12-Year Veteran Scalper Spills the Truth: Short-Term Trading Isn’t Dating, It’s One-Night Stands
12-Year Veteran Scalper Spills the Truth: Short-Term Trading Isn’t Dating, It’s One-Night Stands
Swing/position trading is like dating — you get emotionally attached and end up getting trapped.
Short-term trading is a one-night stand: if it’s not good, you leave immediately. You can always find another tomorrow. Take the money and run, no strings attached.
I entered the market in 2012, blew up countless accounts, and the only reason I’m still alive is because I only do short-term. Today I’m giving you everything I paid for in blood.
Core Mindset of a Scalper
Short-term trading is not about predicting the market. It’s about jumping in fast, getting out fast, and moving to the next one. Emotions kill.
7 Hard-Earned Rules
Focus on ONE instrument until you vomit
EURUSD, GBPUSD, XAUUSD, NAS100 — these four are enough for life. Trade only one at a time until you know it like your ex.
Timeframe depends on your stamina
Strong kidneys → 5-min (10+ trades/day). Weak kidneys → 15-min (3-5 trades). 1-min is for lunatics and bots.
Even scalpers must follow the higher trend
Daily trend is your daddy. Uptrend = long only, downtrend = short only, ranging = scalp both sides but run when trend returns.
Trade only London & NY sessions
Asia is dead. London open to first two hours of NY = real money time.
Risk management — keep your underwear on
Max 1.5% per trade, fixed stop in pips, minimum 2:1 R:R.
Exiting > Entering
Take profit fast, cut losses faster. Profit comes from many small wins, not occasional home runs.
Mental state is 100× more important than technique
Short-term trading runs on feel and killer instinct. Bad sleep, bad mood = stay the hell away from the platform.
Tattoo this on your body:
Execution! Execution! Execution!
99% of traders die from “I know, but this time I couldn’t help myself.”
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