Desire To Trade Podcast | Forex Trading & Interviews with Highly Successful Traders 540: The Reality of Scalping For a Living (2026 Update) - Jean-Francois Boucher
In episode 540 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, you will be listening to an interview with Jean-François, breaking down what actually keeps a scalper profitable long-term: strict risk structure, emotional control after losses, and treating trading like a repeatable job, not a rush. If you've ever wondered whether scalping can realistically fund your lifestyle without blowing up, this episode gives you the unfiltered version. Scalping looks fast, exciting, and simple from the outside—but living off it is a very different game.
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Topics Covered In This Episode
- 00:00 Introduction
- 01:02 Monthly and weekly performance breakdown
- 03:56 The "16 clicks" risk structure explained
- 08:35 Indications for price movement and the probability of support
- 12:50 Trading probabilities versus confirmation
- 16:46 Trading psychology after a bad day
- 20:20 "Recover discipline, not money"
- 24:10 New Year reset and journaling
- 25:46 BONUS CONTENT: Elite Trader Mentality Reset
- 31:36 Reset commitments
- 35:07 Revenge trading and risk perception
- 36:25 Scaling without increasing risk
- 40:49 Funded accounts vs personal accounts
- 42:19 Learn more about Elite Scalping
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