Do successful traders share their strategies in trading?

[Franctoshi]

This has been going on in my mind troubles me a lot ,then I decided to bring it in the forum here to get some humble directions and good replies ,can a good trader of 3 years of experience share their strategies of successful trade? Then if they share their strategies why do we still have many unsuccessful traders of 5 years experience who still failed in trading yet no profit?

Those I know that are profitable traders don't share their knowledge for free, it's paid for. And only few out many can share their knowledge for free if there are any known real profitable trader that share his secret of being a successful trader for free.

The reason while people can be taught by a profitable trader, yet after 5 years of trading they're still losing money can be as a result of personality and many other things, like

Discipline
Risk management
Patient
Psychology
Application of Strategy.

[SquallLeonhart]

There is nothing instant in this world, even though we learn from people who are very good even though it doesn't mean we will be able to get success in an instant way. Everything will take its own process. Even though we learn from someone, it doesn't mean we have to follow all the methods or strategies as a whole, instead we must be able to find our own strategy.

Moreover, what we are talking about is trading related to a very volatile market. What we learn in theory will sometimes be different when practicing it directly in the market. There are emotions that will affect us, fear and worry sometimes fade what we have learned.

This is why there is something called "10 thousand hours" method. Meaning if you start learning something it will roughly take 10 thousand hours to be master at it. Obviously this depends on you do it, like if you spend a thousand hours once every decade then you may still forget and not be good. Or if you do not learn and just repeat the same thing again then you are not going to get that much better.

So this requires not only you, but somewhere you learn from, the better you get the further you learn from somewhere could be teacher, could be mentor, could be courses, but you learn further advanced methods and after 10 thousand hours you are master of it.

[iBaba]

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Those I know that are profitable traders don't share their knowledge for free, it's paid for. And only few out many can share their knowledge for free if there are any known real profitable trader that share his secret of being a successful trader for free.

The reason while people can be taught by a profitable trader, yet after 5 years of trading they're still losing money can be as a result of personality and many other things, like

Discipline
Risk management
Patient
Psychology
Application of Strategy.

You are right. These are the ingredients that make some people become successful traders while others struggle to be one despite growing under the same tutelage. Aside from the intricacies you will learn from trading which includes the technical skills/tips you will learn to become a better trader, there is also need for you to learn the above intrapersonal skills to become more successful in trading because trading goes beyond what you read in the books or the technical know how.

It also entails you working on your mindset which includes the discipline you give to yourself while trading and learning each and every other skills mentioned above. Once you are able to follow the rules and apply them practically and patiently, you will have no cause for worry as you will definitely become more successful than before.

[EarnOnVictor]

This has been going on in my mind troubles me a lot ,then I decided to bring it in the forum here to get some humble directions and good replies ,can a good trader of 3 years of experience share their strategies of successful trade?

This question has been the reason for debates in many places, and the answer is that some do share it, while many others don't. Those strategies shared might need your right handling, creativity, psychology and management, which are where traders fail. Not that they are entirely useless.

However, the simplest, most brilliant, and the strategies that give the best ROI will hardly be shared by the trader. They would rather want to make more money through it by creating copy trading systems or strategy providing systems.

Then if they share their strategies why do we still have many unsuccessful traders of 5 years experience who still failed in trading yet no profit?

This shows that trading is not easy and the number of the successful traders are too slim than you think.

[maydna]

Why successful trader should share their strategies to public? They better to keeps that as his secret. Perhaps they will share the strategies when that is not works anymore. Some traders pretends they makes big profits in trading and tells how they do that.

But we must be careful because we don't know yet if that is the real strategies or that is not works strategies. It is better to learn by ourselves about trading strategies so we can modifying the strategies so that will works based on the situation.

[fortelen]

This has been going on in my mind troubles me a lot ,then I decided to bring it in the forum here to get some humble directions and good replies ,can a good trader of 3 years of experience share their strategies of successful trade? Then if they share their strategies why do we still have many unsuccessful traders of 5 years experience who still failed in trading yet no profit?

Experience alone don’t mean profit. Some traders got 3 years with discipline then others got 5 years repeating the same mistakes.

Good traders win because they manage risk, control emotions and stick to one solid strategy

Bad ones lose cause they overtrade, chase hype and ignore stop-loss. also let greed run the show

So yea it’s not about how long you trade i think it’s about how smart and consistent you move.

[dunfida]

This has been going on in my mind troubles me a lot ,then I decided to bring it in the forum here to get some humble directions and good replies ,can a good trader of 3 years of experience share their strategies of successful trade? Then if they share their strategies why do we still have many unsuccessful traders of 5 years experience who still failed in trading yet no profit?

Experience alone don’t mean profit. Some traders got 3 years with discipline then others got 5 years repeating the same mistakes.

Good traders win because they manage risk, control emotions and stick to one solid strategy

Bad ones lose cause they overtrade, chase hype and ignore stop-loss. also let greed run the show

So yea it’s not about how long you trade i think it’s about how smart and consistent you move.

It would be in overall because once of those qualities is absent or not present then it would definitely be that still putting you into a place or situation as an unprofitable trader. Yes, of course if we do tend to go back into the percentage on how many traders are actually profitable then it would be that considered on the 90% and the 10% are the ones who do make money and thats why we do strive on making ourselves way more better and if you wont be that taking up some step on trying out to make changes on what you do lack then there would be no progress when it comes on becoming even more better. You would be that still unprofitable until the time comes that you would be thinking that there's no worth on proceeding or trading if you do know that you arent that still profitable in the end of the day then you do decide to stop.

This skill isnt something that you can be able to learn in a short period of time and this isnt only talking about making up some charts but also you should be developing your mentality and emotional aspects on which if you dont know on how to handle yourself with these then you would be finding  yourself being problematic in trading career.

[Antona]

This has been going on in my mind troubles me a lot ,then I decided to bring it in the forum here to get some humble directions and good replies ,can a good trader of 3 years of experience share their strategies of successful trade? Then if they share their strategies why do we still have many unsuccessful traders of 5 years experience who still failed in trading yet no profit?

Experience = profits.
Good traders got discipline, risk control, and mindset, not just “strategies.”
Most losing traders know the setups too, but they overtrade, ignore risk, chase emotions, and don’t stick to a plan.

Same playbook, different execution. That’s the difference.

[moneystery]

You understand that no one wants to share their experiences for free-- they certainly have a goal, whether it's to improve their image or to gain input from the many people interested in their successful trading experiences and wanting to follow them further through discussion groups, signals, etc.
These successful traders won't be too worried about sharing their knowledge, because what they share may only be a small part of their overall strategy and experience, while they possess a much broader understanding that others can't easily follow.

[macrolens]

This has been going on in my mind troubles me a lot ,then I decided to bring it in the forum here to get some humble directions and good replies ,can a good trader of 3 years of experience share their strategies of successful trade? Then if they share their strategies why do we still have many unsuccessful traders of 5 years experience who still failed in trading yet no profit?

I think two very different ideas are getting mixed together here.

Sharing a strategy does not automatically destroy its edge. If an idea stops working the moment it becomes public, then its edge was likely fragile, overfitted, or dependent on temporary inefficiencies rather than market structure.

Where disclosure actually becomes a problem is not market mechanics, but business model. If someone’s role is to sell trade signals, run a signal service, or operate as a strategy vendor, then of course they should not fully disclose their logic. Not because the market will “kill” it instantly, but because they are creating direct competition against their own product.

That is a commercial decision, not proof that strategies only work while they are secret.

In liquid markets like BTC, especially on lower timeframes, true crowding effects require significant capital and coordinated execution. Most retail-level participation, even if it follows similar logic, does not meaningfully change market behavior.

The real risk to an edge is usually not exposure, but poor execution, scaling beyond liquidity constraints, and assuming backtest conditions persist unchanged in live environments.

So I don’t see strategy sharing as evidence that something “no longer works.” I see it as a choice between trading as a participant versus monetizing trade output as a business.

Those are very different objectives, and confusing them leads to wrong conclusions.

[Rruchi man]

This has been going on in my mind troubles me a lot ,then I decided to bring it in the forum here to get some humble directions and good replies ,can a good trader of 3 years of experience share their strategies of successful trade?

Some traders are kind enough to share their working strategy and not the old strategy that they abandoned.

Something you should know about strategies is that even if they are given to you by someone it works for, it is possible they will not work for you. In the case where poor psychology is not the issue, you may need to make some tweaks to strategies so they work better for you.


One thing in trading is that different traders have different things they look for or look at on the charts, and this is based on personal experience.

[Kelvinid]

Why successful trader should share their strategies to public? They better to keeps that as his secret. Perhaps they will share the strategies when that is not works anymore. Some traders pretends they makes big profits in trading and tells how they do that.

But we must be careful because we don't know yet if that is the real strategies or that is not works strategies. It is better to learn by ourselves about trading strategies so we can modifying the strategies so that will works based on the situation.

Mostly, those who become loud and are fond sharing their trading strategies, are most likely the ones who are not actually successful in trading but they will always claim they are so that people will rush on them and secretly pay for those strategies. That way, if they can't be real successful with trading, at least they can succeed and make money from these people who get easily deceived because of the love for money.

This is also their strategy in making money, that will turn a loss for the people who chose to believe them.

[Rengga Jati]

There are several possibilities:
1. Yes, they are (but they're paid).
There are some pro traders who share their trading knowledge and provide trading signals and analysis by opening VIP trading classes for a fee.

2. Yes, they are, they're FREE.
There are also others like this, although it's unclear whether their trading knowledge and analysis are truly shared in full. However, some do share analysis and various trading-related information for free, but they do so through their social media or YouTube channels, where they gain engagement.

3. 3. No, they aren't.
Many pro traders do it in secret, without caring about those around them. They only focus on trading and taking their own profits, without wanting to take the risk of sharing it with the public, because this could backfire on them.

As for success, it depends on the traders who participate. Some have paid for VIP trading classes but still fail and even lose money because we don't know how they learned, how serious they are, or whether they followed instructions. This is the problem.

[Alone055]

Experience alone don’t mean profit. Some traders got 3 years with discipline then others got 5 years repeating the same mistakes.

Good traders win because they manage risk, control emotions and stick to one solid strategy

Bad ones lose cause they overtrade, chase hype and ignore stop-loss. also let greed run the show

So yea it’s not about how long you trade i think it’s about how smart and consistent you move.

You're right about everything else, apart from what you said about sticking to one strategy, because I believe a single strategy is not going to work for all market situations and conditions, and a trader should be experienced enough to change or switch their strategy based on what's happening in the market, because a strategy you are using when the market is constantly going up is not going to work if the market starts dropping constantly. A lot of people make this mistake, they try to stick to a single strategy at all times, and they keep asking why they are losing every trade and aren't able to make good trades, and the reason is this one.

Also, you said that it's not about how long you trade but it's about how smart and consistent you are, you are right; however, experience also matters, and the more time you spend doing something, the more experience you are going to have, the better you will know how the market is usually going to react, and you will also know what strategy is going to work at a certain point.

[Buy Low Sell High]

"Trade small until the edge is proven. Size up only after months of consistency."

5-year losers keep sinking because they know strategies but can’t stick to them: they overtrade, revenge after losses, ignore risk rules, basically zero discipline when real money and emotions are on the line