Video summary

How Stefan Earned $33,800 in Rewards Trading Gold With Volume Profile and VWAP

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Key takeaways

Finance

Finance/Trading instruments & tickers

  • Gold (XAU) — Stefan states he only trades gold.
  • Mentions of Silver and Indian markets/stocks, but his current live focus is gold.
  • No specific stock/ETF tickers were mentioned.

Strategy & methodology (step-by-step framework)

Higher-timeframe bias

  • Do most analysis on the 4-hour timeframe.
  • Add a Volume Profile on the higher timeframe to identify major support/resistance zones (anchored at a “relevant region”).

Setup / entry structure

  • Look for Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) on:
    • 1-hour
    • 15-minute
  • Use these FVGs to define execution regions.
  • Take execution entries on the 3-minute chart.

Session timing

  • Trade primarily during the Asian session, after extensive backtesting.
  • Asia session expectation: ~15–20 point moves almost every day.

Indicators

  • Price action–oriented, with few indicators; charts kept “simple.”

Key numbers, risk parameters, and performance metrics

Rewards / performance (Funding Pips)

  • Stefan made ~$33,800 in rewards (described as “almost $34,000”).
  • Favorite reward: first payout, with ~$16,800 across three “TwoStep Flex” accounts.
  • Payout timing: rewards earned within the last month, described as a $34,000/month streak.

Time in markets

  • Started learning around 2021 (pandemic, early bull run).
  • Began trading interest at 16; now 20 years old.

Trade risk

  • For evaluations: ~1% per setup (describes being “more offensive” to pass).
  • For funded accounts: ~0.5% to 0.7% per setup
    • He notes “0.5 to 7%” appears in subtitles, but context suggests a tighter band around ~0.5–0.7%.

Daily risk controls

  • Daily loss limit: max ~1.5% to 2% per day.
  • If hit, he closes screens and stops trading for the day.

Expected trade movement / RR context

  • Average risk: ~6–7 points per trade.
  • Asian session: 15–20 point moves frequently.
  • Commonly targets 1:2 risk/reward setups (“one is to two riskreward setups”).

Backtesting

  • Emphasizes extensive backtesting of:
    • the strategy, and
    • the session timing.

Explicit recommendations & cautions (risk management / psychology)

  • Risk management separates consistent traders from “boom and bust” traders.
  • Avoid revenge trading: if you hit the daily loss limit, stop immediately.
  • During evaluations, he recommends being more aggressive to pass, but without taking hasty setups.
  • When doing well (peak performance), avoid an “evaluation buying spree”:
    • success can create overconfidence, leading to overspending and rapid account blow-ups.
  • Mindset: “Be a good loser”
    • Losing is framed as “part of the game,” and emotional control is critical.
  • Decouple profit from spending impulse
    • Suggests thinking in abstract “tokens” rather than dollars (e.g., being up $1,000 vs aiming for $3,000) to reduce emotional decision-making.

Disclosures / disclaimers

  • No explicit “not financial advice” disclaimer was noted in the provided subtitles.

Presenters / sources (as named in the subtitles)

  • Mara (interviewer/host)
  • Stefan (guest/trader)
  • Funding Pips (platform referenced; no individual staff named)

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