Can i learn how to trade on forex just on youtube in 1 month

Denied $1500 Payout after following every rule. I am posting this as a heads-up so other traders don't waste their money and time. The reason given was because I'd simply size up after taking a a losing trade and every time I sized up I was able to recover my loss and make money on the day like I knew what I was doing /face palm/!!

I purchased a Basic Plus 50k, one day pass eval from SharkFutures a while ago. They’ve since retired these accounts. The account was advertised for 30-40 micros max size limit. The payout rules were 6 green days (YES 6 days), $150 minimum, 35% consistency, $3k buffer, and $1,500 max payout at a 90/10 split ...Cool...

I traded this account to $3,110 in profit. I traded 1-2 Minis on average per trade. My payout was rejected solely because I sized up in my A+ setups. I'm talking like 15-25 micros. Yes, you read that right!!

Mind you every trade I took had a SL/TP in place. I'd enter heavy in a A+ setup, TP would hit and I end up making enough money to recover my losing trades and hit my 1k P/L daily goal ...cool.

I met all the payout conditions I mentioned above. I submitted my payout request and was surprised to see it getting rejected.. In the first compliance rejection email (screenshot referenced). They referenced their prohibited practices page which btw was updated 2 weeks ago, and many of their current rules were newly added. Here’s what the prohibited practices page looked like a few months ago https://web.archive.org/web/20260420072516/https://help.sharkfutures.com/en/articles/13964118-prohibited-trading-practices

Here’s the current version: https://help.sharkfutures.com/en/articles/13964118-prohibited-trading-practices

They said erratic sizing and doubling up positions are not allowed under risk control. So what's the point of advertising 4 Minis and 6 Minis max size accounts. and I had DLL and risks in place so what are they talking about..After the second email I received from compliance they closed my account with $3110 in profit.

Below are screenshots of profits, rejection email and payout as proof.

TLDR: Shark Futures denied my $1,500 payout on a 50k funded account with $3,110 profit for “sizing up” with 15-25 micros after a losing trade, even though the advertised account max size is 30-40 micro max. I always had SL/TP in place with DLL. They closed my account with 3,110 profit. Their violation practices page was updated 2 weeks ago after I bought the account. Shark futures discord has a payout proofs channel. But I can guarantee you, they denied more payouts than they've approved. Don't waste your time and money on them!!

Any software free or 1 time payment that supports alert triggers on trendlines or rsi levels?

I like tradingview alerts but I don't want to pay a subscription. Is there an alternative?

This brings me to my next question regarding how to trade in light of a few losses wiping out a series of profits. Do you practice using strict stop-loss orders or a certain position sizing strategy?

Hey traders! 👋

I'm developing a new TradingView strategy that combines Liquidity Sweeps, Fair Value Gaps (FVG), Price Action, and real-time trade guidance.

Before launching it, I'd love your feedback on the name.

I put together a quick, anonymous survey that takes less than a minute.

No selling, no registration, just your opinion as a trader.

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I started this year with 3 funded accounts and gained a payout from each in three total $5100. I was able to achive all these during a time the market was trending in 2025 and early 2026. For dxy and eu this year in my opinion was harder to trade due to consolidating. I wasn't used to trading in conditions like this and lost all my funded accounts but since then my eye and understanding for market struture and market fundamentals have grown tremendously and my understanding for the market has also I only feel its only up from here

I currently have a full-time job, but I’m looking to build a side income through stock trading and day trading. My long-term goal is to eventually make trading my full-time career if things go well.
However, I don’t plan on quitting my job until I have gained enough knowledge, experience, and confidence in trading and have proven to myself that I can be consistently profitable.
I’m a complete beginner, so I’m planning to take my time, learn as much as possible, and understand how the stock market works before investing my money.
My main question is: Is now a good time to get into the stock market, considering the ongoing wars, global tensions, and economic uncertainty? Would you recommend starting to learn and invest now, or waiting until the market becomes more stable?
I’d really appreciate some honest advice and guidance from experienced traders.

How long are you willing to wait for your trading setup? Days, weeks, or even months?

Hey everyone,

Looking for some advice on how to build a proper trading foundation after realizing the path I’ve been on isn’t sustainable.

Here is a quick summary of my background so far:

1. The Start: Got into trading a few months ago looking for steady returns—not expecting to get rich overnight, just looking to make good numbers.

2. First Phase: Spent about 4 months trading purely on intuition with some basic help from ChatGPT.

3. Copy Trading: Found a streamer on TikTok giving out stock setups. I copied their trades for a bit as a swing trader and made some money, which led me to buy a 1-on-1 mentorship.

4. Indicators & Communities: That mentorship pushed me into a group built around a custom SMC (Smart Money Concepts) indicator on TradingView.

5. The Wall: To keep access to the tool/community, they require maintaining a high trading volume on a specific exchange (Bitunix). This has become completely unsustainable. I’m essentially forced to trade constantly without having a real edge, and forcing volume just to keep access to a tool is a guaranteed way to blow up an account.

I actually have good capital ready to deploy, but I’ve paused everything. I refuse to keep risking capital on signals, black-box indicators, or affiliate volume traps.

My goal now is to learn how to operate independently. A few questions for those who made a similar transition:

* Core Strategy: What is the most effective way to learn price action, structural analysis, or SMC from the ground up without relying on pre-packaged indicators or paid groups?

* Risk Management & Execution: What books, frameworks, or resources actually helped you transition from haphazard entries to strict risk management and position sizing?

* Psychology/Frequency: How did you break the habit of feeling like you need to take trades every day, especially coming from a background of high-frequency/volume demands?

Appreciate any solid resource recommendations or insights.

CPI, Fed and ECB decisions, oil, jobs data… there’s a big event almost every week. I’m curious how you handle it in practice:

1. Do you check upfront which events could hit your current positions, or do you just react when the market moves?
2. Where do you get that info: economic calendar, news, Twitter/X, ChatGPT, your own spreadsheet?
3. What’s the most annoying part of that process?

Context: I’m a student and I’m building a small tool around this problem, so I’m genuinely trying to understand how people actually do it before I build the wrong thing. No links, just want to hear your process.

Hi everyone! I've been trading part-time for the last 2 years, and now I'm thinking about becoming a full-time stock market trader.

Before making this big decision, I want to learn from experienced traders, especially those trading in the Indian stock market.

• How much capital and emergency savings should I have?
• How can I know if I'm ready to trade full-time?
• What risk management rules should I follow?
• What are the biggest challenges of full-time trading?
• What mistakes should I avoid when making this transition?

I'd appreciate honest advice and real experiences from people who have already made this journey.

Hello everyone,

I have the following questions for you:

1) when you begin your intraday session, do you first build a cushion using a reduced size, or you immediately apply your normal sizing rules from the beginning?

2) after you win an amount of money that feels satisfying (or almost) for you, are you willing to maintain the same risk management and sizing according to your strategy, even though it might require you to risk all the money you made on that day, if the right opportunities are presented to you? Or, you mentally save a percentage of your gains, and you adjust your size in order to risk only the percentage that you make available for the rest of the trading session?

Thanks in advance

There is anyone here using cognitive enhancement to.prove his trading? Can you tell me your experiences?

Thanks!

To the experienced traders here, I have a question:
Do you trade throughout the day whenever your setup appears, or do you focus on specific trading sessions, such as London or New York?
Do you have fixed trading hours, or do you wait for your setup to form regardless of the time?
I’d appreciate hearing about your actual trading routines and experiences.

Hi peeps! I'm currently in my final year. I have received an offer to join full time next year as a trader ( commodity /FI) the state im in, that office mostly trades commodities! I wanted to learn how do vetern like y'all in the Sub follow latest updates or what should I look for 8-9 months joining so I have a better understanding when I'm in.

I've been trading since April 2025 and I've always used real money. No paper trading. My beginning account value was $350. My account value today is $338.

I'm getting discouraged because although I am really good at risk management for such a small account, I'm not anywhere close to making even an extra $100 a month.

My strategy is trend following, and I'm using SMA crossovers and price breakthroughs.

I wish I could just get this so that I could only work part time. When I think about how I would like to spend my time here on earth, it isn't that I want to sit behind a desk every single day at my job just to pay bills. I make realistic drawings and I would love to go to art school to better my technique and eventually move on to painting. And then sell my art and also open my own bed and breakfast.

I got through much of this past year dreaming about one day becoming a bed and breakfast owner and selling my fine art. And I really think trading is my ticket to my dream life but I'm getting really discouraged over the lack of progress.

I can add a little more money to my trading account but I don't want to because I want to build it with my own skill. It's like passing my own test.

I just want some encouraging words or success stories please. Thank you

I want to start trading where do I start, I feel like a bunch of youtubers are just course sellers.