How Alex Made 20% on a $5,000 Account With Just 8 Winning Trades
Alex lost his first three gold trades. Fifteen days into the cycle, his account was up $1,000. The turning point came when he stopped trying to earn the loss back on the next trade.
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Key Takeaways
- Alex made a 20% profit on a 5,000U account.
- He achieved this with 8 winning trades out of 20.
- Alex's winners averaged 200U, losers averaged 50U.
- He closed the cycle with a 6,000U balance before payout.
After the third trade closed, Alex added up the losses: 60U, 50U and 70U. His Standard account was down to 4,820U. He caught himself working out how big the next position would have to be to make the 180U back.
That evening, he marked the three entries on his 15-minute gold chart. Twice, he had bought after the move was already underway. On the third trade, he waited for a pullback but placed the order before the candle closed. Looking at the three charts side by side, he remembered having the same thought each time: if I wait any longer, I’ll miss it.
The next day he watched gold with the order window closed. He used the session to decide what he wanted to see before he bought again. If the first move had already gone, he would wait for a pullback and let the 15-minute candle close.
The gold trade he waited for
On Day 9, gold touched 2,648 and fell back. Alex had the order window open. He waited until a 15-minute candle closed at 2,640 before buying, then set his stop at 2,632. The planned risk was 80U.
Gold pulled back twice on the way up. Both times, Alex considered closing early. He stuck with the planned exit at 2,664 and booked 240U, three times the amount he had planned to risk. He lost 50U the next day and logged that trade too.
Eight winners paid for twelve losers
By Day 15, Alex had won eight of his 20 trades. The winners averaged 200U. The losers averaged 50U. That left 1,600U in gains against 600U in losses, for 1,000U in net account profit. He closed the cycle at 6,000U, up 20% on the starting balance.
The two screenshots he kept
When the 800U payout arrived, Alex was renaming his trade screenshots. He saved the notification and added one more image to the folder: his log from Day 4. The trade column was empty. Beside it were the entry conditions he had written down that morning.
That’s the screenshot he goes back to when gold has already made its first move and he feels himself reaching for the order window.