{"id":17700,"date":"2019-08-08T19:58:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T02:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/?p=17700"},"modified":"2025-07-30T01:38:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T08:38:25","slug":"consistently-profitable-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/consistently-profitable-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Steps to Consistently Profitable Trading (Roadmap)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Why is it STILL so hard to figure out consistently profitable trading?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You've read all the blog posts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and watched all the YouTube videos.<\/p>\n<p>After talking to hundreds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/category\/podcast\/\">professional traders<\/a> over the years, and doing everything under the sun to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/advanced-trading-psychology\/\">upgrade my trading psychology<\/a>, I've come to understand that <strong>there's a fundamental and repeatable process behind becoming a successful trader.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I've never seen this roadmap published anywhere online, so I've created one for you.<\/p>\n<p>If you prefer the text version, it's provided after this video.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0_ruCTSEcyI\" width=\"840\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n[toc]\n<p>Like most things in trading, the roadmap is deceptively simple. Remember that simple and easy are two <em>very<\/em> different things.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, there are some great guides out there that give you pieces of the puzzle.<\/p>\n<p>I've read most of them too.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you want to understand the entire process from beginning to end, then here it is&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>The Consistently Profitable Trading Flowchart<\/h2>\n<p>Alright, here's the roadmap.<\/p>\n<p>I'll let you take it in for a minute, then I'll explain it in greater detail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/consistent-trading-profits-roadmap.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17701 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/consistent-trading-profits-roadmap.jpg\" alt=\"Consistently profitable trading roadmap\" width=\"1362\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/consistent-trading-profits-roadmap.jpg 1362w, https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/consistent-trading-profits-roadmap-768x457.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1362px) 100vw, 1362px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When people are learning to trade, most of them go from: <strong>Create a Trading Plan<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Add to Toolbox<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>That means that they watch a YouTube video, then open a real-money account and trade it live.<\/p>\n<p>I've done that too, I'm not judging.<\/p>\n<p>But then they proceed to lose money&#8230;and wonder why.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Well, it's because they skipped all of the steps in between!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Worse yet, they give up on the trading strategy and learn another one&#8230;.and another&#8230;and another.<\/p>\n<p>They just bought a ticket to ride on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/3-ways-the-trading-silodrome-is-killing-your-profits\/\">Trading Silodrome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here's how to avoid that&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Step 1: Understand Your Trading Personality<\/h2>\n<p>Before you even begin with the roadmap above, it's super helpful to understand your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/trader-personality-profile\/\">Trader Personality Profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are the type of person to overanalyze these types of things, just do your best and go with it. Understanding 60% of your trading personality will get you infinitely further than obsessing over getting it 100% right&#8230;and never starting!<\/p>\n<p>Once you have a trading personality profile hashed out, then you are ready to begin with your trading plan.<\/p>\n<h2>Step 1: Create a Trading Plan<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trading-journal-2.jpg\" alt=\"Trading journal\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trading-journal-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trading-journal-2-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now let's dig into the roadmap\/flowchart.<\/p>\n<p>The first step on the flowchart is to <strong>Create a Trading Plan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Learn a trading plan that works with your Trader Personality Profile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Many traders fail because they may understand their trading personality, but then they jump on the bandwagon of the last trading strategy that they saw on YouTube.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For example, they may be best suited to swing trading, but they get all excited about the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/backtest-day-trading-strategies\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"27\">day trading strategy<\/a> they saw&#8230;and create a day trading plan.<\/p>\n<p>Doh!<\/p>\n<p><em>If day trading doesn't match your temperament and lifestyle, then you are probably going to fail at it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Strategies are available everywhere, most of them for free. The dirty little secret in trading success isn't the trading strategy itself.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;as most educators want you to believe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The secret to trading success is finding strategies that match your personality, then following a <strong>repeatable process<\/strong> that helps you master that strategy&#8230;or figure out <em>exactly<\/em> why it won't work for you.<\/p>\n<p>So now find a trading strategy that works with your personality. We have published some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/category\/trading-strategies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, but you can use any strategy that you found online.<\/p>\n<h3>Just Get Started<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Seriously, just learn the trading strategy and write down the rules.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Get your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/forex-trading-plan-guide\/\">free trading plan worksheet here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You are only testing at this point, so don't worry about making the plan perfect or profitable. You will learn as you go.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have a concrete plan written, then it's time to start testing.<\/p>\n<h3>Set Your Goal<\/h3>\n<p>&#8230;but before you get to work, set a goal for how much you want to average per month with your trading strategy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There's no &#8220;realistic&#8221; value here, but remember that it's much, much, much harder to develop a trading strategy that makes an astronomical return every month.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Like Biggie said&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Mo' money, mo' problems.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now I don't necessarily believe that, in the way that he meant it, but there are certainly a set of different <em>challenges<\/em> when you are trying to make a lot of money quickly.<\/p>\n<p><em>The primary one is you need to risk more to make more.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and most traders cannot stomach those large drawdowns. Could you stomach an 80% drawdown to make 500%?<\/p>\n<p>Most traders cannot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you don't know where to start, aim for an average of 1% per month.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also keep in mind that you may not be able to hit that goal with one currency pair. But if you trade 20+ currency pairs, then that can add up.<\/p>\n<p>You can also use other techniques, like pyramiding, to boost the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/trading-strategy-profitable\/\">profits of profitable trading strategies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The key is to get to a profitable trading strategy as quickly as you can.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alright, moving on&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Step 2: Backtest the Trading Plan<\/h2>\n<p>Some trading strategies cannot be backtested. If that's the case for you, then move on to Step 3.<\/p>\n<p>But if your strategy can be backtested, fire up your favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/naked-markets-software-review\/\">backtesting software<\/a> and start testing. If you have never backtested, you can read our free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/forex-backtesting-guide\/\">beginner's guide here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can use a variety of software to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/backtesting-limitations\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"158\">backtest and you can do either manual or automated<\/a> testing. Just pick the one that works best for you.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few backtesting tools that you can use:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/nakedmarkets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NakedMarkets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/forex\/backtesting\" rel=\"nofollow\">Forex Tester<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/tradingview-bar-replay\/\">TradingView Bar Replay<\/a> (with an Excel sheet)<\/li>\n<li>Metatrader 4 and 5 (with an Excel sheet)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Remember to test it EXACTLY as it's written on the plan. There's no &#8220;freestyling&#8221; it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You need to know how well that plan works.<\/p>\n<p>That won't happen if you keep changing up the rules!<\/p>\n<p><em>This is another common failure point when people are learning to trade.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Don't fall into this trap&#8230;stick to the plan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Test one currency pair on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/what-is-your-trading-personality-timeframe\/\">timeframe<\/a> that you plan to trade live.<\/p>\n<p>Work on only one trading strategy at a time.<\/p>\n<h2>Step 3: Review Your Backtesting Results<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/results-review.jpg\" alt=\"Trading results review\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/results-review.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/results-review-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sweet, now you have some data to look at. It helps to look at it with other traders.<\/p>\n<p>Do the results line up with your goals?<\/p>\n<p>If not, tweak your trading plan and test again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;until you have something that is in line with your goals.<\/p>\n<p>{Gasp} am I actually suggesting that you have to do work?<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trading is not as easy as most people on the internet make it out to be.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Much like a professional athlete, you need to put in the practice time.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have something that works for you, then it's time to do some Beta trading&#8230;otherwise known as Forward Testing.<\/p>\n<h2>Step 4: Consistently Profitable in Forward Testing?<\/h2>\n<p>Now you are going to trade your strategy in live market conditions. It's highly recommended that you do this in a demo account or in a very small ($1,000 or less) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/5-reasons-to-trade-with-forex-nano-lots\/\">nano lot<\/a> account.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>CAUTION:<\/strong><\/span> Do not trade your strategy with full-sized risk yet. <strong>If you do, you will set yourself up for failure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is another point where most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/why-traders-fail\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"191\">traders frequently fail<\/a>. They trade their full-sized account and expect the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/good-backtesting-result\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"230\">results as in their backtesting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are still some kinks that you need to work out in your strategy. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On top of that, when you pile on the additional stress of losing significant amounts of money, that can lead you into a downward spiral really quickly.<\/p>\n<p><em>You may not be able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/recover-after-trading-loss\/\">recover from this negative trading<\/a> psychology.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So keep the pressure off and focus on the process. If you can practice without worrying about the money, then you will be much better off later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/tag\/trading-journal\/\">Journal<\/a> your Forward Testing trades and track your results.<\/p>\n<h2>Step 5: Results Hit Your Goals?<\/h2>\n<p>If yes, then congratulations, you are ready to move on to step 6!<\/p>\n<p>If not, then there's a specific review process that you should go through.<\/p>\n<p>Let's get into that&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Trading it the Same?<\/h3>\n<p>Are you trading the strategy the same as in your backtesting? Review your backtesting trades and analyze your charts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also look at the time of day and day of the week that you are entering your trades.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There could be trades that you could take in backtesting, that you cannot take in Forward Testing. This could be due to work, family obligations&#8230;or that pesky thing called sleep.<\/p>\n<p>If you cannot compensate for these factors, then you probably have to start over and tweak your original trading plan.<\/p>\n<p>There might be an easy fix to this issue and if you can identify it, then adjust and keep Forward Testing.<\/p>\n<p>Can't identify the issue?<\/p>\n<p>Then the issue is probably psychological.<\/p>\n<p>I'm not being sarcastic.<\/p>\n<p>Our beliefs color everything we do.<\/p>\n<h3>Limiting Beliefs?<\/h3>\n<p>Can you identify any limiting beliefs that are holding you back?<\/p>\n<p>Here are some common beliefs that you may be saying to yourself subconsciously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I'm too smart to backtest, I can just trade it live<\/li>\n<li>I don't deserve to make a lot of money trading<\/li>\n<li>Rich people are douchebags<\/li>\n<li>I'm afraid to succeed because people will see me differently and I will lose friends<\/li>\n<li>I'm not smart enough to do this<\/li>\n<li>I can't picture myself as successful<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you do find these voices in your head, don't beat yourself up over it. Your greatest ally in trading is the ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/secret-weapon-in-trading\/\">forgive yourself<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now that you have forgiven yourself, it's time to dig into why you feel this way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Obviously, this isn't something that you can figure out overnight. It will probably take some time to work through this.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and that's OK.<\/p>\n<p>Rest assured that once you can figure out some of these mental &#8220;gremlins&#8221; in your trading, that will also help you in other parts of your life.<\/p>\n<p>You can read about what I've tried (and what worked for me), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/advanced-trading-psychology\/\">in this blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All limiting beliefs come from some sort of trauma. It could happen in your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/focus-forgiveness\/201311\/4-steps-release-limiting-beliefs-learned-childhood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">childhood<\/a>, in adulthood or even before you were born.<\/p>\n<p>Now, when your Forward Testing is successful, it's time to step up to the plate&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Step 6: Trade Live<\/h2>\n<p>Now it's time to trade your strategy in your full-sized account.<\/p>\n<p><em>But you aren't out of the woods yet&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The process is similar as in Forward Testing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You want to find out if there are any live trading issues that are standing in the way of consistently profitable trading.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Trading in a full-sized account can create additional pressure and may cause you to trade differently.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If your results are different from your testing&#8230;again, figure out the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you trading the strategy the same as you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/backtesting-vs-forward-testing\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"167\">tested it in backtesting and forward<\/a> testing?<\/li>\n<li>Are there any limiting beliefs or negative trading psychology that are stopping you from consistently profitable trading?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Work these things out and consult your trading journal often.<\/p>\n<p>You may need to create a new trading plan. This doesn't happen a lot, especially if you got this far, but it can happen.<\/p>\n<p>Accept it as part of the process.<\/p>\n<h2>Step 7: Add this Profitable Trading Strategy to Your Toolbox<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/happy-trader-3.jpg\" alt=\"Happy trader\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/happy-trader-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/happy-trader-3-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you are able to demonstrate consistently profitable trading in your full-sized live account, you can officially add it to your trading toolbox.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Congratulations!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now you can choose to master another strategy, or go trade your one strategy from a beach somewhere \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<h2>Final Thoughts on Consistently Profitable Trading in Forex<\/h2>\n<p><em>This may seem like an easy process, but it can be very difficult.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Again, simple is not necessarily easy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The keys are to stick with the process, work on one thing at a time, and don't skip steps.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I know, I know&#8230;it's tempting to jump directly into live trading.<\/p>\n<p>But following this process will give you more practice, more confidence in your trading strategy and ultimately leads to consistently profitable trading.<\/p>\n<p>If you don't believe me, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/category\/podcast\/\">listen to these interviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think? 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