What Kind of a Trader Are You Becoming?

🔄 I trade regularly – I’m actively trading most days or weeks.

📆 I trade occasionally – I place trades now and then but not consistently.

📚 I’m still learning – I haven’t started trading yet or I’m practicing with a demo account.

1. What best describes your current trading activity?

📊 How would you describe your current level of trading activity?This helps us understand your experience and provide resources that meet you where you are.

⚙️ Trading is important, but not my primary profession – I have another main job or career.

🧑‍💻 Trading is my primary profession – It’s my main source of income or core focus.

🌗 Swing Trader – I hold positions overnight, usually for days or weeks but not longer.

⏱ Intraday Trader – I open and close all trades within the same day. No overnight positions

🗓 Position Trader – I hold positions for weeks, months, or even years.

🧩 Rule-Based Discretionary Trader – I use systems for signals and sizing, but I decide when to enter, exit, and how to manage trades.

🎯 Discretionary Trader – I trust my judgment and experience. I trade based on intuition, patterns, or a light set of rules.

🤖 Mechanical System Trader – I follow algorithmic systems that generate exact entries, exits, and position sizes.

🛠 Auto-Trader / Coder – I’ve automated signal generation and execution. I maintain and evolve the code that runs my strategies.

📆 Daily – I trade 3 or more days per week

📅 Weekly – I trade 1–2 days per week

🗓 Monthly – I trade fewer than 4 days per month

🔄 Improve consistency – My results vary too much week to week

💵 Improve profitability – I want to increase my R multiples or return

🎯 Expand my set of targets – I want more strategies or instruments to trade

🤖 Become more systematic – I want to reduce discretionary decisions

🧭 I need a guided path – I’m unclear where to begin (or restart) my journey

🧑‍💼 Trading is part of my job – I’m professionally involved in trading already.

💵 To generate primary income – I want trading to be my main source of income.

💡 To earn supplemental income – It’s a key income stream, but not my primary one.

🌱 To grow investments independently – I don’t rely on it for income, but I want control and growth.

👀 I watch markets live and trade during market hours – I’m fully available to execute trades in real-time.

🧭 I watch during specific sessions – I prefer Morning, Lunch, or Afternoon sessions for setups and trades.

⚙️ I trade automatically – I focus on system building and research. My trades are automated.

⏳ I don’t trade during market hours – I use market-on-open/close or set-and-forget orders.

🧪 By doing – I learn through experience. Give me lessons, then let me apply them hands-on.

📚 Structured lessons – I like organized material with quizzes and feedback loops.

🔍 Independent study – I prefer self-paced learning and figuring things out on my own

🎓 Mentorship – I benefit most from coaching and direct instruction

🤔 Not sure – I haven’t explored this aspect of myself yet.

🛠 Technical & Engineering – coders, analysts, IT pros, builders, designers

🩺 Medical & Healthcare – doctors, nurses, pharmacists, therapists, med tech

🛡 Military, Law & Government – armed forces, law enforcement, public service

💰 Finance & Business – consultants, accountants, managers, entrepreneurs

✈️ Aviation & Transportation – pilots, drivers, controllers, logistics

🎓 Education & Research – teachers, professors, researchers, trainers

🏈 American Football – Structured plays, role-based strategy under pressure

⚾ Baseball – Stats-driven, patient strategy, timing-based

🏀 Basketball – Fast-paced, team-based, dynamic decisions

🏸 Court Sports – Tennis, Table Tennis, Pickleball – reaction time, rhythm, angles

🏏 Cricket – Long-form patience, momentum shifts, strategic timing

🚴 Cycling – endurance, pacing, terrain awareness, drafting and strategic effort distribution

🏃‍♂️ Track & Field – explosive performance, precision timing, solo execution under pressure

⛵ Sailing – Environmental awareness, timing, and tactical execution

🎿 Snow Sports – Skiing, Snowboarding – balance, line choice, progressive learning

⚽ Soccer – Fluid motion, anticipation, real-time adaptation

🌊 Water Sports – Swimming, Scuba Diving – breath control, pacing, immersion