2025 was my best year — and here’s what I did differently.

I abandoned every negative risk-reward (RR) approach: scalps, reversals, and average price/grid (yes, I built those too — no, I’m not proud). Instead, I focused exclusively on breakout strategies with a 2:1 RR. I also stopped trading too many pairs. In 2025, I traded only two: XAUUSD and USDJPY. In previous years, I traded as many as 32 different pairs — and today I see how harmful that was. The book that influenced me the most was Antifragile, by Nassim Taleb. I believe being on the side of volatility is the right path: by aligning my portfolio of strategies with that principle, I stopped fighting the market and started positioning for the big moves, letting volatility work in favor of my winning positions. And the results of this mindset shift brought outcomes I never imagined: - 39% in 2025 with a maximum drawdown of 6.65%. - More than 104% cumulative return since January 2022. - From a little over USD 12k under management at the start of 2025 to over USD 1.5M in 2026.