19 years old. Northern Italy. I've been trading for two years and I'm still learning every day. That's not a disclaimer. It's the point.
I started trading about two years ago, not with charts and candles, but with code. Algorithmic bots. The idea was simple: automate an edge, let the machine execute. But the more I worked with bots, the more I realised something was missing. Every time the market did something unexpected, the algorithm didn't adapt. I had to. And that bothered me.
I wanted control. Full control. Over every entry, every exit, every decision. So I switched to manual trading.
The first months were a mess. I did what almost everyone does: I consumed everything. Dozens of strategies, hundreds of YouTube videos, conflicting advice from every direction. Information overload isn't a cliché. It's genuinely one of the hardest things to navigate as a new trader. The more you learn, the less certain you become.
The turning point was a decision I made around January 2026: stop adding, start refining. I picked one framework — ICT — and built my own layer on top of it. My own confirmations. My own rules for what counts as a valid setup and what doesn't. A strategy that fits how I think, not how someone on YouTube thinks.
Today I trade Nasdaq Futures. Only NQ. Only London and New York sessions. Only when my setup is there. I'm not trying to trade every day. I'm trying to trade well when the conditions are right.
I'm 19. I have a long way to go. I know that. But I also know that the foundation I'm building now — the discipline, the structure, the consistency — is what will matter in 10 years. I'm not in a hurry to be rich. I'm in a process of becoming good.
Started exploring financial markets through algorithmic bots. Fascinated by the idea of automating an edge, I wrote my first strategies in Python.
Realised that algorithm-driven trading gave me no real understanding of why the market moved. Switched to manual to take full control. Entered the worst phase: information overload.
Made the decision to treat trading as a craft, not a side project. Started building a personal strategy around ICT concepts and opened my first prop firm account.
Trading NQ manually. Sharing every signal in my Discord. Documenting results transparently. Still learning. Still improving. That won't stop.
A strategy that works for someone else won't work for you if it doesn't fit how you think. You need to build something you actually believe in.
Most losses come from taking setups that aren't there. The ability to do nothing when conditions aren't right is more valuable than any entry technique.
Anyone can show winning trades. What I show is everything, because the only thing worth building in this space is genuine credibility.
I'm 19. I don't have all the answers. But I'm committed to getting better every single day, and that commitment is something I can stand behind unconditionally.
"I didn't start this because I thought I was talented at trading.
I started because I couldn't stop thinking about it."
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