Ryan Johnson shared his journey from a challenging upbringing to becoming a successful trader. Despite growing up in poverty and facing personal struggles, Ryan achieved his 2024 goal of passing four funding challenges and aims for $300k in funding. He emphasized the importance of discipline, education, and independent learning.
Ryan’s strategy involves a risk-to-reward ratio of 1:3, trading mostly gold and natural gas, and focusing on the London and New York sessions. He highlighted the significance of understanding market structure and not overcomplicating strategies. Ryan’s advice to aspiring traders is to prioritize self-education and maintain a long-term perspective.
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Key Lessons
[06:30] Motivation without discipline is not really much of anything.
[08:40] We have to be accountable, self-aware because without that, you’ll never going to get nowhere.
[09:29] If you want to be successful you have to make some changes.
[17:32] No matter what you’re going through, you can definitely overcome if you have the right mindset and the right people.
[18:07] You have to feed yourself. You have to educate yourself. You have to put time in to cultivating and evolving as a trader.
[20:41] If you take the educational approach, you’re always a student for life.
[24:14] Once you understand the frameworks of the timeframes, supply and demand, market structure, don’t overcomplicate it.
