Loz

The new year has been here over a week.
Are you going to get a payout this year?
Don’t rush.
But don’t think it isn’t possible.
It is.
My trading changed in 2 months.
Once I realised I just needed to wait for my edge.
Then it all finally changed.
Lots of losses, made worth it all at once.

Your edge isn’t your strategy, it’s your discipline.
Anyone can learn a system.
Few can stick to it.

Here’s what we’re looking for (in order):
Displacement FVG
Entry
Stop-loss at the swing high (before FVG) T
arget discounted FVG or liquidity
Less is more.
As long as your draw is right more times than not, you’ll be fine.

Find your edge.
Write down when it appears.
Write down how it appears.
Write down the logic behind why it appears.
Get your emotions in check.
Never give in to FOMO.
Never trade anything but your edge.
The blueprint is above you.
Who’s going to be the 1% to apply it?

Think about all the pain you’ve endured up to this point.
Years of suffering,
Years of burning your eyes.
All for it to go to waste.
Because you can’t even wait for your model to appear.
Now that’s a shame.

Trading isn’t about being right.
It’s about managing risk.
You can be wrong 40% of the time,
And still make serious money.
Most people forget that.
Professionals don’t.

I don’t know a single profitable trader that didn’t struggle for years first.
You cannot skip the work.
Years of losing accounts.
Years of pain.
Years of late nights.
Years of early mornings
But when it clicks?
You become an ATM.

Risk more on your challenges.
2% risk to start.
Lose? Drop to half.
Stay at half that even if you keep losing.
The last thing you want is to be stuck on a challenge for months.
This is how you beat the prop firm game.
As long as you can afford the challenge, you’re fine.

Consistency in 2026 doesn’t come from grinding.
It comes from structure.
A proven system removes emotion.
That’s how you get funded.
And more importantly,
Stay funded.

If you want a better execution, backtest more.
If you want better emotion control, forwardtest more.
If you want a better model, research more.
It is all on you.

Your biggest edge as a trader is actually boredom.

Optimising sleep changed my life

Consistency in 2026 doesn’t come from grinding.
It comes from structure.
A proven system removes emotion.
That’s how you get funded.
And more importantly,
Stay funded.

Trading isn't about finding the perfect entry.
It's about knowing what to do when you're wrong.
And you will be wrong.
A lot.
The difference is:
Good traders lose small.
Bad traders lose everything.
Which one are you?

trading never even got easier, you just learn to stop doing dumb shit that sabotages.
literally all that changed between me a few years ago and me now.

My system is too good for me to fail a challenge,
The only thing that would cause me to fail is not executing that system or poor risk management.

I’ve never been poor.
But I’ve been broke.
Went to university 5 years ago,
Always knee deep down I was only going to pass some time whilst I build something else.
Was broke and realised something had to change.
I worked hard and changed my situation.
I would never consider myself poor,
But mentally that was a huge hurdle for me.
It can be you too.