Imran S., from the United Kingdom, began exploring the markets during COVID in 2020, starting with paper trading and small broker accounts (£200-£300). Family commitments and a full-time job limited his focus and consistency, leading to sporadic practice and suboptimal early results. He joined Trade The Pool six months ago, focusing more on equities.
His strategy targets small caps, micro caps, and low floats, using price action, relative momentum, and news bias. He shorts pre-market extensions or fluffy news, setting alerts for key levels and using stop-limits to cap losses, scaling out 5-10% on winners. Avoiding after-hours due to UK monitoring challenges, Imran achieved a 57% success rate and 3.2 risk/reward ratio by cutting losses quickly, building a cushion, and sizing based on conviction. Trade The Pool’s built-in risk management refined his approach, preventing overtrading through daily loss limits.
Tip 1
Cutting looses and cushion
Cutting the losses is the key, no matter what. Once I get some cushion, I tend to, believe in myself and then, go for two to three times the actual amount I normally trade, so then the returns are good.
Tip 2
Find his edge in small caps
I tend to be cautious. I pick my trade based on the price action. Mainly, I would lower timeframe, in the regular hours, and then I would see the levels and the price of the stock, if it's close to a whole number, psychological and overall relative momentum, I do carry some bias from the news as well.
