Sarah started this account after closing out a much larger one that had gone sideways for two years. “I wanted to prove to myself it wasn’t the market’s fault,” she says. “It was mine — I was sizing like I had an edge I hadn’t actually proven yet.” This time, the rules came first and the trading came second.
The strategy itself wasn’t new: swing trading major and minor forex pairs off daily and 4-hour structure, holding positions for two to ten days. What changed was the risk framework wrapped around it.
