🤑How to Always Close Trades in Profit: A Successful Trader’s Experience This insight comes from a trader who has been active in the futures and spot markets since 2017. Over the years, he tried dozens of strategies, earning and losing millions of dollars. His biggest breakthrough was not a technical indicator or a trading system, but risk management per trade. 1. The Most Common Mistake ⛔️ Many traders, especially beginners, search for the “Holy Grail”: Elliott Waves, Smart Money concepts, support/resistance trading, or insider tips. Yet even with occasional winning streaks, within a few months their accounts often end up wiped out. The main reason — taking oversized positions without controlling risk. 2. Why Risk Per Trade is the “Holy Grail” 💸 It doesn’t matter: how big your account is, what leverage you use, what analysts say, or what the market sentiment is. What matters most is how much of your capital you allocate to a single trade. Example: Account: $1000 Leverage: x10 Position size: $50 (with leverage = $500) Market drops -10% → loss of $50 (5% of account). Market drops -50% → loss of $250 (25% of account). It’s not pleasant, but your account survives, allowing you to re-enter the market. 3. How This Trader Applies It👨‍🏫 He opens 3–5 trades, allocating 5% of his account to each (with leverage up to x20). Even if all go against him, the total loss is limited to 15% of his account. This allows him to: Wait out drawdowns without liquidation, Re-enter at better prices, Preserve capital for the next opportunities. 4. Small Account — Different Problem🐧 If your account is $100, this method will be less effective. The trader suggests earning a starting capital outside the market first, so that risk management has a meaningful impact. 5. Key Takeaways📚 Risk per trade is the foundation of long-term trading success. Optimal approach: 3–5% of your account per trade, leverage x5–x10 (up to x20 in some cases). Breaking this rule is the fastest way to blow up your account. > Trader’s advice: “If you’re here to earn money, accept that it takes time — sometimes years. If you’re here to gamble, the x100 leverage club is waiting for you, but the ending will be predictable.”