How Many Trades Does It Take to Get Rich?Let me tell you straight — one trade won’t make you rich. It’s almost impossible. The odds are simply too low. And that’s the very foundation of my approach — an approach that has already brought me meaningful results.
The Myth of the One Trade
The biggest trap traders fall into is placing all their hopes on a single trade — one that’s supposed to fix everything. That’s where the problems begin: oversized positions, impatience, emotional attachment... and eventually, tilt. And tilt does exactly the opposite — it wipes out your account.
The solution? Stretch the process out over time. Doing this alone significantly increases your chances of actual profit — instead of blowing everything up in a short burst.
What That Creates
By shifting away from the “one big trade” mindset, you remove urgency, bring risk under control, and turn your trading into a stable process. That’s the core of what I teach: break your trading into as many small, manageable episodes as possible.
Divide your “luck” into smaller parts — and you’ll be able to attract it in the long run.
This mindset comes with far more advantages than downsides. And deep down, you already know that. So start applying it — make this your starting point toward meaningful results.
Letting Go of the Old Way
Don’t worry about how long it might take to see significant growth in your account. You can always go back to your old way of trading — jumping in and trying to “make money today.” But ask yourself: how many times do you need to get burned before you finally shift from a short-term mindset to a long-term one?
Add to that some information isolation — stop feeding your brain constant news noise. Let go of headlines that pretend to predict the market. Free yourself from that influence, and you’ll start to see the charts clearly — without the illusions, without the made-up narratives.
One Last Thing
If you’re still holding on to the idea that you can achieve serious results without deeply studying this craft — and without putting in real time — let me suggest something: drop that belief now, before you even begin.
You don’t have to. But eventually, after enough feedback from the market, you’ll let it go anyway. It’s just a matter of time. The sooner you accept this, the easier your path will become.
And if you can’t let go of that illusion — your only real option is to leave the market.
Social media exists to drive engagement. And where there’s engagement, there’s exaggeration. That’s what feeds the false ideas you might unknowingly absorb about trading and beyond.
People show the upside — but rarely the downside.
