Can I trade if I have a full-time job?

Yes! There are many approaches for how an individual trades depending on their circumstances. It will take you longer than others who have more time to invest in learning but it's not impossible.

How much money can I make?

Potential returns from trading are a factor of just 2 things: 1) Your individual skill set, 2) Your trading account balance. The output of that equation is practically unlimited.

How long will it take to be profitable?

This is down to you, there isn't a set time-frame or 10,000 hours invested and you will achieve profitability, it's about embracing the work, learning from your mistakes, and keep moving forward. Then, one day, it will click, but without action and reflection, you'll be stuck in a loop of drawdown.

Do I need a lot of money to start trading?

No. It's best to invest money you have into education and tools. However, that can get quite costly but this is one of the main reasons I created Meteor Trading, everything you need is here so you can easily total up how much everything will cost you.

Do I need to be good at maths to trade?

Absolutely not. Any maths you do (such as calculating your position size in order to risk 1% per trade) can be done by Magic Keys on your trading platform.

What markets can I trade as a beginner?

Any market. However, I would recommend the most commonly traded forex markets such as EURUSD or GBPUSD due to their low spreads and high volume.

How much time should I spend learning each week?

This is down to your time limits. My ethos is that even if you put in 0.01% you are still making progress. The key is steady practice with quality, not random bursts of quantity with the risk of burnout.

Without an edge, yes. Once you develop an edge, however, trading becomes more like running a casino than playing in one. A casino isn't worried about one lucky spin of the roulette wheel because it knows the odds are stacked in its favour over time. Through the course I recommend, you'll learn how to build that edge. When you combine this with the law of large numbers, risk management, and consistent execution of your trading plan, short-term wins and losses don't matter. Over the long run, the probabilities work in your favour. In other words, you stop being the gambler and become the casino.

What tools do I need to start?

The obvious answer is a computer, good internet connection, and a trading platform. The next step beyond that can be found in the Tools page.

Post #30 | 25 May - 29 May 2026 | Meteor Trading

Date

May 29th, 2026

Written by

Daniel Griffiths

Hello Traders!

I hope your week went well!

I bring unfortunate news, I am no longer a funded trader.

However, it’s not a setback in my books, just a step in the process.

Of course I didn’t want to lose the account but I knew it was coming and to be honest I made so many mistakes on that account that I don’t feel like I deserved it anyway.

I didn’t let this loss get the best of me and I bought my next challenge straight away. This time I have gone for a $10K challenge (still with FTMO).

Another downside to this week was that I had a valid trade that I avoided in a moment of mental weakness which ended up being a winner. This truly sucks as I was doing really well with my objective execution and trading accountability scorecard you see on my charts. Both available wins for May were the 2 trades I messed up. Annoying, but it’s nothing we can’t learn from.

Let’s have a look!

MONDAY:

No trade day as UK bank holiday.

TUESDAY:

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Nothing for today, quite volatile price action with the M15 changing direction often.

P&L: $0 | Trades: 0 | Result: N/A

WEDNESDAY:

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Lost my funding today. Took a trade today from a decent demand zone that was part of a chain. The result was a loss, took forever to play out.

P&L: -$223.04 | Trades: 1 | Result: Loss

THURSDAY:

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Trade idea became invalid by rules and that save me from a loss.

P&L: $0 | Trades: 0 | Result: Win/Loss

FRIDAY:

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Missed a win because I let my opinionated discretion take over my objective execution.

P&L: $0 | Trades: 0 | Result: (missed win)

WEEKLY RECAP

Closed Trades:

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What went well: My attitude to losing my funding. It doesn’t define me as a trader or the end of the journey, it’s just a part of it.

What to improve: Objective execution! Still can’t believe I let my discretion get the best of me on Friday.

Focus for next week: Objective execution! Stick with the backtesting mindset.

End of Month Breakdown

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Extremely red but I know where I went wrong. The 14th and the 29th should have been winning days and I should still have my funded account.

Oh well, it is what it is and I need to learn the hard way.

Here’s my Trading Accountability Indicator result for the month of May. A 100% figure for execution rate with zero Rule Violations is what I am looking for – I was close this month but need to work on it!

TADMAY2026

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See you next week and happy trading!