@realkenchigbo Had to bookmark this. I aspire to be on this level soon. To build a fundamental understanding behind every trade can be a little confusing sometimes since it’s difficult to know which news headline holds more weight.
I vividly remember a trader showing me 350% returns he generated in just 6 months.
He was absolutely certain institutional capital would come flooding in.
Nobody would even take a meeting.
Early in my journey, this didn't make sense to me.
I assumed—like most traders—that big returns alone would attract big investors.
It took years—and some painful missed opportunities—before I fully understood why that assumption was wrong.
Now, traders frequently ask me:
"How do I find someone to back my trading?"
Here's the counterintuitive truth—despite what social media would have you believe:
Institutional allocators aren’t impressed by flashy returns built on extreme volatility.
They invest in:
• Predictable returns
• Disciplined risk management
• Performance under stress
They care far more about your drawdowns, your volatility control, and your worst months…
…than your headline winning streaks.
If your goal is trading professionally at scale:
Your priority isn't maximizing your best month—
it's obsessively controlling your worst.
Your worst month is your real resume.
@realkenchigbo From the Capital Flows data that came out yesterday for USD (from -$46.6B in Jan to $284.7B in Feb), what were your first thoughts and has your current view of the DXY change? Any new expectations? (Trying to learn from your flow of thoughts as an analyst)