If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like to pass a $400,000 FTMO Phase 1 challenge in under a week, you’re about to find out. In just six trading days, one trader managed to reach the 10% profit target required to clear the evaluation—while juggling army duty, skating sessions, deep work, and daily analysis.
This is more than just a highlight reel—it’s a structured look at how you can blend discipline, physical fitness, and smart risk management to make aggressive trading goals feel routine.
Monday: Starting Strong with a Multi-Account Strategy
Your week kicks off with trades already running in profit across both a 300K live account and the 400K FTMO challenge. You open a clean USD/JPY long after anticipating a bounce from a supply zone—called during your Sunday weekly market prep.
You miss family dinner Sunday night due to army duty, so you’re starting this vlog on Monday en route to dinner. But even during downtime, you’re tracking charts and prepping for your evening run.
Technical Breakdown: USD/JPY, USD/CAD, and Gold
You stay anchored in a structured workflow—analyzing DXY first before taking directional trades on majors like USD/JPY and USD/CAD. After observing momentum shifts on lower time frames and confirming MA crossovers, you pull the trigger.
- USD/JPY: Long position based on hourly structure shift and MA retest
- USD/CAD: Setup forming, waiting on retest of 200 MA for confirmation
- Gold: Bearish continuation anticipated after rejecting key levels
By the time you wrap up Monday, you’ve entered USD/CAD and logged a deep work session coding your strategy—although platform bugs prevent full backtest visualization.
Midweek: Momentum and Mental Fortitude
By Tuesday morning, you’re already $5,000 in profit on the FTMO account. USD/CAD and USD/JPY are running smoothly, and you’ve started scaling into gold positions. You hold trades overnight, and stick to your original plan even as minor retracements unfold.
Between work, ice skating, and studying at Starbucks, your days are tightly scheduled—but you make time for trade breakdowns, journaling, and reviewing trade logic on MT5.
Wednesday brings partial closures and new setups. You enter a fresh gold short after identifying a change in 15-minute momentum structure. Meanwhile, USD/CAD tests your patience as it consolidates sideways—hovering near your stop.
Thursday: Massive Milestone Reached
You wake up to the news every funded trader dreams of—you’ve passed the 400K FTMO Phase 1. Your trades hit take profits across the board, including on gold and USD/JPY. On top of that, your live account is nearly out of drawdown, and your 5ers 100K challenge is just 2.5% away from clearing Phase 2.
If you’ve ever struggled with staying emotionally neutral during a drawdown, here’s a reminder: the trader kept composure during a red week and stuck to their system—and it paid off.
Friday–Saturday: Balancing Performance with Recovery
Sleep deprivation starts to set in as you average four hours a night. You battle through fatigue at the gym and during deep work blocks. By the weekend, you pull back the throttle to recover—knowing this is only Week 2 of a 12-week grind.
To pace yourself, you give trading a break until Thursday of next week, due to upcoming CPI and PPI news releases. As you remind your viewers, it’s unwise to swing trade through macro events. The focus now turns to recovery, study, and structured reflection.
