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.

Weekly Overview #13 - End of Year Review 2025

Date

December 20th, 2025

Written by

Daniel Griffiths

Hello Traders!

This will be my last blog post of 2025 as we come to the closing weeks of the year with Christmas and New Years approaching so I wont be posting until Jan 2026.

Below, I will share with you what occurred prior to the creation of Meteor Trading this year, my usual backtesting progress, and what my plans are for next year.

Let’s take a look!

Backtesting Progression

We will get this out the way first.

I have completed another week of May 2023 with 6 new trades logged.

Here’s the stats with this new data:

107 total trades
45.79% strike rate
104.70% return

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Results measured in R (R = % gained)

I had 3 losses and 3 wins so a good jump in return and not much change in strike rate.

Looking Back on 2025

From Jan – April this year I was all over the place with my trading. I kept switching entry models and I always justified using other peoples backtesting data to excuse myself for trading it live.

“Oh they show that this entry model works and their data is amazing! I will just trade that then and there’s no need for me to go through the pain of backtesting.”

This was & is such a poor way of thinking and had a severe impact on my data, my mental, and my overall quality of life as a trader.

It’s also one of the reasons why I don’t want to share my entry model with you either.

This eventually led me to seek out another path where I worked for someone else from May – August.

I had a good time but I always felt the calling of trading especially in August so I left that work and came back to trading with a very clear plan in mind.

The first thing I did was really analyse everything I have experienced over my 3 years of trading to figure out what I vibe with and what entry model I could use.

I wrote it all out on a Google Doc and quickly tested it in hindsight on TradingView and it looked very promising.

I then spent a total of 24 hours in September gathering backtested data for this strategy and I also formed Meteor Trading.

Then, in late October, I started live trading to see how it would perform in a live market.

Everything was very good so I really put my foot down in November which led me to becoming a funded trader with FTMO.

And that’s pretty much 2025 in a very brief breakdown!

It seems the long break I had really was needed and is probably the reason why I am writing these blogs as a funded trader with 100+ backtested trades.

Plans/Goals for 2026

Simply:

100 more backtested trades (finishing 2026 with 200+ trades logged)
Remain consistent with my trading throughout the year to get regular payouts from FTMO, no matter how big or small
Keep sharing my progress with you all via these blog posts!

I am really looking forward to next year and seeing where I am when I write 2026’s End of Year Review and I hope you are too!

Have a great Christmas and New Years, see you in 2026!

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