Why I Started This Blog — And What You'll Actually Find Here
By Samantha · 25 April 2026 · 5 min read
I almost didn't write this post.
Not because I didn't have anything to say — anyone who knows me knows I have plenty to say about
trading. But because the idea of a "first post" felt oddly high-stakes. Like I was making some kind of
declaration. Like I had to have it all figured out before I put a single word out there.
Then I remembered: that exact feeling is something I had to unlearn in trading too.
So here we are. Welcome to my blog — Trades by Sam.
Let me tell you why I'm actually doing this
I trade forex and futures. I manage many six-figure funded accounts. I've had the kind of losing weeks
that make you question everything, and the kind of winning weeks that make you want to tell the whole
world — and then be promptly reminded that past performance isn't a guarantee for future performance.
But for a long time, the only people I really talked trading with were other traders — in Discord servers,
on Twitter, in comment sections. And what I kept noticing was how much noise there was. Everyone is
selling a course. Everyone is posting highlights. Very few people just... talking honestly about the art of
trading, the craft itself, the good stuff AND the bad stuff. Maybe this is because trading is a male
dominated space, put that together with social media and egos can very quickly get out of control.
But because of that, not to mention all the peacocking (least of all the rented lambos and demo accounts
being presented as legit live trading accounts, and how could we forget all the signal groups - my goodness),
I think that people are being sold a very very very very extremely unrealistic dream. They call it quick
money, overnight success, easy money (haha this one gets me every time) the list goes on. My point is there is a lot to navigate when it comes to the trading industry and to make
it abundantly clear for you most of it is lies or half truths dressed up as the solution to your dreams of
being financially free and that's the cold hard truth that no one wants to hear. That’s not to say trading
is impossible. I can confirm it is very possible… but will it take you years to even be remotely decent
(not even master - just be decent), the answer is yes, yes it will. Of course you could speed run the journey by first learning how to
navigate the trading space and be able to spot and avoid all sorts of bullshit. Which is kind of my goal
with this blog. I wanted to create a space that cuts through all the bullshit and have a library of actually
useful information and tools for traders of all stages, a community even.
Very few ‘gurus’ actually teach anything real and instead get you to sign up for their telegram group or
discord or buy their course for usually an extremely inflated price for information you can find online for
free.
And that bothers me. Because I've always believed that if you give someone a fish, they're full for a day
— but if you teach them to fish, they’re full for a lifetime. The trading world is absolutely flooded with
people handing out fish. Tips, calls, "just copy my trades" energy. And look, I get the appeal, and I’ve
been there. But it doesn't actually make you a better trader (or profitable I might add). It just makes you dependent on someone else's judgement instead of developing your own.
That's not what I want to be, and it's not what this blog is going to be.
I wanted a place where I could write about trading the way I actually think about it — not the polished
highlight reel, the real thing. The frameworks. The reasoning. The actual risk. The stuff that, once you
understand it, you can't unsee it.
That's this blog.
What you'll actually find here
I'm not going to tell you trading is easy (and anyone who does is lying to you). I'm not going to promise you consistent returns if you just follow my signals (I don’t do signals). That's not what this is. I’m not here to sell you some sugar coated dream. The truth is trading and
learning to trade takes a lot of time and for most of that time it’s going to be hard. But if you choose to
stay on the rollercoaster you will get there. At the end of the day the hardest part about trading isn’t the
strategies or the math, it's the self mastery.
What I will share is everything I genuinely believe in after spending years in the markets — the
frameworks that changed how I think about price, the risk rules I follow without exception, the mental
habits that separate the traders who last from the ones who don't.
Practically, that means:
Concepts that actually matter — Dow Theory, Wyckoff, Market Auction Theory, trend structure. The stuff
that was never taught to me cleanly, so I want to write it clearly for you.
My personal experience — what it's like managing funded accounts, why I trade & what I trade,
lessons from trades that went wrong (and right).
Honest recommendations — the tools I use, the prop firms worth considering, the resources I actually
think are good. Nothing I wouldn't stand behind or haven’t personally used myself.
The mental side — because the psychology of this game is more than half the battle, and I don't think
enough people talk about it frankly.
A note on who this is for
Whether you're brand new to trading and trying to figure out what forex even is, or you've been at it for
a while and you're looking for someone who speaks your language — I think you'll find something useful
here.
I'm not positioning myself as a guru. I'm just a trader who likes to write and share what I’ve experienced
in the hopes it’ll help even a single person. I'm someone who's been through enough to have real opinions,
and who genuinely believes that the more clearly we talk about this stuff, the better we all get.
So — stay a while
The next post is going to break down the difference between forex and futures trading — what each
market actually is, how they compare, and how to think about which one might suit you. After that, we
are gonna go deep on market theory. The real good stuff.
If you found your way here through a search, a share, or sheer curiosity — I'm glad you're here. Drop a
comment if something resonates. And if you want to explore what I've built beyond this blog, check out
The Vault — it's where I keep the tools, resources, and everything else I've put together for traders who
are serious about getting better.
So let's get into it.
— Sam Trades by Sam · The Vault · Linktree
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