Different trading strategies in forex trading
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2026 7:38 pm
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?
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?