{"id":640373,"date":"2024-09-06T14:30:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T12:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ftmo.com\/?p=640373"},"modified":"2024-09-06T15:07:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T13:07:35","slug":"ftmo-trader-juan-being-in-drawdown-is-part-of-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ftmo.com\/en\/ftmo-trader-juan-being-in-drawdown-is-part-of-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"FTMO Trader Juan: “Being in drawdown is part of the game”"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the next part of our series on successful FTMO Traders who have made impressive profits or are able to achieve consistent results, we will have a look at trader Juan from Costa Rica.<\/em><\/p>\n

Juan is one of our top-performing traders, currently managing an FTMO account with an impressive streak of 18 consecutive rewards. He recently visited our office as part of his European trip and you can watch a video of that meeting below.<\/p>\n

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Juan is one of the traders who currently manages an account with a maximum allocation of $400,000. As with most traders, his beginnings were not easy. He first tried trading binary options, but as he recalls, the risk\/reward ratio was not favourable for him. Eventually, he lost his account and decided to look for other ways to make money. He originally worked as a software engineer, but wanted to find a job where he could spend more time on his hobbies and have more free time. He is also trying to automate his strategies, but for now he trades exclusively manually.<\/p>\n

High risk is not sustainable<\/h2>\n

Through an account with a brokerage firm, he eventually made his way to FTMO, where he has been trading since 2020. He lost his first account of $100,000, but eventually managed to reach two accounts of $200,000, which he merged into one account. The main reason he lost his account was because he was risking more than 1% per trade, which he believes is an unsustainable way to trade.<\/p>\n