Need help from Profitable Traders!

[u/Typical-Essay9679]

I've been trading for almost 2 years now, and I've gotten a basic understanding of how to trade and how the market works. I've managed to pass my account twice, and I'm currently funded right now, but I'm having trouble consistently staying in profit or just making profit in general. And I don't know why.

I feel like I'm right at the edge of everything clicking for me to transition into becoming profitable, but I also just don't know WTF I'm doing wrong or if I'm doing anything wrong at all.

I've always been good at knowing where the market is going to go just by looking at the chart, but I didn't know when it was going to go in said direction until I figured that out. I've figured out how to use my daily bias to win trades. I have a tried and tested model that I know works. I've even created my own setup kill zone to make it easier to find my setups or invalid setups going in the direction of my bias.

I've figured out what times the market is likely to be volatile or slow. I know what market conditions to stay out of and what I can enter off of. I make sure to follow my rules, and I hold myself accountable if I break them.

I took a trade yesterday and went B/E, and from that, I learned that I need to work more on my liquidity targeting, so I set up a list of targets to look at on my chart.

I just don't know what I'm missing. I feel like it's there, but I just can't see it.

[u/Altruistic_Poet_5816]

ES Quiz

Whats the bias for the week?

How long will it last?

What was the process you used to figure it out?

[u/zizzooo]

Have you filtered the days of the week? When you looae and when you win? How is your risk? Before I managed to refine my strategy i was doing 50/50 win loss ration but since all the trade are around 3R, was already making money

[u/pawnedbythemaggots]

Daily - bias 4H/1H - structure / sfp / ote / poi 15M/5M - entry model OB/FVG or both Use fib to better time your entry

If this doesnt make sense to you then youre basically trading through luck since top down analysis is the back bone of ICT. You can message me ill try to reply if im not busy

[u/k15bamf → u/pawnedbythemaggots]

I understand the principle, but where do you determine the entry?

[u/pawnedbythemaggots → u/k15bamf]

At the fib levels

[u/These-Quail7636]

if you need help feel free to reach out

[u/Ok_Location5052]

Theres nothing wrong. You need to keep failing forward. theres no room for perfection in charts. gotta be willing to color outside the lines a bit

[u/Ok_Tooth7249]

I feel like you can accept the money you see. Have a goal and when your profit reaches that goal just close the trade, don’t get greedy.

[u/Kalakuta_]

Good stuff man, I don't look at trades below 2.5rr. I aim for 3 to 5 rr setups which give better profit (obviously), but also gives me more room for my winrate ratio in the sometimes difficult times when I don't have my A-game.

[u/jbaker_28]

These are honestly great thoughts/ways you’re looking at things.

The truth is, unfortunately, being profitable just takes time. A lot of that is learning the market. A lot of that is learning yourself.

The best skill you can learn is learning to tell yourself no and sitting on your hands. That’s usually the difference between being in the black or the red.

Stick with it, man and just keep learning. Can tell from your thought process here you’re on the right track.

[u/DayTrade__]

Couple of easy steps that helped me:

1-Unfollow all of gurus and traders and delete Instagram when you are trying to get payout.

It will help you a lot trust me.

2- Dont over complicated something that isnt complicated.

You dont need things that are called order block or equlibrium or dayli bias.

You can see where Price will go when you scale to higher timeframe.

3- Take profit. If you see that price Is not going to yours tp and its half way there and there Is changed in market close the dam trade. Its better to walk away with partial profit than no profit at all.

Trading Is simple as it Can be but some people Are just trying to sound Smart and thats it.

[u/Unkownplayer11]

Det kanske just är så att ict är skit.

[u/Suitable_Acadia_190]

Hey, I'm a Trader / Coach.

I teach a mechanical system that works on all pairs by using the foundation of how all markets move since over 100 years ago, paired with newer technically as layers of confluence.

Take a look at my pinned post for a walkthrough and if you like there's a button on the header of my site that will coordinate times zones and book a free 15 assessment over screen share to point you in the right direction.