I had this fun idea to recap my forex trading, thus far. I instantly thought to myself, how cool is this, of course I should. I hardly ever mention it on here although it’s a part of my everyday lifestyle. I started trading forex back in June, or July 2020, my mom introduced me. I am forever grateful. At first, I brushed her off. But she knows how to have her way, with me. I believe she did something like asking me to research something for her pertaining to the topic because she could not understand something. Next thing you know, I’m on Babypips studying what a pip is. I studied the basics for some months before actually getting into live trading. My mindset was, if I’m going to do this, I’m doing it the right way. That looked like first learning about what I was getting into.
A Trip Down Memory Lane.
July 2020 – I opened my first live account with Trader’s Way. Throughout my entire trading journey thus far, I’ve rarely traded a demo account. And I mainly traded GBPUSD and EURUSD, but GBPUSD mainly.
May 2021 – I left my Phlebotomist Job.
2022 – I was able to consistently withdraw profits from my real account. My main goal was to join a trading community, and so I enrolled myself in one.
From April 2023 – I believe my trading journey got very rough this year. I saw what was possible from trading the markets, but I also knew I was not trading the right way, and as the journey got rougher, I tried different strategies. I was not sticking to my written trading plan, nor was I consistently journaling. I also traded my first prop account challenge from My Forex Funds, which I later failed.
November 2023 – I talked to God about my trading and the struggles I was going through. ( I always talk to God about my struggles anyway). after my thoughtful consideration, I decided to take a break from trading. My goal was to quit, but I was also not sure if that was what God wanted me to do. So, I did not hold firm to the idea of quitting. (But I did purchase another prop account prior, and hardly traded it. Only to receive an email later on that the company needed to change its name or something of that kind. At that time, I did not really care to be honest. I had already checked out.)
After the break was over.
2024 – I believe it was either March or April. I resumed trading on my real account. This time trading GOLD. XAUUSD was not my pair but instead my mom’s favorite, and back in 2022, I did trade it a few times.
November 2024 – My mom says to me, “You would not believe what happened!”
I said, “What happened?”
She says to me, “I was just on this website just browsing their challenges. And I made a mistake and purchased their challenge.”
I said, “oh well, that’s great, you were just saying you wanted it, that’s alignment.”
She says, “No, I mean I purchased not one, but two challenges. I must have clicked it three times or something.”
So, I’m like, “okay, well, ummm. How much did you pay?”
One hundred and something USD (per challenge), I think, is what she said to me.
I think I then responded, “Can you get a refund?”
She then goes on to say, “No, I’ll just keep one and you’ll keep the other. Which one do you want?” (But in my head, I’m thinking, mommy you made a mistake and entered your credit card in a system…)
From early in my trading journey, I realized I’m not a prop firm person. I prefer trading a real account because it better aligns with my trading plan. For example, some firms require 5 trading days max. My trading plan is 3 consecutive days with 3 consecutive winning trades means no more trades for the week.
What’s new?
2025 – I am currently trading a prop account and my real account.
Since I’ve started back trading in 2024 right up to the time of creating this post in 2025, I only trade GOLD. I have been sticking to my trading plan and I have journaled all my trades since January. I’m aware of what I look for when I come to the chart at 8 am. I know why I trade the forex market, but my current struggle is discipline. I am not as disciplined on the charts as I want to be. On weekdays, I wake up every day by 6:30 am. I spend time with God for about 30 minutes to 1 hour. By 8 am, I’m on the charts, even if it’s not a trading day for me.
When I observe myself, I realize I’m treating trading as a hobby. Because of this mindset, I am not getting the consistent results I want to see. At this stage in my journey, I have no excuse for why I’m not yet consistent in my results.
I’m like, girl, you need to get it together, it’s not like you don’t know what you’re doing.
2025 onward – I need to get out of my own way.
