My way to highway

great, the admitting that you know nothing tell a lot!
so, found something from 2017/spring 2018...wow, real research.
when did this journal start out?
what you are mistaking to emotional, it is nothing but being fed up from trolls who cant get the facts right.
selling grid system? not
been managing some funds to Trimmer? yes
was this in "real time" talked about in the journal as it was happening? yes
for the fact, also a live TE was up and visible all that period in question. also for the fact, Trimmer was proposing the work together, not i was the one initiating contact.
of course, some superficial "research" wont cover that; in fact not even expand to read the first part of the journal the least.
am i surprised? not
you being surprised how it was ending or whatnot? meaningless.
if bother to read, it was discussed too.

i said i am not the one hiding. yes
and i am not.
my performance (current) has nothing to do with you. really silly to mistake some motivation theme posts to aspiring traders, with being entitled to my full trading statement.
you are not!
but if ignorance wouldnt run that high, and investigating would expand to reading the journal, after all, it would be rather clear that i am not selling anything.
i, however, manage some prop money. that is plain clear, in fact discussed all over.
some general conditions of those deals discussed too, but no exact deal parameters i was posting on the AUM, only in ballpark figures.
however, a few of the readers know about those accounts, maybe even seen some when i was talking to them on skype.
not bcos they came over in an entitled fashion, but bcos i can show to whomever and whatever i choose or not.
somehow i dont feel you are a private forex fund, or a broker i am looking to "impress" by live performance numbers.
dont get emotional about it, lol, but you are a nobody to me.
if not the fact that is a quite trading day now, i wouldn't even bother to answer your posts anymore, you have long forfeited that courtesy.

this is a journal thread.
it is a journal regarding my trading.
it is not to attract investors, but to discuss with some interested aspiring traders about improving on performance, or to transition to full time trader, or a prop trader.
to look for traders as an investor, you have the 'commercial section'.
obviously, this isnt it!
i am not so mad, but tolarance to idiots doesnt infinite. not mine.

FixiSelect...really doesnt exits? shocking!! not that i didnt post about that in 2018...hate to repeat, reading is good!
not that it was public trading, strictly for brokers money involved.
AxiSelect...a lot discussed about it...i know, whining is easier than reading...but those who would read would know that my trading isnt posted there currently, and coming the next shock, wait for it....and it isnt public!
but those in the know would read a long while back that i trade a prop account with a special deal, the money of Axitrader ( better then the standard AxiSelect pro traders!).
European private forex fund...the name holds the clue: "private". to qualify to trade their money, they needed verified statement, not screenshot, not TE, not myfxbook. any wannabe "investor" can bet their a.s.s. that they did their due diligence before handing over a chunk of their funds to trade. and they have.

my system: you have no idea about my way of trading, apart that it may involve some grid.
real investigation!!
only that it was posted and stated in the very first page, in post#1.

apparently, you think way to much about yourself, being entitled for private date.
newsflash: you are not.
keep searching to invest your 1000$ somewhere else, this thread isnt the one for that.
nor i am.
i am too unhinged, unbalanced and antisocial.
a reason for you to just GTFU of here, fast, and never turn back!!

sorry for everyone,
way too much of this BS.
but what to spend a boring trading day with, if not this sort of fun staff?
however, i promise that this was the last reply from me to straighten out some false point.
often think a simple 'ignore' would be a solution, but i want to give chance to everyone.
idiots, trolls, ignorant pricks even.
this wasnt the first and i dont think will be the last one.

in the meantime,
i should ( we should) keep focusing on consistency. the real topic of the journal...

only tomorrow left, then off to my 3 weeks vacation, to visit family and friends. really looking forward to it.
may post a quick summary end of tomorrow, to wrap up the year to date for myself.

happy trading!

As I said unhinged. Called out and then getting emoitional You are on vacation and getting this stressed, must be tough when you are actually putting your grid orders in. And its even worse when you manage to get in 30% floating DD haha

And what about your claim I was expecting 30% profit? Did you manage to take 30 min and study my post? Because it looks like thats how long it takes you to understand a few basic words. So take 30 min, study my post word by word and then we can discuss it further))

What is your deal with you saying that I think I am entitled to private date? This whole thing started when I asked about your performance. Your reply was arrogant and nasty when it didnt have to be. You could simply say that its private and that would end the debate. Instead you had to go insult me. But I get it, I would be hiding too if I blew 30% of the account every few months because of holding bad trades and didnt know when to close them LOL

cant help it, lol.
bcos i am unhinged!

"only tomorrow left, then off to my 3 weeks vacation, to visit family and friends. really looking forward to it."
as in not yet on a vacation.
perhaps it can be my excuse.

some correction: the 30% from me was some error in message, was referring to the thread ( that contained the phrase). my bad, typing and trading sometimes.

and finally a last note to the Trimmer story in 2017...i dont know what he was posted exactly, but he ran my trading on 2-4x risk for his clients. the max DD% was sub-10%, as a cut of. one back to back DD was happening, that was also the trigger to part ways. all is in the journal. easy to look it up.
any hihger DD would be the direct result of 2-4x risk multiplier ( and part to higher commission structure of his clients vs the master acct).
he is/was an IB, who was holding more than 1 iron in the fire, earning on performance fees cut (33% of it) and earning to be IB ( i trade high volume).

the claim is totally baseless about holding bad trades.

now really totally and finally done with this topic.
the market is starting to pick up, and GbpAud just in the entry zone.

happy trading!

PS.
" private date"...something i most certainly not proposed. lol. if anything was mention about, it was private data ( information).

a little wrap up before my holiday.
the last real trading day for the month.
flying out Sunday night, and won't like to deal with trading Friday, based on past experiences it isn't usually good to have up till last-minute pressure.
although August is pretty smooth, if only also on the low end of the return, but that is something that was expected too, based on the same past experiences.
I am really looking forward to being back in Hungary, the last time I was on a very unfortunate occasion, in a very sad November 2018.
this time should be a lot happier ( and a lot warmer too!)

trading is smooth, really is.
since the start of May, that losing day, already day#55 the current streak.
the immediate goal was to manage up until vacation without another losing day, so once back i can continue to swing for that record fresh.
that goal is achieved, and the next step is breaking my record, just another 23 trading days away. "just"! lots of work still.
but one day a time, a lot can be achieved.
looks like this:


i often get messages regarding how to improve trading, and also in regards to my trading buddy, George_AUS, especially since he decided that for now ( or forever?) leave the forum, and the headache it comes with.
i have great respect to George, and i can say we came very close sharing since the end of March I first came to know him over Skype.
we share the same passion about trading and a very similar mindset when coming to tackle the market day to day.
i fully understand traders trying to seek out knowledge, but i also fully understand why George decided to leave the forum, due the increasingly common attacks directed to him.
one thing he was often attacked is a win rate, and what is possible or not to do.
this next screenshot is dedicated to them:


one can think individual entries, one can in a set of entries, or in the number of days.
the important to be consistent with the chosen benchmark.
whether you think it is possible or not, seeing is believing, and believing is a way to seeing it!!
from the 120 trading days, i have been trading this year, there is 1 losing day!
could that just be that George also able to make something like this?
possible!
but whatever he does ( or i do) is not in direct relation to anyone else's trading outcome.
so why show it then?
just bcos i can?
not really.
i am showing this in hope that it will help some of you to get some directions, maybe expand their perspective about what can and can not be achieved by work hard, and that really a lot said to be impossible may just be possible.
set proper goals, and keep pushing those goalposts a little further each time!
i know they are pictures, and i know i deliberately leave out the numbers.
so, the obvious next thought will be that OK, yeah, but must be carrying lots of open trades?
far from the truth!


it is easy to look for reasons why not to try to succeed, be that time, circumstances, or the impossible task, etc, etc.
but often we are our real enemy when coming to fails.
trading has its ups and its downs, no question about it.
this very journal is a good example of that.
but also an example that it is possible to get up, and strive to be better.


while i won't be trading live till after 10th Sept, i won't be completely offline. in fact I will have the privilege to meet one of the traders i came to know a couple of months ago, and helping by some mentoring in Budapest, and show around in my city, plus of course, discuss some trading too!!
it is unfortunate they will miss out the annual 20th August firework, but it is fortunate that i will arrive just a day before. OK, admit, i planned it that way!
here is a short video what to expect ( the whole firework is approx 25 min, non-stop!)


happy trading!
Zoltan

You are coming home at the best possible date. The air cooled off a bit, but still pretty sunny.

Best wishes and dont think too much about the opportunities you will miss
Tamás

Tamas,
i wont!
i am really looking forward to just enjoy being there, with family and friends.
have been trading hard enough and good enough to deserve it!
btw, my son is also Tamas!

vacation is over.
back to trading.
first entries done, after nearly a month.
not exactly how i wanted them to be. still, some profit.
Eur ( EU, EJ) having a big day, and i made the mistake to pull exit too quickly after some ( still moderate) move against me.
maybe still the jetleg?
actually, just wanting to re-start out on a positive note, usually my Monday attitude.
well, it isnt Monday now, and i have left a lot on the table. like A LOT.

as for the vacation, it was great time.
3 weeks is on the long side, but flying half a world over would make sense. plus needed time to renew all the docs, passport, ID, driving license.
if not 3 weeks, but i am thinking that every once in a while (3 months?) i should take a week or about, would be nice, and great to clear the mind.
i do take day/s off here and there, but that is not the same as a real winding down.

for those who think i will be trading on vacation, i have not. not even demo entries.
i was very strong and disciplined.
but did i miss it?! YES, very much so, on some of the volatile days that i knew for certain i would have a good day.
but there is always another day, and there is always another trade!

happy trading!

one hack of a slow week.
just now managed to squeeze a small trade in, after 2 days of "starvation".
still, the week at +0.75%. covers the food. but not much else.
but better green than sorry, so, not really complaining.
it isnt the market's problem that the first half of the month was a vacation for me, cant expect the setups to comply with my needs.
all there is to sit and wait for the right opportunities to come.
and that what i was doing, mostly sitting.

as it seems, there will be some changes coming.
end of October to be exact.
Axi in their wisdom decided that our special deal is too special, and wants to change it.
one-sided of course, i havent been asked, not told really much ahead ( just 2 days ago that i have 5 weeks left as things are).
rather awkward situation, cos perhaps i would do things a little differently.
or perhaps i would not.
so, if life throws lemons, better start to think how to make that lemonade...and i am thinking about it.
Axi dont want to end the work together of course, just standardize back the deal we had, being too good ( for me), lol, not that they are in any way to lose money, as things stand that is about 100%+ gain for them on me, all in all, this year.
sigh, it is as it is...or actually waiting what that "it is" going to be exactly. understand that it is being worked out. sort of.
well, didnt get back to me yesterday or today as i was sort of promised by someone near the decision making, but i think i told it is awkward. that sure ad to it.

apart, things being the same same.
rainy season with some heavy torrential rains the last few days,
and some deja vu of reading the forum, with similar topics coming up about why trading is impossible, a repeat from the last year, or the year before.
sometimes hard to fully stay out, and sometimes easy. tempting to post, and not worth to post.

and one final thought.
time to time someone asks me to talk about trading.
if and when time permits, i am happy to try to help, but honestly, kindly understand that there is no magic formulae or simple solution that will in an instant change anyone into a profitable trader.
i do strongly believe that money management is key component, that needs to be sorted to the preference and the approach to be successful, or least have a chance to it.
but volunteering free my time to talk, doesnt mean at all that i am looking to do the work instead of the aspiring trader.
not at all! and even if i would, i really cant.
numerous occasions i went that far as to trade live, side by side, with others, for day/s or even weeks.
but one needs to understand that taking time out from the usual routine or the free time has a personal cost, and cant demand that.
just like one wouldnt walk up to their boss to offer a 1-week free work at their job, it is solely my decision when and how much a help i can actually offer.
and that also by large depending on the actual level of the aspiring trader.
unfortunate, the fact, that if someone is asking for help with some advanced theories, or drawing up money management plan, or become prop trader, or such, but not even trading on demo himself/herself, or doing it at a very beginning level,
then most likely i cant help much.
and no one could really for that matter.
a certain level of experience is needed, and cant be discarded the lack of it.
a dream itself wont replace the hard work.
and the hard work is something that everyone has to do for themselves.
but those who do, always will get some pointers from me about where i think to look next step.

happy weekend!

PS.
forgot, the day count is @60. the previous record, prior to the 78. so, still a long way to go, but closing in on that goal to beat it!!

my last post on ForexFactory

over the weekend i was thinking, and came to the decision that i stop updating this thread.
the same time i will also stop to post on FF.com for the time.

if someone has something important to say, can do that via private message here, or via skype.

the thread ran its course, and i really believe that to some, it gave information that not so commonly available across the forum, particularly first hand prop trading infos.
but i also think pretty much shared all there is to share publicly. best to let this thread fully disappear.
i would like to extend my thanks to all who read this journal, subscribed to it, and especially those who commented on it.
with over 300k views, for a journal certainly above the average, and it stayed open to all comments, positive and less positive.

the same time, i will also move away from forum posting in general. i dont think i will stop reading just yet, though frankly not so many good threads there is nowadays that worth the time to read.

well, anyway, it is as it is, a decision i was thinking for a while to make.
there is no loss or anything behind this, and i dont want to end the journal on a tone that it has; that would be wrong assumption.


the journal was here to serve as some guidance and motivation to those who want to look at trading as a possible full-time business, not just a hobby.
that was the only intention of it, and that is the reason i dont ask to be moved to the recycle bin; so for the odd visitors it still can serve that purpose.
what was written still stand and will stand valid!
thanks all! best of luck to everyone!
and happy trading!
Zoltan

Meh
All the good ppl goes away

Hey PF,... It's a pity you decided to stop.... On FF.... On the other hand I understand it...... Thank you for everything you done for the community here... I enjoyed, you being around and reading your posts.... You are a good guy......open to help the people.... If you ever decide to come back there will always be place for such a good trader and excellent person.... Wish you all the best.... Cheers

Thanks Zoltan for this thread.
Good luck!

Good luck to you my friend! Best wishes. Thanks for your time posting your trading experience. Perhaps the baton can be handed over to one of your succesful readers.

Oh no.. what a shame! Although i fully understand Zoltan!

It was fun reading your journal, maybe in the future i will re -read it, it has a lot of great info.
All the best to you, may your days be filled with profits!

This was unexpected Zoltan, but I'm sure it was a well thought decision...

All the best and keep it going...you still have a record to break

Cheers,

Bogdan

PS Keep in touch

It's really a pity.

In general I can always find some value in your posts at FF, not only the journal.
But I can understand you.

Maybe it's only temporary, at least until you'll find some new motivation, time will tell.
I want to thank you because I borrowed a lot from your trading style and even if I've reshaped it to suit my personal way and risk the basic idea is yours.

Best regards and Green Pips,
Bubincka

Farewell, Zoltan...

Thank you for this wonderful journal.

There are pearls of wisdom on every page and it has been a guiding light for me as I follow my little path towards prop trading.

I hope we can speak again on Skype although my own business does have me running around like a headless chicken most days.

Perhaps that is why I like the peace and quiet I feel when I'm sitting in front of the computer trading!!

Take care Zoltan.

first and foremost,
I want to wish everyone a Merry Xmas and a Very Happy New Year in 2020!
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12/21 or 21/12
end of 2019 trading year!
made it!

this year wasn't an easy one, but certainly was one where i had some firm goals in mind, and wanted to prove to myself that i can push further my limits than ever before.
2018 was a difficult year for me, and 2019 wasn't always that easy, but turned out a great one in the end.
one "little personal goal" still not fully completed, but i feel that next year will see to that!

believe images tell more than just text, and good for the eyes.
hope that some will find motivation from them, i have few who asked about, and many who doubt, but consistency is possible to achieve by diligent work.

the current winning streak is at day#97. ( and yes, i would love to make that triple-digit!)


this is how the full year looks like


it is impossible and possible! it is real!
the stat says i was trading on 163 trading days in 2019. and 162/163 days was a profitable day.
1 losing trading day!
and without carrying trades.
i would think what anyone else would, and probably readily agree in January that it is impossible.
but looking at the stat in front of me, it isn't.
and if i can do it, if i can make it possible, who is there to say that others cant do?
this year i have had a chance to talk to more traders than ever, lots of aspiring traders searching for something.
this post is all of them. consistency is achievable!
forex trading is not a single solution equation. there is many ways to trade profitably.
the challenge is to find something that suits you!



happy trading!
Zoltan