🔥 THE 4-MONTH TRADING CHALLENGE STARTS NOW

🔥 THE 4-MONTH TRADING CHALLENGE STARTS NOW

📅 14 JULY 2026 → 14 NOVEMBER 2026

I am starting a 4-Month Trading Challenge with one primary objective:

Become a better, more disciplined, and consistently profitable trader while protecting our capital.

This is NOT a challenge to turn $100 into $10,000.

This is NOT a gambling challenge.

This is NOT about taking maximum leverage, blindly farming volume, or chasing unrealistic returns.

The purpose of this challenge is:

🛡️ Capital Preservation

📈 Sustainable Account Growth

🧠 Daily Learning

⚡ Better Trading Execution

📊 Building a Real Trading Track Record

🎯 Improving Risk Management

💰 Earning Perp DEX Points Along the Way

I have personally deposited $500 on Variational to start this challenge.

Everyone can start with their own capital.

$50, $100, $500, $1,000, or more.

The amount doesn't matter.

Your discipline matters.

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🏆 THE PRIMARY CHALLENGE

Whatever capital you deposit at the beginning of the challenge becomes your Starting Capital.

Example:

Starting Capital: $500

Our objective is simple:

On 14 November, our account should have at least the original starting capital remaining.

Any profit generated above the starting capital is our growth.

However, capital preservation is an objective, NOT a guarantee.

Trading involves risk, and losses are possible.

That's exactly why we are going to follow strict risk management rules.

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⚡ PLATFORMS WE WILL USE

We will primarily trade on:

🔹 RiseX:

https://www.rise.trade/invite/xyzcrypto

🔹 Variational

http://omni.variational.io/?ref=OMNIANEQUE

🔹 TxFlow

http://app.txflow.com/r/TXANEQUE

For Testnet:

Kiedex: https://kiedex.app?ref=RQWXMNZH

Pod: https://test.pod.network/

Why these platforms?

Because we can combine:

Trading + Learning + Onchain Activity + Potential Ecosystem Rewards

Instead of generating meaningless volume, our objective will be to execute real trades based on proper setups.

Points are a bonus.

Profitability and capital preservation come first.

Never take a bad trade just to earn points.

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🛡️ RULE #1: CAPITAL PRESERVATION COMES FIRST

The biggest objective of this challenge is survival.

You cannot become consistently profitable if you destroy your trading capital.

Therefore:

Protect Capital → Build Consistency → Improve Execution → Scale Slowly

The objective is NOT maximum profit.

The objective is to stay in the game for the entire four months.

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💰 RULE #2: RISK PER TRADE

Standard Risk:

0.5% to 1% of account equity per trade.

Example:

Capital: $500

0.5% Risk = $2.50

1% Risk = $5

This means that if your Stop Loss gets triggered, your planned maximum loss should normally remain between:

$2.50 and $5.

Exceptional A+ setups may justify slightly different management, but no single trade should put the entire challenge at risk.

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📐 RULE #3: POSITION SIZE WILL BE BASED ON RISK

We will NOT randomly choose position sizes.

Position size will be calculated based on:

Account Equity

Risk Percentage

Entry Price

Stop Loss Distance

Basic Formula:

Position Size = Dollar Risk ÷ Stop Loss Distance

Example:

Account Balance: $500

Risk Per Trade: 1%

Maximum Risk: $5

Entry: $2,000

Stop Loss: $1,980

Stop Distance: $20

Position Size:

$5 ÷ $20 = 0.25 ETH

Leverage can change the margin required to open a position.

Leverage does NOT change the amount of money we should be willing to lose.

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🎯 RULE #4: MINIMUM RISK-TO-REWARD

Our preferred minimum Risk-to-Reward will be:

1:2 RR

Meaning:

Risk $5 → Potential Reward $10

Better setups may offer:

1:2.5

1:3

1:4+

However, we will NOT create unrealistic targets just to show a higher RR.

Targets must be based on market structure, liquidity, support/resistance, and price action.

If the setup does not provide acceptable Risk-to-Reward:

NO TRADE.

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🛑 RULE #5: STOP LOSS IS MANDATORY

Every trade must have a predefined invalidation level.

Before entering a trade, we must know:

Where am I entering?

Why am I entering?

Where is my analysis wrong?

How much am I risking?

Where will I take profit?

Never move your Stop Loss further away because you are afraid of taking a loss.

Never remove the Stop Loss hoping the market will reverse.

Accepting small losses is part of professional trading.

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🚨 RULE #6: DAILY LOSS LIMIT

Maximum Daily Loss:

3% of Account Equity OR 3 Full-Risk Losing Trades, whichever happens first.

Example:

Starting Equity: $500

3% Daily Loss Limit = $15

If we hit the daily loss limit:

TRADING STOPS FOR THE DAY.

No revenge trading.

No increasing leverage.

No trying to recover losses immediately.

Close the platform.

Review the trades.

Write down the mistakes.

Return the next day with a clear mind.

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📉 RULE #7: WEEKLY DRAWDOWN LIMIT

Maximum Weekly Drawdown:

Approximately 5% of Account Equity.

If the weekly drawdown limit is reached:

Stop normal trading.

Review every trade.

Identify whether the problem came from:

Bad Strategy

Poor Execution

Overtrading

Market Conditions

Emotional Decisions

Breaking Risk Management Rules

Trading should resume only after completing the review.

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⚠️ RULE #8: LOSING STREAK PROTOCOL

Losing streaks are normal.

Our response to them determines whether we survive.

After 2 consecutive full-risk losses:

Reduce risk to 0.5%.

After 3 consecutive losses:

Stop trading for the day.

After 5 consecutive losses:

Pause trading.

Review the strategy and the last 20 trades before returning to normal risk.

Never increase position size to recover losses.

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📊 RULE #9: MAXIMUM OPEN RISK

Maximum total open risk across all positions:

2% of Account Equity.

Example:

Trade #1 Risk = 1%

Trade #2 Risk = 1%

Maximum Open Risk Reached.

No additional position.

Also remember:

BTC, ETH, SOL, and other major crypto assets can be highly correlated.

Opening multiple correlated positions can effectively create one oversized trade.

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⚡ RULE #10: LEVERAGE IS A TOOL, NOT A STRATEGY

High leverage does NOT create a trading edge.

Our position size will be determined by risk.

Not by the maximum leverage available.

Preferred approach:

Use the lowest practical leverage required for efficient capital usage.

Never increase leverage because:

You lost the previous trade.

You want faster profits.

You want more platform points.

You are experiencing FOMO.

Account Risk Matters More Than Leverage Number.

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🧠 RULE #11: ONLY TRADE CLEAR SETUPS

Every trade must have a logical reason.

Examples:

Market Structure Break

Support/Resistance Reaction

Liquidity Sweep

Breakout + Retest

Trend Continuation

Range Deviation

Volume Confirmation

Price Action Confirmation

Fundamental Catalyst

Risk-to-Reward Opportunity

If you cannot explain your trade in a few clear sentences:

DO NOT TAKE THE TRADE.

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📋 PRE-TRADE CHECKLIST

Before entering any trade:

☐ Is the market structure clear?

☐ What is my trading thesis?

☐ What confirms my entry?

☐ Where is my invalidation?

☐ Is my Stop Loss defined?

☐ How much money am I risking?

☐ Is my Risk-to-Reward acceptable?

☐ Do I already have correlated positions?

☐ Am I trading because of FOMO?

☐ Am I trying to recover a previous loss?

☐ Would I take this trade if there were no points or airdrop incentives?

If the trade fails this checklist:

SKIP IT.

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📚 DAILY LEARNING SYSTEM

The biggest value of this challenge will be transparency and learning.

Whenever I take a trade, I will try to share:

Asset

Platform

Long / Short

Entry

Stop Loss

Take Profit

Risk-to-Reward

Risk Percentage

Trading Setup

Chart Analysis

Entry Logic

Trade Management

Final Result

What Went Right

What Went Wrong

What We Learned

Winning trades will be shared.

Losing trades will also be shared.

Because you cannot learn trading by studying only winning trades.

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📝 TRADE POST FORMAT

TRADE #01

Platform:

Asset:

Direction:

Entry:

Stop Loss:

Take Profit:

Risk:

Potential Reward:

Risk-to-Reward:

Leverage:

Position Size:

SETUP

Why am I taking this trade?

MARKET CONTEXT

What is the broader market doing?

ENTRY LOGIC

What confirmed the entry?

INVALIDATION

What market behavior proves my analysis wrong?

TRADE MANAGEMENT

Did I move Stop Loss?

Take Partial Profits?

Move SL to Breakeven?

Close Early?

RESULT

Profit / Loss:

Result in R:

LESSON

What did this trade teach us?

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📆 WEEKLY REVIEW

Every week, we will analyze:

Total Trades

Winning Trades

Losing Trades

Win Rate

Gross Profit

Gross Loss

Net P&L

Average Winning Trade

Average Losing Trade

Average Risk-to-Reward

Best Setup

Worst Setup

Biggest Win

Biggest Loss

Maximum Drawdown

Trading Fees Paid

Funding Paid/Received

Points Earned

Rule Violations

Emotional Mistakes

Best Lesson of the Week

The most important metric will NOT be profit.

It will be:

RULE ADHERENCE.

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📊 MONTHLY REVIEW

Every month, we will publish a complete performance report.

Month Starting Capital

Month Ending Capital

Net P&L

Return %

Maximum Drawdown

Total Trades

Win Rate

Profit Factor

Average R Per Trade

Expectancy

Best Performing Setup

Worst Performing Setup

Best Trading Session

Worst Trading Session

Total Platform Points Earned

Major Mistakes

Major Improvements

Rules Broken

Rules Added or Modified

Plan for Next Month

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💎 PROFIT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

We will not immediately increase risk after making profits.

Growth must be earned through consistency.

Suggested Framework:

0% to +10% Account Growth

Continue normal risk.

0.5% to 1% per trade.

+10% to +20% Account Growth

Continue normal risk.

Consider locking a portion of profits.

Above +20% Account Growth

Protect the account aggressively.

Consider withdrawing or moving part of realized profits to a separate wallet.

Risk should only increase after consistent performance over a meaningful sample of trades.

Never increase risk because of one lucky winning streak.

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📉 DRAWDOWN RECOVERY SYSTEM

If Account Drawdown reaches:

-5%

Reduce normal risk.

Focus only on the best setups.

-8%

Risk maximum 0.25% to 0.5% per trade.

Conduct a complete trading review.

-10%

Stop normal trading.

No attempt to aggressively recover losses.

Review strategy, execution, psychology, and risk management before continuing.

The deeper the drawdown:

The smaller the risk should become.

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🚫 PROHIBITED BEHAVIOR

No Revenge Trading.

No FOMO Trading.

No Martingale.

No Doubling Position Size After Losses.

No Blind Copy Trading.

No Trading Without Stop Loss.

No Removing Stop Loss.

No Increasing Risk to Recover Losses.

No Meaningless Volume Farming.

No Trading Just for Points.

No Hiding Losing Trades.

No Editing Results to Look Profitable.

No Depositing More Capital to Hide Poor Performance.

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🔐 PLATFORM & SECURITY RISK

We are trading on relatively new decentralized trading platforms.

Smart Contract Risk Exists.

Frontend Risk Exists.

Oracle Risk Exists.

Liquidity Risk Exists.

Bridge Risk Exists.

Wallet Security Risk Exists.

Platform Incentives Can Change.

Points Have No Guaranteed Future Value.

Therefore:

Do not keep your entire crypto portfolio on trading platforms.

Use a separate trading wallet.

Bookmark official websites.

Never connect your main wallet to unknown links.

Verify transactions before signing.

Use a hardware wallet when practical.

Revoke unnecessary approvals.

Never share your seed phrase or private keys.

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🗓️ THE 4-MONTH ROADMAP

MONTH 1: DISCIPLINE

14 JULY → 14 AUGUST

Focus:

Building Trading Routine

Following Risk Management

Finding Our Best Setups

Eliminating Overtrading

Learning Position Sizing

Creating Trading Journal

Primary Objective:

Follow the rules consistently.

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MONTH 2: CONSISTENCY

14 AUGUST → 14 SEPTEMBER

Focus:

Trading Only Proven Setups

Improving Execution

Reducing Unnecessary Trades

Analyzing Trading Data

Understanding Market Conditions

Primary Objective:

Develop consistency.

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MONTH 3: OPTIMIZATION

14 SEPTEMBER → 14 OCTOBER

Focus:

Identify Highest Expectancy Setups

Remove Low-Quality Setups

Improve Entries

Improve Trade Management

Analyze Platform Costs

Evaluate Points Earned vs Risk Taken

Primary Objective:

Do more of what works and eliminate what doesn't.

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MONTH 4: CAPITAL PROTECTION

14 OCTOBER → 14 NOVEMBER

Focus:

Protecting Capital

Protecting Profits

Reducing Unnecessary Risk

Trading Only High-Quality Opportunities

Completing Final Performance Analysis

Primary Objective:

Finish the challenge with discipline and a complete trading track record.

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🏆 HOW WE WILL DEFINE SUCCESS

Success is NOT simply making the highest profit.

I will consider this challenge successful if:

We protect a meaningful portion of our starting capital.

We follow our risk management system.

We develop better trading habits.

We identify our profitable and unprofitable setups.

We learn how to calculate position size.

We understand Risk-to-Reward.

We stop revenge trading.

We reduce FOMO trades.

We build a complete trading journal.

We learn from both winners and losers.

We earn platform points through genuine trading activity.

We finish with four months of real trading data.

And most importantly:

We become better traders than we were on Day 1.

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📢 MY COMMITMENT

I am starting with:

$500 CAPITAL ON VARIATIONAL.

From 14 July onward, I will share my trades with the community.

I will explain the logic behind my entries.

I will share my risk management.

I will share my winning trades.

I will share my losing trades.

I will share my mistakes.

I will share what I learn throughout the process.

There will be no guaranteed profits.

There will be losses.

There will be difficult market conditions.

There will be mistakes.

But for the next four months:

WE WILL FOCUS ON PROCESS OVER PROFITS.

DISCIPLINE OVER EMOTIONS.

CAPITAL PRESERVATION OVER GAMBLING.

QUALITY TRADES OVER MORE TRADES.

REAL LEARNING OVER SCREENSHOTS OF PROFITS.

14 JULY 2026.

THE 4-MONTH TRADING CHALLENGE BEGINS. 👊

Who is joining me?

⚠️ Risk Disclaimer: Perpetual futures and leveraged trading involve substantial risk of loss. Nothing shared during this challenge is financial advice or a guarantee of returns. Every participant is responsible for their own trades, risk management, and capital.