The Gauntlet™ A True Story
My name is Marcos and I currently live in Oregon
and I work for a local financial institution.
Marcos Funded Trader since May 2020
I have been trading for about ten years actually.
I first started about ten years ago and I actually attended a seminar on equities
and options by Investools and then I got interested in it. So I basically
purchased there their course material and that's when I started. I started
trading just options at first and then dive into, you know, long term
equities trading and then got into day trading after that and I actually
stumbled upon a Jigsaw webinar, which led me to another you know day trading
course and which led me to you guys actually. So those between Jigsaw and
No BS Trading was the one that actually introduced me to Earn2Trade. I started
with it as a hobby because I have a full-time job so I thought, well you know
what, let's just make a little bit of extra money on the side and I got into,
I actually like trading in general and so I was thinking well maybe long term when
I retire I could actually dive into day trading. I don't have to worry about my
job and and that's I guess now that's that's the goal be honest. My trading
strategy is pretty much momentum scalping. I just scalp for one to two, one to
three ticks every time I go in, and that's pretty much it,
and if I'm wrong I get out with a one to two tick loss.
In the Gauntlet™
lt was a very, I would say it's a trial and error for me and the feeling
was, like I said it was exciting because it's something new, and you know seeing
basically trying to see myself 60 days from the time that I started and
of course hoping to pass the Gauntlet™ so that's that's how I felt when I first
started, but overall I didn't change the the strategy, the initial strategy
because, that was what was successful for me and I kept it actually and it's
been, it's been good for me. You know, especially the classic Gauntlet™
it was "oh this is pretty easy" you know, I can trade big and I can pass it in no
time and you know I then came to realize that no this is not easy at all, this is
this is about me facing my own fears and my own I guess shortcomings and in my
trading strategy and my trading psychology. I think the the one moment
if I could choose one, would be when I was able to actually really in control
of my trading. I know that I got into a trade I was I was pretty
comfortable I can take the risk and it actually went my way more than three
ticks, so I was like "oh wow this is working fine" you know.
I could see myself being patient and when there's an opportunity I got in
little hesitation and with a little bit of luck I get more than three ticks, so that
was probably one of the best ones. Very attracted to the program, after I did
some review and reading, was that it gives me the opportunity to have a lot
of freedom actually and I just realized that I really like the 60 day rule
because I didn't actually blow up my own account and that actually gave me
some time to actually think about what went wrong
and the 60 day I think really, you know trained
my patience, to become you know a more patient trader basically.
Advice
My advice would be take your time. Kind of explore you know, your
trading strategy or trading psychology which is so important and take the
time to be better each day, within the Gauntlet™, within that sixty days. You know
don't rush it because the market is not gonna go anywhere, and I think
that's the one thing that I've learned, is to be patient. The number one,
I think the number one thing that made me go with Earn2Trade or
the Gauntlet™ was the customer service. To be honest when I was chatting with
Hannah in particular, it was great that you know she was really helpful
and the others sometimes you know, with good timing as well, and they're really
helpful with all my questions and trying to help me to get started or
if I have any problems for anything. So that was I think that was really key for
me because I want to make sure that the company that well, you know I'm
"investing in" would actually be able to take care of my my needs as well and so
that's that's definitely the key.