Tradingcup continues to host competitive trades. Today, we share the success story of one trader who utilised pullback strategies and a “keep your winners big and losers small” approach. These strategies enabled his account to gain over 140% to date.
Han is currently Tradingcup’s top 7 trader according to the MMR (Money Management Ranking) system. He continues to trade and climb the competition ladder.
He began trading on March 23, 2022, making him one of the longest-active traders on the platform. Although he was inactive for a long period, Tradingcup’s unbiased ranking system enabled him to make a comeback.
Stay until the end of this article as we dissect his trading achievements, stats, style, and the valuable lessons traders can learn from his journey.
Trading Statistics of Han’s Pullback Strategy
Han has executed a total of 425 trades across 15 different instruments, including:
Total Trades: 425
Won trades: 289
Loss trades: 135
Break Even trades: 1
Win rate: 68%
Average gain on wins: $116.41
Average loss on losses: -$131.72
Biggest Win: $1,351.68 (XAUUSD)
Biggest Loss: -$762.46 (USDJPY)
Trade Direction: 249 Buys/Longs & 175 Sells/Shorts (58.59% of all his traders are Buys/Longs)
Best Performing Instrument: GBPUSD ($8,118.69 Total Gross/Unrealized PnL)
Worst Performing Instrument: USDJPY (-$3,184.00 Total Gross/Unrealized PnL)
Fastest Trade: Less than a Minute (USDJPY)
Longest Trade: Approximately 90 Days (ETHUSD)
Average Trading Volume: 0.29 Lot Size
Smallest Trading Volume: 0.01 Lot Size
Largest Trading Volume: 5.12 Lot Size
Average Win to Loss PnL Ratio: 88.38% or 0.88:1 Reward to Risk Ratio
Below is a snapshot of the most recent 3 trades he actively holds to date.
Please note that his trading data may change over time.
Key Highlights of his active trading strategy
Diversification across key Forex pairs plus Gold, Indicies and Crypto
Trading across 15 instruments is no small feat! It offers advantages like diversification.
As mentioned in our previous trader spotlights, we always highlight the benefit of trading multiple instruments.
Below are the net Profit and Loss per trading instrument in descending order:
- GBPUSD – $8,118.69
- EURUSD – $6,006.30
- AUDUSD – $1,696.30
- XAUUSD – $1,317.33
- USDCHF – $885.19
- USDCAD – $548.32
- SP500 – $321.20
- NZDUSD – $164.50
- GBPJPY – $60.60
- USWTI – $19.22
- EURJPY – $4.65
- AUDJPY – -$2.42
- EURCHF – -$0.10
- ETHUSD – -$95.72
- USDJPY – -$3,184.00
His biggest money makers were GBPUSD and EURUSD, while the largest drainer was USDJPY—resulting in his biggest loss. Although not all fruits in his basket were profitable, he had more best fruits than the least.
Confidence in Taking a Trade
He showed strong conviction in taking high-leverage trades on Gold by clearly understanding the trend and taking advantage of it.
Moreover, his biggest win on Gold came from this strategy. His starting capital of over $11,000 was already substantial. However, leveraging increased his purchasing power even further—though, of course, with higher risks involved.
Surely, confidence is another key factor in taking trades, isn’t it?
Keeping Winners Big and Losers Small
This strategy does not focus on achieving a high win rate. Although he showcased a 68% win rate, based on his Gold trades, he had more losses.
However, these were small compared to his winners. In fact, his largest winning trade occurred in Gold.
Biggest Flaw in his Trading System and Risk Management Rules
He held trades for extended periods and did not follow standard risk management procedures or apply stop losses.
By holding trades longer while hoping for a comeback, traders can get stuck and become unable to move on to the next trades.
In trading, it does not matter how we lose; it’s how we make another trade and recover. Losing is part of the trading game.
As mentioned many times in our previous spotlights, some Tradingcup participants do not use EAs or automation in executing their trades.
They prefer to trade manually.
This was the case here, and emotions along the way cannot be avoided.
Sustenance is a major factor in keeping trading going. In this trader’s case, he was able to catch up after a major drawdown of more than 30%.
Remember, the market is always right.
Fighting against the trend can be fatal. Adaptation is key, and one of the ways to do this is by implementing proper yet strict risk management.
One of his worst-performing instruments was on Ethereum trades. These trades were all stuck positions, held for more than three months, and, worse, all ended in losses.
His strategies may seem invincible—but they are not perfect, especially when they begin backfiring.
We can see this flaw through samples of his trades below.
Let’s start with his AUDUSD trades.
Han shorted with great precision as AUDUSD approached a new monthly lower high on September 29, 2023, leading to his biggest win on the currency pair. This proves his pullback strategy.
In the following year, Han bought the dip on July 19, 2024, just to hold the long trade for almost a month then only to sell it at a loss!
Next, we go back to his biggest win on Gold.
Han utilized the power of leverage to his advantage by buying gold with his largest lot size of 5.12, securing over $1,300 in a single trade profit within just 2 minutes!
Last example, his biggest loss by trading USDJPY.
He tried to long USDJPY as the core part of his pullback trading strategy, but his lack of definitive control over the stop loss led to the largest toss in his portfolio – over -$700!
Will Han continue to progress? We will soon find out. We hope he can make a turn around and work on his weaknesses.
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