Different trading strategies in forex trading

[FTtrader]

Nice,
thank you for sharing Fairman.

And are you scalper, intraday trader or investor?

Have a nice day.

[Fairman]

Actually I prefer intraday but I do scalp trading sometimes

What about you?

[HansFX]

In all my years of experience in trading, I have come to realize that there is only one strategy in forex trading

The strategy is called “THE PROFITABLE STRATEGY”

The Profitable Strategy is really just “whatever style you’ve actually put the reps into.”

I see so many people bouncing between scalping, swing trading, SMC, ICT, whatever’s trending on YouTube that week and wondering why nothing sticks. Meanwhile the guys quietly printing are usually just… doing one thing, over and over, for years, until it’s second nature.

Some of the main flavors people run with:

- Scalping – in and out in minutes, need nerves of steel and a high win rate

- Day trading – close everything before the day ends, no overnight surprises

- Swing trading – hold for days/weeks, chill way to catch bigger moves

- Position trading – zoom way out, think weeks/months, more about the bigger picture than candles

- SMC/ICT stuff – trying to trade where the “smart money” is moving liquidity

At the end of the day none of these is magic. The “profitable” one is whichever one you’ve actually stuck with long enough to get good at, paired with not blowing your account on stupid risk.

Anyway, I’m curious what everyone else here rides with. One strategy for life, or do you switch it up depending on the market?

You speak a very wise truth here. You have hit a point that many traders take ten years to learn, but you seem to have seen it already.

The "jumping" you describe—moving from scalping to SMC, then to ICT, then to whatever is popular on the internet this week—this is the trap. It is the "shiny object" syndrome. These young traders, they are looking for a secret code. They think if they just find the "right" indicator or the "perfect" method from a video, they will suddenly become rich.

But it is not a magic trick. It is a craft. Like a carpenter must know his tools and his wood, a trader must know his rules and his market.

You are right about the "reps." In my mind, I call this "building the muscle." If you change your style every month, your mind never learns the patterns. You are always a student, always confused, always reacting to the news instead of your own plan. You cannot have "muscle memory" if you are constantly changing the exercise.

To answer your question: I do not switch.

I have been a scalper for a long time. I chose this path because I like the speed and the precision. I have learned the way the London session moves. I have learned how to manage the risk of a fast trade. I do not need to "switch" to swing trading to be successful. If I switched tomorrow, I would be a beginner again. I would be lost.

I stay with my scalping. It is my "one thing." I know my rules, I know my risks, and I do it every day. The market changes, yes, but the principles of my trade remain the same.

The best strategy is the one that allows you to sleep at night because you know exactly what you are doing.

Good observation. You have a very mature view.

Regards,

Hans

[PTScalper]

Yes, i agree.

In first months or years in your trading is about looking forward right strategy, which match your type of person.
What i think is very challenging is, that you do not have to give, i lost more than 30 accounts in that process.

I found out, that last 10 lost accounts was not about my ability to trade, but about right money management.

Thats why i share it everywhere i go

1.) Risk small your deposited money. (Hard earned)
2.) Once you will make at least some reasonable profit, withdraw your deposited money.
3.) Scale risk free from your profits. (Plus with much less stress)

[Fairman]

In all my years of experience in trading, I have come to realize that there is only one strategy in forex trading

The strategy is called “THE PROFITABLE STRATEGY”

The Profitable Strategy is really just “whatever style you’ve actually put the reps into.”

I see so many people bouncing between scalping, swing trading, SMC, ICT, whatever’s trending on YouTube that week and wondering why nothing sticks. Meanwhile the guys quietly printing are usually just… doing one thing, over and over, for years, until it’s second nature.

Some of the main flavors people run with:

- Scalping – in and out in minutes, need nerves of steel and a high win rate

- Day trading – close everything before the day ends, no overnight surprises

- Swing trading – hold for days/weeks, chill way to catch bigger moves

- Position trading – zoom way out, think weeks/months, more about the bigger picture than candles

- SMC/ICT stuff – trying to trade where the “smart money” is moving liquidity

At the end of the day none of these is magic. The “profitable” one is whichever one you’ve actually stuck with long enough to get good at, paired with not blowing your account on stupid risk.

Anyway, I’m curious what everyone else here rides with. One strategy for life, or do you switch it up depending on the market?

You speak a very wise truth here. You have hit a point that many traders take ten years to learn, but you seem to have seen it already.

The "jumping" you describe—moving from scalping to SMC, then to ICT, then to whatever is popular on the internet this week—this is the trap. It is the "shiny object" syndrome. These young traders, they are looking for a secret code. They think if they just find the "right" indicator or the "perfect" method from a video, they will suddenly become rich.

But it is not a magic trick. It is a craft. Like a carpenter must know his tools and his wood, a trader must know his rules and his market.

You are right about the "reps." In my mind, I call this "building the muscle." If you change your style every month, your mind never learns the patterns. You are always a student, always confused, always reacting to the news instead of your own plan. You cannot have "muscle memory" if you are constantly changing the exercise.

To answer your question: I do not switch.

I have been a scalper for a long time. I chose this path because I like the speed and the precision. I have learned the way the London session moves. I have learned how to manage the risk of a fast trade. I do not need to "switch" to swing trading to be successful. If I switched tomorrow, I would be a beginner again. I would be lost.

I stay with my scalping. It is my "one thing." I know my rules, I know my risks, and I do it every day. The market changes, yes, but the principles of my trade remain the same.

The best strategy is the one that allows you to sleep at night because you know exactly what you are doing.

Good observation. You have a very mature view.

Regards,

Hans

There’s really not much to say again, you’ve said it all

Really nice take from you, I love the part where you referenced about muscle memory

If a profitable trader stops trading for a really long time let’s say 2 years and he suddenly starts trading again, his win rate will reduce because he will make some mistakes which could have been avoided if only he still has the muscle memory

So I completely agree with you

It happened to me a couple years back, i traded the same scalping strategy for weeks and I became very good at it, it was like I always knew the exact point where matket will reverse from lol

Used to flip small accounts back then

[Fairman]

Yes, i agree.

In first months or years in your trading is about looking forward right strategy, which match your type of person.
What i think is very challenging is, that you do not have to give, i lost more than 30 accounts in that process.

I found out, that last 10 lost accounts was not about my ability to trade, but about right money management.

Thats why i share it everywhere i go

1.) Risk small your deposited money. (Hard earned)
2.) Once you will make at least some reasonable profit, withdraw your deposited money.
3.) Scale risk free from your profits. (Plus with much less stress)

This is a really nice money management plan, will go and withdraw my profits now and leave capital running

Did 350% this week so I’m withdrawing the profits

[FTtrader]

Yes, i agree.

In first months or years in your trading is about looking forward right strategy, which match your type of person.
What i think is very challenging is, that you do not have to give, i lost more than 30 accounts in that process.

I found out, that last 10 lost accounts was not about my ability to trade, but about right money management.

Thats why i share it everywhere i go

1.) Risk small your deposited money. (Hard earned)
2.) Once you will make at least some reasonable profit, withdraw your deposited money.
3.) Scale risk free from your profits. (Plus with much less stress)

This is a really nice money management plan, will go and withdraw my profits now and leave capital running

Did 350% this week so I’m withdrawing the profits

Wow sounds good Share some of your trades with us

[FTtrader]

In all my years of experience in trading, I have come to realize that there is only one strategy in forex trading

The strategy is called “THE PROFITABLE STRATEGY”

The Profitable Strategy is really just “whatever style you’ve actually put the reps into.”

I see so many people bouncing between scalping, swing trading, SMC, ICT, whatever’s trending on YouTube that week and wondering why nothing sticks. Meanwhile the guys quietly printing are usually just… doing one thing, over and over, for years, until it’s second nature.

Some of the main flavors people run with:

- Scalping – in and out in minutes, need nerves of steel and a high win rate

- Day trading – close everything before the day ends, no overnight surprises

- Swing trading – hold for days/weeks, chill way to catch bigger moves

- Position trading – zoom way out, think weeks/months, more about the bigger picture than candles

- SMC/ICT stuff – trying to trade where the “smart money” is moving liquidity

At the end of the day none of these is magic. The “profitable” one is whichever one you’ve actually stuck with long enough to get good at, paired with not blowing your account on stupid risk.

Anyway, I’m curious what everyone else here rides with. One strategy for life, or do you switch it up depending on the market?

You speak a very wise truth here. You have hit a point that many traders take ten years to learn, but you seem to have seen it already.

The "jumping" you describe—moving from scalping to SMC, then to ICT, then to whatever is popular on the internet this week—this is the trap. It is the "shiny object" syndrome. These young traders, they are looking for a secret code. They think if they just find the "right" indicator or the "perfect" method from a video, they will suddenly become rich.

But it is not a magic trick. It is a craft. Like a carpenter must know his tools and his wood, a trader must know his rules and his market.

You are right about the "reps." In my mind, I call this "building the muscle." If you change your style every month, your mind never learns the patterns. You are always a student, always confused, always reacting to the news instead of your own plan. You cannot have "muscle memory" if you are constantly changing the exercise.

To answer your question: I do not switch.

I have been a scalper for a long time. I chose this path because I like the speed and the precision. I have learned the way the London session moves. I have learned how to manage the risk of a fast trade. I do not need to "switch" to swing trading to be successful. If I switched tomorrow, I would be a beginner again. I would be lost.

I stay with my scalping. It is my "one thing." I know my rules, I know my risks, and I do it every day. The market changes, yes, but the principles of my trade remain the same.

The best strategy is the one that allows you to sleep at night because you know exactly what you are doing.

Good observation. You have a very mature view.

Regards,

Hans

There’s really not much to say again, you’ve said it all

Really nice take from you, I love the part where you referenced about muscle memory

If a profitable trader stops trading for a really long time let’s say 2 years and he suddenly starts trading again, his win rate will reduce because he will make some mistakes which could have been avoided if only he still has the muscle memory

So I completely agree with you

It happened to me a couple years back, i traded the same scalping strategy for weeks and I became very good at it, it was like I always knew the exact point where matket will reverse from lol

Used to flip small accounts back then

Yes, exactly, time to time market goes in every move like you think and at these times thanks you will scale your profit thanks to this strategy.
Because first of all, it will downcrease the risk, second it will still allow you to risk more and it will lock at least some part of the profit.

So it is win : win.
Most powerfull in forex scalping is when you scale you account in fast way, because everything goes well.

[Fairman]

Yes, i agree.

In first months or years in your trading is about looking forward right strategy, which match your type of person.
What i think is very challenging is, that you do not have to give, i lost more than 30 accounts in that process.

I found out, that last 10 lost accounts was not about my ability to trade, but about right money management.

Thats why i share it everywhere i go

1.) Risk small your deposited money. (Hard earned)
2.) Once you will make at least some reasonable profit, withdraw your deposited money.
3.) Scale risk free from your profits. (Plus with much less stress)

This is a really nice money management plan, will go and withdraw my profits now and leave capital running

Did 350% this week so I’m withdrawing the profits

Wow sounds good Share some of your trades with us

No problem, I’m currently on this but when I see new ones I will send

[Fairman]

You speak a very wise truth here. You have hit a point that many traders take ten years to learn, but you seem to have seen it already.

The "jumping" you describe—moving from scalping to SMC, then to ICT, then to whatever is popular on the internet this week—this is the trap. It is the "shiny object" syndrome. These young traders, they are looking for a secret code. They think if they just find the "right" indicator or the "perfect" method from a video, they will suddenly become rich.

But it is not a magic trick. It is a craft. Like a carpenter must know his tools and his wood, a trader must know his rules and his market.

You are right about the "reps." In my mind, I call this "building the muscle." If you change your style every month, your mind never learns the patterns. You are always a student, always confused, always reacting to the news instead of your own plan. You cannot have "muscle memory" if you are constantly changing the exercise.

To answer your question: I do not switch.

I have been a scalper for a long time. I chose this path because I like the speed and the precision. I have learned the way the London session moves. I have learned how to manage the risk of a fast trade. I do not need to "switch" to swing trading to be successful. If I switched tomorrow, I would be a beginner again. I would be lost.

I stay with my scalping. It is my "one thing." I know my rules, I know my risks, and I do it every day. The market changes, yes, but the principles of my trade remain the same.

The best strategy is the one that allows you to sleep at night because you know exactly what you are doing.

Good observation. You have a very mature view.

Regards,

Hans

There’s really not much to say again, you’ve said it all

Really nice take from you, I love the part where you referenced about muscle memory

If a profitable trader stops trading for a really long time let’s say 2 years and he suddenly starts trading again, his win rate will reduce because he will make some mistakes which could have been avoided if only he still has the muscle memory

So I completely agree with you

It happened to me a couple years back, i traded the same scalping strategy for weeks and I became very good at it, it was like I always knew the exact point where matket will reverse from lol

Used to flip small accounts back then

Yes, exactly, time to time market goes in every move like you think and at these times thanks you will scale your profit thanks to this strategy.
Because first of all, it will downcrease the risk, second it will still allow you to risk more and it will lock at least some part of the profit.

So it is win : win.
Most powerfull in forex scalping is when you scale you account in fast way, because everything goes well.

Yeah, I somewhat agree with that, one still needs to manage risk even though market is in ones favour but one should also make use of times like his to make sharp profit

There no much harm in taking a gamble right