Happy New YEAR To One and To ALL!!!!
Welcome, my friends and family, to the new and soon-to-be-improved The Developing Trader blog.
We’ll be updating our activities in real time throughout 2026 and beyond. I hope you’re all doing amazing and kicking off the new year with clear intentions and the mindset to dominate 2026 the right way — with discipline, patience, and purpose.
📊 What This Blog Is Really About
Moving forward, my plan is to document my daily expectations across several assets and monitor how price actually delivers.
There will be times where I share some of my personal trades — but that’s not what I want this community to revolve around.
This is not about flexing, boasting, or stirring jealousy.
My goal is to create a positive environment for budding traders of all ages, from all over the world, to connect and have healthy, productive discourse about the markets.
I want this to be a place where we move as one unit in spirit, toward a common goal:
👉 helping each other become better versions of ourselves — daily.
🧠 The Weekly Structure (2026 Game Plan)
Here’s how I plan to show up consistently:
- Trading Days (Morning):
I’ll post pre-market analysis before I trade and head into my workday. - Trading Days (Evening):
We’ll review what actually transpired and compare it to the morning expectations. - Wednesdays:
Mid-week check-in — assessing how price has delivered and whether projections need to pivot. - Saturdays:
Weekly reflection — lessons, mistakes, confirmations. - Sundays:
Forward projections and preparation for the upcoming week.
This structure is designed to build my own consistency, while creating a mutually beneficial space where time and effort are used productively — for all of us.
⚠️ Transparency & Intentions (Read This Carefully)
I want to be crystal clear.
I will be showcasing my understanding of price delivery, based on the knowledge I’ve gathered over the past 9 years of relentless study.
I am not a guru.
I am not a financial advisor.
Nothing shared here should ever be considered financial advice.
Disclaimers will be posted on all content — blogs, videos, and materials.
I have created some learning material to help explain how I personally monitor price across different markets. It’s not complicated — and I truly believe simplicity is the key to long-term profitability.
❓ The Question Everyone Asks
Have I made money trading?
Yes.
Am I a profitable trader?
No.
I will never call myself profitable until I’ve statistically documented profitability with legitimate, verifiable broker statements — the whole nine yards.
At that point, my goal isn’t to hustle prop firms forever.
It’s to acquire larger capital and transition toward fund-level management.
And yes — we’ll be documenting that growth together.
👥 About the Community I Want to Build
When this private community officially launches, it won’t be open to just anyone.
I want to ensure it’s a good fit — for you and for the group.
I respect all trading styles, but I prefer to keep the dialogue focused on one approach:
👉 Smart Money Concepts
If you’re considering joining, I strongly recommend having already gone through the ICT 2016 Mentorship. This helps avoid endless debates over styles and allows us to go deeper into understanding one framework together.
This Community is for you if:
- You’re serious about learning price action
- You value discipline over hype
- You’re willing to document and reflect
- You’re aligned with Smart Money Concepts
This may not be for you if:
- You’re looking for signals or shortcuts
- You want constant trade calls
- You’re interested in debating trading styles
- Your already profitable and have a proven model
🧭 My Journey (No Shortcuts, No Fairy Tales)
If I had to be honest about my shortcomings:
In the beginning, I was the student who studied too much and executed too little.
I started in 2017 with zero trading knowledge. I completed the entire BabyPips free course before ever funding a broker account.
From there, I explored indicator-based systems — MACD, RSI crossovers, Bollinger Bands, Elliott Wave — trying to understand what price was doing and what it might do next.
Then came the gurus.
In 2020, I studied dozens of them.
Hours upon hours.
Notebook always open.
Markets always on the screen.
Forex was my main focus — until I discovered NQ, ES, and YM. At the time, I was overseas and trading CFDs, which opened a whole new world for me.
There’s something about index futures — what they represent, how they move intraday — that has always drawn me in. To this day, they remain my primary focus.
Eventually, I found the ICT 2016 Mentorship — alongside BTMM — and for the first time, everything clicked. Not because it was new… but because almost every guru I studied before had drawn from this same source.
That realization changed everything.
🌱 Looking Forward
Throughout 2026, we’ll talk openly about:
- What I’ve learned
- What I’m still correcting
- Where I fall short
- How I’m improving execution
I truly believe everyone has something to teach — if we’re willing to listen.
Social media has lost that art. Negativity is monetized. Unity is rare.
This space will be different.
📩 Stay Connected
You can join my personal mailing list below to be among the first notified when the private community opens.
Join the mailing list to be notified when community open and about indicator updates
I’ve also developed private indicators that I’ll be introducing gradually as we move forward.
🎉 Closing Thoughts
Thank you for reading and stopping by on New Year’s Day.
I wish you more blessings, more abundance, and more prosperity throughout 2026.
Lastly — I’ve partnered with Apex Trader Funding, and they’re currently running a New Year’s promotion:
- Up to 90% off
- Any account size for $19
- Limited to the next 5 days
- Including access to $300K accounts
This deal ends January 5, 2026.
I’ll be sharing more about how I operate intraday using Apex very soon.
Until next time…
Peace, family.
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Very good. I like this concept.