Desire To Trade Podcast | Forex Trading & Interviews with Highly Successful Traders 307: "Funded Trader Journey To 6 Figures" - Franklin Lyembela (@atriofx)
Jul 19, 2021
40:33
"Funded Trader Journey To 6 Figures"
In episode 307 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I sit down with Franklin Lyembela as he shares his success story toward becoming a funded trader with a 6-figure income.
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Topics Covered In This Episode- 0:00 Start
- 0:15 Introduction
- 0:43 Who is Franklin Lyembela and what was his trading journey
- 2:08 How Franklin became profitable and started trading for multiple prop firms
- 5:20 Why Franklin decided to go into FX trading
- 6:05 How Franklin started trading the wrong way
- 7:18 How Franklin realized that he needed to change his trading radically
- 8:43 How The Desire To Trade Podcast helped Franklin improve his trading
- 9:54 How Franklin started to learn trading the proper way
- 11:52 When did Franklin knew he was ready to become a Funded Trader
- 12:40 What was Franklin experience with Prop firm Challenges
- 14:23 Why Franklin kept trying after failing his first Prop Challenge
- 15:20 How Franklin managed to earn and keep funding from The5%ers prop firm
- 17:37 How Franklin chose which prop firm to work with
- 20:01 Has Franklin experienced any issues with prop firms?
- 21:07 Overview of Franklin trading systems
- 22:13 Why Franklin doesn't use indicators and what he trades instead
- 25:43 What timeframes Franklin uses to trade
- 26:11 How Franklin manages trading and personal time
- 28:11 How a day in Franklin's life looks like
- 30:34 How Franklin constantly improves his successful trader mindset
- 31:35 How Franklin uses the Desire To Trade Podcast to improve his trading even more
- 34:44 Where can you find Franklin
- 35:14 What are Franklin goals for the future
- 37:32 Franklin's top advice for traders (get a mentor)
- And many more!
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