Every Trading Skill Level Explaned Level 0: No Strategy - No strategy. Just tips and 'gut feelings' - No written rules for entries, exits, or stop losses - No journal. No screenshots. No data. - Position sizes swing wildly (1% one day, 10% the next) - Wins feel like skill. Losses feel like bad luck. Level 1: Inconsistent Strategy - Learning to read charts: support/resistance, candlestick patterns, market structure - Setting up your exchange, understanding order types, securing your capital - Starting to define entry triggers, stop loss placement, take profit rules - Risk per trade becoming more consistent but still varies - Journal has data, but execution still varies Level 2: Consistent Strategy - Follows strategy rules on 90%+ of trades - Journals every trade with screenshots and comments - Has a working routine: checklist, report card, emotional check-ins - Data is clean and reliable - Not yet consistently profitable: equity curve may be flat or slightly negative Level 3: Consistent & Profitable - Positive expectancy over 30+ trades - Upward-sloping equity curve - Can distinguish a good setup from a great one - Beginning to introduce discretion based on data - Making money but not yet at meaningful size Level 4: Consistent, Profitable & Scaled - Consistently making four to five+ figures per month - Scaled to a meaningful portfolio size - Multiple strategies across different market conditions - Execution fluid and largely automatic - Emotional stability under large position sizes - Continuous edge development as a habit, not a project What level are you on?