I joined the Challenge December 2020, and if you look at my profit chart, it's been a steady decline up until mid-2024. Lots of learning and discipline issues to tackle, as with other traders.

2021 - 2023: Watched all the DVDs, studied countless webinars and video lessons, was in chat most days. However, still no consistency. The only positive thing I've done was not blow up, and that's because I have been trading small with $25-$50 risk per trade, usually capping myself at $300-$600 max day's loss (but this was worst case scenario). 

2024: I started using the things I learned in the Challenge to take a stab at swing trading large cap stocks. I created a separate account on Etrade to house my large cap swing trades, while maintaining an account on Fidelity for my small cap day trades. 2024 was a green year for my swing trade account (about +$500), but my day trade account was still in the red (about -$1025.93).

2025: Since I was successful last year swing trading large caps, I decided to increase my position sizes slightly, while still trying to nail better entries, and/or being in a position to add/average down. On the day trading side, I decided to buckle down and realllllllllly pay attention to 1 setup and be disciplined enough to where if it's not that 1 setup, I need to size down and I have to get decent entries based on where the key levels are, or just not trade at all. I wasn't perfect, but I made a more conscious effort to hone in on this, and it has REALLY helped. I've been focusing on FGD. Focusing on one setup is so KEY to understanding what makes a good FGD, a bad FGD, and everything in between. I should've started this a long time ago, but you live and you learn. 2025 my swing trade account ended green (about +$3490), while my day trade account green as well (about $332).

2026: Up until now, I've only been tracking my day trades in Profitly. However, I decided to start tracking my swing trades as well. So I've uploaded my large cap swing trades from 2024 and 2025, which is why there is a huge spike in my profit chart for Jan 2026. I'm hoping I could keep the momentum going. I have all the knowledge on what it takes to become a profitable trader. My problem has been discipline. But I showed myself in 2025 that becoming a profitable trader is possible. And I did that by having my first green year ever, and by having a profitable year that put me green overall in my trading career. 2025 it started clicking, and the profits have been rising more and more. Now is the time to stay more disciplined than ever. Head on a swivel at all times.

 

Didn't mean for this blog post to be this long. Literally started writing this with no plan in mind. But cheers to my first blog post. lol