Why was I able to turn things around from a losing trader? What is the know-how of professional traders?

I, who had never won or made money as an FX trader at all, why was I able to turn things around?

There are three points below

・To make money in FX trading, you must learn from a professional trader or learn professional know-how

・What I learned from a professional trader about earning through indicator-based logic

・What seems like common sense isn’t necessarily common sense. Sometimes you have to do the opposite of common sense to make money

I will explain in order. The later part becomes a paid article

At one point, I met a mentor who was a professional trader

The trigger was that I had multiple domestic FX firms handling transactions related to my concurrent work

From several people at those firms, I heard stories that were shocking

Among them, one person introduced me to the future mentor, who would become a professional trader

The circumstances that led me to become an apprentice are quite interesting, but

it would be long, and I think readers of this article wouldn’t be interested, so I’ll skip that part

What matters is

What I was taught?

Why I began winning after being taught?

I think that’s the key

==What I learned about earning through indicator-based logic from a pro trader==

This is what is called technical analysis, something that has long been taken for granted among overseas traders as well,

and is one of the ways to earn with FX

More details will be explained in the paid section

==What seems like common sense isn’t common sense. There are times you must do the opposite to earn==

This portion relates to earnings through indicator-based logic

The idea that “indicators are unnecessary” isn’t common sense from overseas; rather…

More details will be explained in the paid section

==To earn in FX trading, you must learn from a professional trader or learn professional know-how==

First, I learned various behind-the-scenes aspects of the FX industry from some people at the firms

Things like insider dealings and unsettling stories...

※Just because I heard this doesn’t mean I started winning as a result, so

I won’t go into that detail

Here, I will write about what directly leads to earning in FX trading

What was important was

That much of what is said in the FX industry (on the internet) is not true

Why is information considered correct when it isn’t?

In short, ordinary people are being deceived. In order for the deceivers to profit

But I’m not here to condemn those backdoor circumstances

The most important information and knowledge I gained there is

In FX trading, most information you can learn online is not trustworthy

That is the conclusion

There are people who can earn money in FX. But not everyone

“Anyone can earn easily” is a lie

So, do you need special skills?

No. It’s mainly that many people haven’t been exposed to true information (and can’t win)

★Reasons I started winning after learning

Most information available to the general public is wrong

If you approach trading armed with true information, you can start winning

In this article, I will describe the inner workings and details below

Due to the nature of the content, this will be a paid article

In the free article, I’ve kept things concise for a broad audience, but

Since this is paid, I’ve written a somewhat deeper level of content

The price is about the cost of one lunch

If you can save about two pieces of bread for one lunch, you can buy it

That’s the price I’ve set

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==To earn in FX trading, you must learn from a professional trader or learn professional know-how==

Continuation

FX investment schools overseas and FX investment schools in Japan

They’re different in quality. How so?

① In Japan, there are many scams

② In Japan, the knowledge and status of “investment” are low

① Japan has many scams

Overseas

“Teach you how to win” ⇒ “If more people win, more people will come to the schools, and the schools will profit”

Japan

Rather than continuing the school, many are just about collecting money on the spot

“Let people believe they can earn big, then charge high tuition”

Setting aside overseas realities,

Inside Japan…

Many readers of this article who have bought and read this will probably know this already

“There are many scams”

FX trading isn’t simply about learning a method and then earning right away

How to earn with that method?

Where is the advantage? What profit range is appropriate? How much loss should you tolerate?

Such perspectives must be included in the explanation of the method,

and you must verify and understand these multifaceted viewpoints yourself,

to feel like you are using the method as a weapon

　

On the other hand, many fraudulent methods simply convey the logic

“Here’s a good bicycle, ride it”

Also, in reality, often it’s not a good bicycle but a cheap one that breaks quickly

Only a bicycle expert (a bike shop) can determine if it’s truly a good bicycle

However, fake bicycle sales have people with no knowledge of bicycles, who care only about looks

A high-quality instrument that sounds good (needs expert judgment)

An instrument that looks good (no expert judgment needed)

If real professional traders are teaching the method, that would be great, but

reality is different

On the internet, you sometimes see exposures

People who said they were “billionaire traders” weren’t actually trading at all

Claiming to be a “billionaire trader” to sell products and profit

During a live chart broadcast, evidence that it’s a demo account was shown

Profit/loss images were tampered with

There are various patterns of scams

Simply selling a product

Simply selling a seminar

Getting people into a community and continuously draining them monthly

“Free” while opening overseas accounts and trading to earn commission as an affiliate

Even among FX information products alone,

Most famous FX products out there are scams

Most are produced by non-experts just to sell

Occasionally you’ll find a product by someone who actually trades properly, which can be informative, but in my knowledge, even those explanations are often insufficient

Overseas, unlike in Japan, inaccurate information does not run rampant

In some overseas programs, FX trading is taught as part of investment education,

tuition isn’t cheap, but some students actually succeed, and it can be quite high-probability

Why is that?

Many overseas FX accounts have wider spreads than domestic Japanese accounts

Because spreads are the profit for the account company

Whether the trader wins or loses, as long as they trade, that spread becomes profit

This is how many places operate

On the other hand, in domestic Japanese brokerages… not all, but

If the trader wins, the broker loses

If the trader loses, the broker benefits

This might be the situation in many firms

I’m not trying to condemn

This isn’t about fraud; it’s a business matter, and I know a few good people in the industry

There are reasons related to how FX order processing works, but here’s a summary I asked AI about

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② Japan’s knowledge and status regarding “investment” are low

Thus it’s hard to view as a glamorous profession, and as there are many scammers and gamblers, it’s seen that way

Even if there is an “FX investment school,” it’s not regarded as truly good

In a capitalist structure, the roles in economic activity are categorized as

“employer,” “employee,” and “investor (capitalist)”

Among these, the position of “investor” is not familiar in Japan

Overseas, some schools even offer courses on investment

In Japan, this is quite unfamiliar

Moreover, the image of being shady is strong alongside that unfamiliarity

Personally, I don’t tell acquaintances that I trade FX

It creates a negative image of scammers and gamblers

Overseas, it’s at least one of the three categories and

Overseas FX investment schools are treated as ordinary schools, but

In Japan, that isn’t the case

Therefore, simply put, there are very few people who publicly work as professional traders

Also, publicizing oneself as a professional trader tends to be viewed negatively, so even those few professionals stay hidden

★★To summarize up to here★★

What I heard from FX brokers and what my mentor taught me

In Japan, there is an abundance of “false FX information” taught by professionals that misleads

Overseas, it’s relatively easier to access professional traders, but in Japan, it’s hard to learn directly from professionals

You must learn from a professional trader or learn professional know-how, but

those professionals are scarce, and even fewer are willing to come out of hiding

“The internet is full of scams. You won’t earn unless you learn techniques from a pro

But professional traders are scarce and don’t want to be too public

Yet they do exist

That’s the situation

==What seems like common sense isn’t common sense. There are times you must do the opposite to earn==

In Japan’s FX trading industry, some things are treated as common sense

① Scalping is difficult. It incurs spread costs. Therefore, it’s bad

② One-minute trades (scalping) are busy, and ordinary people can hardly win

③ Indicators are actually unnecessary

These are just a few examples, and I believe all three are the opposite

Why? Why is that considered common sense?

I can’t say this loudly, and it might be considered a conspiracy theory, so I won’t go into details

① Scalping is difficult. It incurs spread costs. Therefore, it’s bad

Indeed,

The number of entries increases.

The target profit range also narrows

It feels inefficient, I think

But…

Compare one-minute charts with one-minute charts (with retracements)

Holding profits solidly on a five-minute chart is also a viable approach

However, on a one-minute chart, there are retracements

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On a one-minute chart, take profit when it extends, and re-enter

Then the “retracement portion” will amount to roughly the spread cost

Also, on the five-minute chart, you must wait while it retraces

When deciding to close the position, this is where you decide

But at this point, the remaining profit is small

If you are on a one-minute chart and you’ve secured one profit,

Even if the second trade ends in a loss, you’ll still be ahead compared to the five-minute chart

※This is not universal. This is just one example

② One-minute trades (scalping) are busy and hard for ordinary people to win

Scalping requires instant judgment, which is said to be difficult

There is some truth to that

But in reality, there are benefits to this busy state

Less time to hesitate reduces indecision

For example, on the hourly chart, you might think, “It’s fine to hesitate for an hour”

When a candle confirms you should cut losses, the next candle starts

Even if you think you should cut losses, you won’t necessarily rush to cut as the candle changes, after all it’s an hourly chart

Thus, you can become more prone to hesitation

“Will it move further?”

While this continues,

For example, you think, “Huh? It’s coming back a bit. Maybe losses can still be reduced”

⇒ “Let me wait for it to return a bit more”

⇒ “It’s -20 pips, maybe it’ll return a bit more”

⇒ It sometimes returns, but sometimes it doesn’t and goes to -30 pips… -50 pips

You become unable to cut losses…

⇒ It can lead to bankruptcy

For example, on the other hand, you think, “It’s coming back a little. Maybe losses can still be reduced a bit more”

⇒ Break-even disappears

⇒ “Okay, if I wait a little longer, perhaps I can turn it into a positive”

⇒ The trade becomes profitable, “I waited and won!”

Through this positive experience, in the next similar situation you may hesitate to cut losses in the same way

If you close decisively when there’s no floating loss, that would be fine, but

Once you’re in the green, new greed arises and you aim for more profit

Trading with this mindset will eventually lead to bankruptcy

Even if it goes to -30 pips… -50 pips… you may not be able to cut losses

⇒ It can lead to bankruptcy

■If it’s on a one-minute chart, you must cut losses immediately without hesitation

With scalping, you cut losses and take profits quickly

You may hesitate to decide and fail to cut losses, but

Compared to trading on an hourly chart, you are in a situation where forced cutting losses is easier

There are even speed scalpers

Enter and take profits as soon as it extends

Sure, rapid scalping requires quick reflexes, and

there are some tough parts, I think

If you do one-minute scalping to the level of minutes, it should be manageable with practice

By the way, I often hear from people who do speed scalping

“My account got frozen”

Because you must keep up with rate movements in seconds

That makes it hard for dealing-based brokers

Who bears the loss in this situation?

By the way, who benefits in this situation?

As I wrote at the beginning

In domestic Japanese accounts, not all, but

If the trader wins, the broker loses

If the trader loses, the broker benefits

I asked AI

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There may be reasons why scalping isn’t recommended

==What I learned from a pro trader about earning through indicator-based logic==

This is technical analysis, something that has long existed among overseas traders as well,

and is one of the ways to earn with FX

From major overseas publishers like Park Rowling, etc., there have long been many books by overseas traders on technical analysis

There are many affordable and useful resources overseas that are far cheaper and more valuable than buying Japan’s expensive FX information products

However, for some reason in Japan

There is a belief that “indicators are actually unnecessary”

Being able to win without indicators may be true for some people

However, even something as simple as a moving average can feel like a benefit when indicators are used

Below is part of my method, showing that

Even on the same rising chart, it looks completely different when viewed with indicators

This difference shows “momentum”

In the latter part, you can feel that momentum is fading

So you wouldn’t enter in the latter part

In the former part, since momentum exists, if you enter, on scalping level, you can expect 2–3 pips of extension with high probability

My mentor and I trade using combinations of these indicators and candles

We look at the combination of indicators and candlesticks and use it in technical analysis

I believe it’s completely usable for trading, and

For me, it’s almost indispensable

Indicator values are based on past numbers, so some say they are slow or meaningless when shown

But

FX trading is about betting on probability

“The probability that this point will be reached is high based on past numbers”

You could call it data marketing, and perhaps that sounds grand,

When opening a restaurant, you consider location

You use past data such as foot traffic

The human eye tends to interpret things to fit their own convenience

“Because more people are passing by, more people will enter the shop, right?”

Estimating flows of people from past data, not perception. Elements such as time of day and weather also play a part

In FX charts, by displaying indicators and drawing them like a map,

you can know the current price’s current position

and then forecast the more likely side of market volume and trades

Of course, it isn’t 100% accurate, so if the prediction differs, you cut losses and settle

For example, if you forecast a long (uptrend) and trade

If an indicator turns to a certain state, the probability of rising increases

If another indicator turns to another state, momentum decreases and the probability of rising becomes lower

Making such judgments using indicator-based logic is highly effective

FX’s “turnaround” is seen as an individual winner or loser, but in fact it’s about how the collective behavior of all market participants accumulates and is perceived

The mentor’s lessons on re-examining common sense and the efficiency of scalping can increase capital turnover, and through increased trading volume, contribute to asset formation. I believe this experience is not just personal success but a demonstration of how understanding market structure influences trading, and I want to share it broadly with others.