359: The Reality of Full-Time Trading - Rolf Schlotmann (@Tradeciety)
The Reality of Full-Time Trading In episode 359 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, Etienne sits down with full-time trader Rolf Schlotmannfrom Tradeciety.com to discuss what it's really like to build a full-time trading career. You'll learn from his experience on how to become a consistently profitable Forex trader. Are you ready for it? Watch the video interview! In This Episode, You'll Learn... 0:15 Introduction 0:33 Who is Rolf and what he does 1:38 Story Time - How it all started 2:32 How Rolf decided to go full-time trading 4:42 Why his early 20s was the best time to take risks 6:51 What is Rolf's trading style 7:44 How to overcome FOMO in the markets 8:59 Pivot Points: Rolf's favorite indicator 10:06 How to use Pivot Points 11:09 Why objectivity and structure is vital in trading 12:10 How to make Price Action trading more objective 13:42 What more is there to price action trading 16:15 How to filter market conditions 17:28 The importance of accepting losses 19:27 Why the obvious things are harder to trade 21:25 How should you develop YOUR OWN trading style 23:40 Why it's so hard to focus on 1 thing for 3-6 months 25:52 Why Rolf prefers to live in Asia than Europe 27:11 Should you move to Asia or somewhere else to trade? 28:15 How to deal with "The Loneliness of trading" 30:51 How Rolf went from working 16hs a day to 2 hours a day 31:14 How to stay on top of the game over a long time 33:00 How to review your trading performance and statistics 34:31 How to correct mistakes and negative behaviors in trading 35:42 Rolf's top advice for struggling traders 37:50 Why a winning trade is not a good trade 39:00 How to transition from easy markets to hard markets 40:41 How to use FAILURE to improve as a trader 41:51 Why you should always keep a trading journal 42:21 Where to find Rolf And much more! What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! Resources Mentioned Trading Journal: Edgewonk Desire To Trade's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: EightCap (preferred Crypto and FX Broker) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) Desire To TRADE Academy About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes How To Find Moritz? Tradeciety Edgewonk Facebook Twitter What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!