the best value I’ve found on X so far. As a beginner I’m still developing my system but your articles just opened my eyes. Re-defining my system completely. Please keep it up! 🙏🏻
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DC@CandyCabin75·
I've hired 2 psychology coaches in my 6 years of full time futures trading. definitely worth it. the cool thing about trading is we are always a work in progress. here is an idea that 'just works'. Use %risk and compound after every trade. but first, tune% risk to the max drawdown you think you can handle (30%?). I posted a tool a while back to help people do this. Then....start small, whatever that is for you. 10k, 100k equity? 5% risk as example. just trade your system until you start experiencing >1.0R losses. 1.1R will happen from time to time on NQ. but go until the liquidity of the instrument tells you that you have maxed out the position size. this will do 2 things...1. you'll grow into the position size as your equity grows and 2. you'll find the max position size for your system. then stay at that equity and %risk level and take monthly profits. I suspect it will be $250 to $500k per month in trading profits.
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Ryan@DodgysDD·
If I wanted to make more money from trading at this point I would have to size up to a very uncomfortable amount I can’t handle yet at 23 years old Would definitely have to hire a professional psychology coach or something
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@DodgysDD size up/scale up then? "now it feels like I owe everyone something" What do you mean by this? I don't understand how myself or other can "make" you feel a way. Do you maybe feel comfy? Or scared to take steps to the next level?

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