Did you know that Warren Buffett once said “investing in yourself is the best thing you can do, and as a part of investing in yourself; you should learn more about money management.” What does this have to do with succeeding as a trader, let alone as a funded trader? Everything.

If you want to do well in trading, but don’t know the first thing about it or you fail at trading, blew a few accounts and realise you didn’t know anything… you don’t give up if you want to do well. You remain persistent, you should recognise what you don’t know and invest in your education to patch up the gaps in your knowledge.

Money management is key. It includes investing/trade strategies, trading psychology and risk management. Once you become the best version of yourself, you can take on the markets. Note, this is read as the best version of your current self- you can always improve! Once you reach your best self, you can always become a better version of that “best self”; that is how you improve.

This process if continual improvement is what Ryan Young has been doing all along. Improving his risk management skills and trading psychology in order to be the best version of himself as a funded trader. It didn’t matter how long it would take to reach his objective. He trusted the process and continually improving as he grew his funded trader account until he eventually his target and moved to the next level as a Portfolio Manager on the $50K fully funded trader account.

Can you briefly tell us about your trading experience before joining our Funded Trader Program?

Prior to joining CTI, I had been trading my own FX account for approx two years with very little success because I lacked a solid trading strategy. In 2018 I found the NNFX podcasts and videos, and this really showed me how to become better at all the important aspects of trading; trading psychology, money management and technical analysis. After working through the NNFX methodology and backtesting and forward testing, it gave me the confidence in my ability to try and pass the evaluation with CTI

How have you found trading with CTI as a Funded Trader?

As part of my evaluation for a $50,000 account, CTI provided me with $12,500 (25% of the full amount) of live trading capital. The requirements were to hit a 6% profit target with a minimum of 45 trades and a tight 4% max DD. I met all of CTI’s requirements and successfully passed the evaluation phase within three months. Going through the evaluation provided me with valuable experience to further develop my trading.

Could you share with others your trading strategy?

As I mentioned above, I use an indicator-based trading algorithm inspired by NNFX, which I have put together myself after backtesting and forward testing technical indicators. My tested system provides entry and exit points on the daily time frame with the awareness of major news events.

Are you happy with the CTI's service and the funded trader account? Why?

I am very happy with the service provided by CTI. They do what they say they are going to do, and that provides a good level of comfort as a trader. With open and direct lines of communication through email, my questions were answered promptly and clearly.

Any tips on how to trade the Forex Funded Trader Account?‎

As a relatively new trader and still looking to develop and improve my skills every day, the advice I can give is that you must find a trading system/methodology that works for your personality and lifestyle. For example: if you have a fulltime job, trying to become a day trader may not work, and you may be setting yourself up for failure.

Secondly, you have to put the time in to understand, develop and fine-tune your system. This isn’t a get rich quick overnight scheme. Its a long term prospect that will allow you to trade for decades into the future if you put the work in now.

Finally, I believe that with solid money management and trade psychology, you can pass the trading evaluation with CTI. Being able to manage your risk appropriately will allow you to continue to trade into the future, but also demonstrates that preserving your trading capital shows discipline and focus and is the key to success in trading.