I just turned 23 years old this past March and just want to reflect because I feel very blessed and humbled. If this thread can inspire one person, I will be happy.
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First off, my parents are my inspiration. They both were refugees from Vietnam. I remember crying with my mom when she first told me a story of her and her siblings being on a boat in the middle of the ocean for days with barely any food and water not knowing if they were going
to make it or not so the reason I do what I do is for myself and for them. They say everyone dies but not everyone lives. I want to live my life to the fullest everyday. After working a 9-5 for 2 years and doing college part time I quit my job and dropped out of school.
I risked it all and went all in on myself with trading. I told myself everyday that this is plan A and that there's no plan B. It's either get rich or die trying to get rich but again, I dont do it for money I do it for the freedom.
When I was 19 I had a decent job but I was young and dumb and bought a brand new car. At 21-22 I stopped caring about the materialistic things so in Feb 2022 I sold my car when the used car market was hot.
At 19 I bought a brand new 2019 Lexus Is300 and at 21 months away from turning 22 I sold the car for 2k under MSRP which was the price that I got it for. I basically had a free car for 3 years and just got lucky as shit with the used car market being hot.
After I sold my car in Feb 2022, I booked a one way ticket to Nice France for March 2022 and wanted to dedicate my time in Europe to solely do 3 things. #1 was to study and learn ICT.
#2 was to get my body and health right because I stopped going to the gym for 2 years since covid. #3 was to explore the world as that is my passion outside of trading. I have now been to 15 different countries.
In 2022 I spent 6 months in Europe doing what I set out to do. I stayed in Nice France for 1 month, took a train to Milan Italy to stay there for 1 month, took a train to Lake Como to stay there for 1 month, then took a flight to London and stayed there for 3 months.
Also went to Greece for a week w/ my cousins so I am very blessed that I had the opportunity to do this and live abroad for 6 months. I went back home for the holidays to see my family in September 2022.
My 23rd birthday came around so I booked a flight to London and Copenhagen to see my friends to celebrate it.
While I was out here I traded and passed @myfundedfx phase 1 200k challenge by trading mostly fx during the London sessions.
I would trade the London session back in the states but it's a big struggle to wake up at 2-3am for LOKZ so I decided to cancel my flight back home and stay out in Europe to complete phase 2 and get funded.
After I completed phase 1 first week of March I took the next week off trading cause there was high impact news everyday. I started phase 2 on 3/14 and passed phase 2 to get funded 200k on 3/24. I traded only Fx for phase 2 and majority of trades were taken doing LOKZ
Ive realized back in the states and confirmed it while I was in Europe that I have the best winrate and RR during LOKZ trading Fx after canceling my flight home and getting funded I will be staying out here for the time being so I can have a normal sleep schedule.
After leaving to Europe in March 2022 to learn ICT this month will be officially 1 year since I started. My health, body, and trading skills are at an all time high but I need to stay humble but it's nice seeing all the hard work & sleepless nights start to pay off.
For anyone struggling I hope this thread and story inspires you to put your head down for 6-12 months and grind to learn, backtest demo trade ICT concepts before you trade live or try to do challenges with prop firms. Thank you for all of your support.
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