# how to be a profitable trader

By [mustgetthere](https://paragraph.com/@mustgetthere) · 2024-01-13

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1.  Find your market. ...
    
2.  Finding a trading strategy. ...
    
3.  Don't ride the learning curve. ...
    
4.  Learn from your mistakes. ...
    
5.  Backtesting - Speed up your learning process. ...
    
6.  When to go live. ...
    
7.  Expectation management and risk. ...
    
8.  Growing your trading account.

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*Originally published on [mustgetthere](https://paragraph.com/@mustgetthere/how-to-be-a-profitable-trader)*