Who is the Ordinary Trader
It took me over a decade climbing the corporate ladder to reach a solid six-figure salary. It took six months of focused learning to trade to earn the same. That gap was hard to ignore and the contrast forced a decision.
I chose trading and went full-time. Not because it’s easy, not because of money, but because it’s more honest. It rewards skill, process, and consistency. It exposes your emotions, demands discipline, and provides instant and radical feedback in a way most careers will never do.
Project 1 Million
This is my own journey, my path to $1 million – and you’re welcome to follow along.
The money isn’t the point. The experiment is! The challenge is whether discipline and repetition can be turned from something that feels impossible into… the Ordinary.
Ambitious? Yes. Unachievable? Let’s see…
My Simple Strategy
My trading approach is simple and disciplined. Every decision is rule-based, mechanical, and made without emotion. I focus on proven processes, clear risk-to-reward parameters, and well-defined trade plans before any position is taken. This helps to minimise losses, maximise asymmetric returns, and remain calm and consistent across changing market conditions.
Trading should be Ordinary.
Not
Exciting.
Stressful.
Emotional.
Dramatic.
Surprising.
Intense.
Erratic.
Rules of the game…
I knew that to succeed in trading I needed a framework as well as a strategy – one that would keep me honest, remove emotion from decision-making, and make the process as mechanical as possible.
You can read more about it, (and download) my Daily Trading Planner, here…
2 %
Max Daily Loss Limit
(Of Total Capital)
~5
Trades a day
(maximun)
+2 R
Daily Profit Target
The numbers don’t lie…
How can you optimise what you’re not measuring? You can’t. That’s why I track everything – every trade, every R, every mistake, and every improvement. It’s still early days, but performance since the start of the year has been encouraging. Win rate has remained consistent, risk-to-reward is improving, and the data is starting to show where edge exists and where it doesn’t. Because in trading, progress isn’t based on opinion or emotion – it’s built on evidence. Jump in to see a breakdown of the analytics setup I use to measure and refine the process here.
65%
Win Rate
+7 R
Weekly Risk Reward
0%
Guesswork
And finally…
Just to be clear, I’m not here because I’ve figured it all out. Far from it. I’m still learning just like everyone else. I make mistakes, I log them, and I move on. Perfection isn’t the goal here. Progress is. Small improvements, repeated daily, might look insignificant in the moment, but over time they compound into something meaningful. This is about showing up, staying honest, and getting 1% better – again and again.
