Trader Sumo shared his journey from a $10,000 deposit to amassing $80,000 in profits, representing an 800% return. He attributed his success to a self-taught approach, leveraging a vast database of trading books and his military background. Sumo emphasized the importance of risk management, maintaining small position sizes, and adapting to market conditions. He noted having only two or three losing days this year and attributed his discipline and emotional fortitude to his military experience.
Trader Sumo plans to continue trading, potentially increasing position sizes, but is content with his current strategy and financial stability.
Podcast Interview
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Interview Link
Website: TraderSumo.com
X: @TraderSumo1
Trader Sumo’s Trading Strategy
Key Lessons
[14:39] In trading, you’re rewarded when you win and but you’re not rewarded when you lose.
[19:33] You can take any strategy, you can do whatever you want with it, but if you don’t get this one thing right where you manage your downside, it doesn’t matter what you do and that’s common knowledge.
[25:48] If you look at the bigger structures, bigger trends in the market, 2% day on the NQ is 500 points. That’s pretty significant even with small size.
[28:10] You don’t beat yourself up too bad. If you have a bad day, you have a bad day. Tomorrow’s another day.
[31:13] The prop firm space is designed to make you fail and it’s just their business model.
[35:03] You’ve got to be truthful to yourself when you kind of look at who you are and the mistakes that you’re making.
[35:11] You’ve got to be extremely nimble and accept that you’re going to be wrong. Just try to get better.
[37:28] Get rid of all the noise. Learn as much as you can. Take it for face value and what it is.
