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Full-Time Trader Story: How Alejandro Became Profitable & Consistent

In episode 315 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I sit down with Alejandro Perez from the Desire To Trade team to discuss his full-time trader story. You'll find out how Alejandro went from a university student to a consistently profitable Forex trader.

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Topics Covered In This Episode

• 0:15 Introduction
• 1:45 How Alejandro got introduced to trading and almost enters a Ponzi scam
• 3:57 How Alejandro started his 1st live account and lost it all
• 6:09 How Alejandro's passion for trading developed
• 10:13 What made Alejandro decide to pressure trading full time after university
• 12:56 How long it took for Alejandro to become profitable
• 15:13 Which were the breakthrough points in Alejandro's trader development
• 18:19 How Alejandro transitioned from price action trader to Algo trader
• 20:03 The evolution of a trader, expanding your trading
• 22:18 Community Questions:
• 22:30 What made the biggest impact on your trading consistency
• 25:53 Are you a Scalper or Swing trader?
• 27:43 How difficult is it to automate human discretion in Algo trading
• 29:53 Is it true that trading is 90% psychology?
• 34:14 What is the most important thing to write in your trading journal (post-analysis)
• 37:00 Can one be a full-time trader within 9 months?
• 40:00 Using price action or indicators in algo trading
• and much more

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How To Find Alejandro Perez?

• email: alejandro@desiretotrade.com