“Trading can be a little lonely, so TTP’s community is important.”
Eli G., 31 years old, From the U.S.
Eli has successfully passed our Extra Buying Power program and is TTP’s fastest-funded trader after passing our challenge in only 2 days, he is now one of TTP’s $160K funded traders, or as we call it, he is a true “Stock Star”.
Every time he reaches 5 consecutive winning days, we will boost his buying power and max exposure.
We spoke with Eli about his trading plan, insights, and lessons gained while trading in the markets and our platform as a funded trader.
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Q&A’s With Eli
Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I’ve been married for almost 12 years father of 2 boys.
How long have you been trading?
I’ve been trading for 3 years, and I am a part-time trader
Briefly describe your trading plan and how it contributes to your success.
Short bias small cap trader. I look for momentum shifts in stocks that are overextended.
Share with us a challenge you faced in your trading career and how you overcame it.
Overtrading. When I started with a 25k account (over PDT), I found myself taking too many trades. I decided to draw down my account under PDT to discipline myself and only take the best setups.
How did you adjust risk management to your trading personality?
I cut losses quickly because I know that there is always another trade as long as I stay disciplined in risk management.
Describe a key moment in your trading career.
My first major loss. It made me reflect on my trading style and grow from there.
How long did it take for you to become a consistent trader, and what aspects did you change for that?
1 year. I always knew I had an edge in the market, but I had to grow in my emotional maturity in the market to be successful.
What is your mental/psychological strength, and how did you develop it
Sounds like a cliche, but I believe anything I put my mind to, I can achieve and overcome. I developed that at an early age growing up with a single mom pursuing business to give a better life for me and my younger brother.
What was your strategy for successfully passing the evaluation phase?
Shorting cap overextended stocks as the momentum shifted.
How is trading for Trade The Pool different from trading by yourself?
I enjoy the Discord community. Trading can be a little lonely, so the community is important.
What would you recommend to someone who is just starting with us?
Find your edge and wait for the right setups.
Share online resources that were/are significant in your trading development. Names and links are appreciated.
I have probably watched over 1000 YouTube videos to understand different traders’ psychology. I think this helps me better understand and pinpoint what a stock is doing.
“Don’t try to make a profit target in one day but try to divide it into 30 days.”
Mark S. 23 years old, From Slovenia.
Mark has successfully passed our Extra Buying Power program and is now one of TTP’s $160K funded traders, or as we call it, he is a true “Stock Star.”
Every time he reaches 5 consecutive winning days, we will boost his buying power and max exposure.
We spoke with Mark about his trading plan, insights, and lessons gained while trading in the markets and our platform as a funded trader.
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Q&A’s with Mark
Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I am an ambitious person that likes to travel and play sports such as basketball, table tennis, and chess. I like to help and inspire people, and I like to learn new things. I organize and plan my days and try to stay as disciplined as I can. I never give up.
How long have you been trading?
I’ve been trading for 4 years, and I am full time trader.
Briefly describe your Trading Plan and how it contributes to your success.
I usually prepare a game plan of 4-6 stocks that are in play 30 minutes before the market opens. I typically trade large-cap stocks (nvda, meta, aapl, MSFT, amzn, spy) and mid-cap stocks (roku, afrm, zm, pltr,…). I don’t trade penny stocks. I write key-level prices and what I am looking for once the stock reaches that price. Is the volume increasing? Is the 9 Ema crossing the 21 Ema? Is the stock in a strong trend? Is the risk to reward worth it? (I usually don’t take a trade if my RTR ratio is not at least 1:2) Where is my mental stop loss? How am I scaling out profits? I answer all those questions before getting into a trade. I also write the share size for each stock. The game plan helps me once my alerts get triggered that I don’t overthink my decisions but rather just follow my plan along with my trading rules.
Share with us a challenge you faced in your trading career and how you overcame it
I faced many challenges in my trading career. The first one was the lack of capital with which I was trading, which resulted in overtrading and commissions eating my account. I overcame that by only taking the highest probability trades with the best RTR ratio. Later I discovered Trade The Pool, which gave me 100 times more buying power, and that helped me a lot since the commissions were almost erased by 10x larger profits. I also used to be a very greedy trader, which resulted in losing some unrealized profits. I overcame that by learning to scale out partial profits from the winning trades and adjusting a trailing stop as the trades went in my favor to prevent losing larger profits.
How did you adjust risk management to your trading personality?
Since I usually make 1-5 trades per day, I don’t risk more than 1/3 of my maximum daily loss on a single trade. Therefore one bad trade won’t destroy my trading day. I always calculate the maximum share size that I can take before entering a trade. I know the point where I am getting out if the trade goes against me and how much I will lose at that price. When I like the setup, and I feel more confident, I do risk a bit more than when I do not feel as confident. If I lose 2 trades in a row, I usually decrease my share size by half to give myself another trade if I lose on the third trade as well.
Describe a key moment in your trading career
The key moment happened about two years into my trading career when I went through all of my trades in one week, and I analyzed in detail all the mistakes I made and all of the good things I’ve done in my past trades. I wrote new trading rules and risk management rules, which I still follow. Those rules guide my behavior and prevent me from taking bad trades and making wrong decisions.
How long did it take for you to become a consistent trader, and what aspects did you change for that?
To become a consistently profitable trader, it took me about 2 and a half years. I slowly changed during that period. I went from an impatient, greedy trader to a more self-aware and rational trader. I became more disciplined. I started reviewing each trade that I took and changing my behavior. I also started meditating, which improved my awareness and decision-making.
What is your mental/psychological strength, and how did you develop it
I don’t overreact anymore. I learned to be more patient, especially in waiting for a better trade and not chasing plays that have already happened. I used to make a lot of mistakes, and eventually, I figured out what worked for me and what did not. I learned that I make the best decisions when I am calm and patient and that the worst things happen if I rush into a trade.
What was your strategy for successfully passing the evaluation phase?
I divided the profit target I needed to reach with the days I had to give myself daily profit goals. I took more risks when great trading opportunities came and avoided trading on slow, choppy days to prevent myself from burning money. I traded the same names every week, I executed my game plans, and when I saw strong intraday trends, I entered them and scaled out as much profits as I could.
How is trading for Trade The Pool different from trading by yourself?
It’s much easier since I have much more capital with TTP. I also don’t feel as much pressure as I do with my own trading capital, which makes me more calm, and I make better and more rational decisions.
What would you recommend to someone who is just starting with us?
Don’t try to make a profit target in one day but try to divide it into 30 days. Increase size on days that present better opportunities and avoid trading on choppy days. Stick with one strategy that works best for you, make a plan every day, and execute it to the best of your ability.
Share online resources that were/are significant in your trading development. Names and links are appreciated.
Different trading youtube channels: Umar Asraf, Stock Market Lab, Clay Trader, Smart Trader, Team Bull Trading, B the Trader,…
Many trading books: Trading in the Zone, One good trade, Market Wizards, Timing the Trade,…
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“Don’t focus on the money; focus on the good trade.”
Vince O, 33 years old, From the U.S.
Vince has successfully passed our Extra Buying Power program and is now one of TTP’s $160K funded traders, or as we call it, he is a true “Stock Star.”
Every time he reaches 5 consecutive winning days, we will boost his buying power and max exposure.
We spoke with Vince about his trading plan, insights, and lessons gained while trading in the markets and our platform as a funded trader.
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Q&A’s With Vince
Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I work full-time as QA/QC analyst and trade part-time when I’m off.
How long have you been trading?
I’ve been trading for about 5 years
Briefly describe your Trading Plan and how it contributes to your success.
My trading plan comes with looking at previous big percent winners and seeing why they’re running. Then I decide what support and resistance levels I want to play off.
Share with us a challenge you faced in your trading career and how you overcame it
The challenge I faced was adaptation and getting over FOMO. Once I became more adapted to how the market moves and the time frames, I felt more confident and the FOMO became less of a problem.
How did you adjust risk management to your trading personality?
I stopped being afraid of being wrong. if the trade isn’t doing what I want or what I’m expecting, I just cut the loss n move on.
Describe a key moment in your trading career
When I realized it’s ok to take profits too early.
How long did it take for you to become a consistent trader, and what aspects did you change for that?
3-4 years. I really started to engross myself in the market more and stopped following random traders alerts on tickets.
What is your mental/psychological strength, and how did you develop it
Mental strength I would say would be to not beat myself up because I made a mistake. Instead, go over what went wrong and learn from it.
What was your strategy for successfully passing the evaluation phase?
Taking it one step at a time and not worrying about profit targets. The main thing was focusing on the trade and the execution of the trade.
How is trading for Trade The Pool different from trading by yourself?
You can’t hold and hope with TTP trading if the move starts going really against you get executed, which really is a good thing. But in cases where you expect a strong bounce back but get stopped out your position can be frustrating.
What would you recommend to someone who is just starting with us?
Trade very small until you get the hang of how the executions work, focus on trading your setups, write out a trading plan, and don’t get too wrapped up in the profit targets.
Share online resources that were/are significant in your trading development. Names and links are appreciated.
Twitter.com there are really good traders on there with a vast amount of knowledge. Also, finviz.com really helped me find good stocks
Trade with TTP, as they do the risk management for you, Thats Ivan’s advice
Ivan O, 37 years old, From Switzerland is a Trade The Pool funded trader.
Ivan has successfully passed our Mini Buying Power program and is now one of TTP’s funded traders, or as we call it, he is a true “Stock Star.”
Every time he reaches 5 consecutive winning days, we will boost his buying power and max exposure.
We spoke with Ivan about his trading plan, insights, and lessons gained while trading in the markets and our platform as a funded trader.
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Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I am a South African living and working in Switzerland. I like doing mechanical work in my spare time and trading of course.
How long have you been trading?
From my first live trading account about one and half years. I am a part-time trader.
Briefly describe your Trading Plan and how it contributes to your success.
Doing pre-market prep. My goals I have for the week.
Share with us a challenge you faced in your trading career and how you overcame it
Blowing account with one trade after a few good weeks of trading. Was hard to come back from this one as all the hard work I have put in was lost in just one trade. I took a few days of from trading and tried to build up confidence again that anything is possible. Switch to demo trading after that, and that really helped as well
How did you adjust risk management to your trading personality?
Risk management has never been my strong point. That is one of the reasons I have started with TTP, as they do the risk management for you
Describe a key moment in your trading career
It Must have been my first $1000 trade. Felt amazing!
How long did it take for you to become a consistent trader, and what aspects did you change for that?
Only recently became consistent, so also nearly one and half years.
What is your mental/psychological strength, and how did you develop it
My best psychological strength is making a recovery from a bad loss. I can build up confidence quite quickly again, attacking the market the next day
What was your strategy for successfully passing the evaluation phase?
Mostly halt trading and Short selling.
How is trading for Trade The Pool different from trading by yourself?
The resources TTP provides. And also for me that they manage your risk.
What would you recommend to someone who is just starting with us?
Do not go all in from the beginning. First, get to know the program and find out what is working for you or not
Share online resources that were/are significant in your trading development. Names and links are appreciated.
