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 #31 | 1st June - 5th June 2026 | Meteor Trading

Date

June 5th, 2026

Written by

Daniel Griffiths

Hello Traders!

I hope you had a great week.

My week was pretty decent but I missed another trade that was a winner 🙁

I could have taken the trade as well but as I was getting ready to travel, I justified an excuse to not take the trade when I very easily could have still objectively executed it.

Annoying it happened to be a winner and it does feel like I’m not destined to make this work but I need to keep pushing on, it will work eventually!

Let’s take a look into the charts.

MONDAY:

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Trade today which took forever to tag me in, consolidating between cancel order and tagging me in for over an hour. End result was a loss.

P&L: -$245.53 | Trades: 1 | Result: Loss

TUESDAY:

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Nothing for today. Price just chopped around with no clear direction. Almost had 2 trades but the setups failed.

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

WEDNESDAY:

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Potential trade idea but the pivot was not mitigated. Range was more than 10 pips so I get unsure about the idea. If I did leave it on it would have been a 1.8R gain.

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

THURSDAY:

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Missed a win today as I was getting ready to travel. I saw the setup happen but used my excuse of getting ready to not take the trade and avoid the pain of losing.

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

FRIDAY:

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NFP (non-farm payrolls high impact USD news) = No trade day

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

WEEKLY RECAP

Closed Trades:

FTMOphase110k

What went well: I don’t think much, it was an average week at best.

What to improve: Objective execution and sticking to my time schedule. For example, although the trade on Tuesday was valid, it did occur outside of my session window. It’s just that tricky scenario where it all setup during session but took forever to tag it it, by which point session was long over.

Focus for next week: Again just working on objective execution but I do want to stay disciplined to my trading window.

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