Ekaterina’s Interview: She Turned $30K into Major Profits with Audacity Capital!

Ekaterina from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Ekaterina embarked on her trading journey back in 2010, starting with Forex and quickly realizing her passion for the market’s dynamic nature.

Today, she’s a successful trader managing a $30,000 funded account with Audacity Capital. With a deep love for trading and a solid strategy in place, Ekaterina shares her incredible journey, challenges, and the strategies that have brought her financial success.

Whether you’re a seasoned trader or just starting out, her story is packed with insights and inspiration that can help you elevate your trading game. Let’s dive in!

Ekaterina Account:

Question: Introduce Yourself. Tell us where you’re from. 

Answer: Good afternoon My name is Ekaterina, I live in Russia, the city of Nizhny Novgorod. 

Question: How did you start trading? What made you decide to do trading? 

Answer: I started trading Forex in 2010, at first I tried investing in PAMM accounts, but I quickly realized that I was not interested in it when I had the opportunity to trade on my own. I started trying on demo accounts in Alpari, I still have a real account there, and a test demo, I’m working on ideas for it. 

Question: What are your goals for going on the path of trading? 

Answer: The main goal, of course, is financial independence, but besides that, I just really like the process itself, I get great pleasure from watching the chart and the price movement. I have never received so many emotions from any other work or been so involved in the process.

Question: Are you a full-time trader or trading part-time? 

Answer: Sometimes I trade full time, but much less often; as a rule, this leads to overtrading, you stop seeing the market, and you start inventing patterns that don’t exist. Therefore, now I try to limit the time I spend actively working. I am closely monitoring the start of the European session, and the American session after the news is released. 

Question: Tell us more about your trading. How long have you been trading for? What is your trading style/strategy on the funded account? What pair do you like to trade and why? 

Answer: My favorite trading instrument is gold. I know all its cunning, I know that gold does not forgive mistakes, but it is still one love for life. When gold has chosen a direction and goes, these are simply amazing movements! Of course, I mostly try to join the trend, but sometimes I also take counter-trend trades. I studied different approaches and strategies, my strategy is a combo of different methods, including Wyckoff, IST, Linda Raschke with her turtle soup, and my observations of the market. I still haven’t written down the basis of my strategy in detail, I know that this is necessary and it will make my work easier. I sincerely admire traders who have a clearly defined strategy. 

Question: How did you first hear about Audacity Capital’s Funded Trader program, and what encouraged you to join? 

Answer: I learned about the company Audacity Capital just a few months ago; we have a Russian-speaking community of traders, which was created by Vladislav Wagner. This is a trader who collects, analyzes, and posts a lot of information on prop companies in his telegram channel. 

Question: What account size are you trading with right now? And how much did you receive in the payout? 

Answer: Now I have a financed account for $30,000, I initially took out a financed account for $15,000, and there was one scaling. There was only one payment, $900. Many thanks to the technical support, they promptly answer all questions that arise! 

Question: What is it like trading on a 240k account? 

Answer: An account of $240,000 is of course cool, but I would like to reach at least one million. So far, the maximum I was trading was on an account of $100,000, in another prop company, but unfortunately, it was a new company that had big problems, and the traders are not being paid now. 

Question: Describe your trading journey from the time you received your trading account, to your trading progression until the time you received your profits. How was your life or strategy different from before compared to now? 

Answer: My trading path is simple, I will probably repeat it more than once, but the main thing is not to allow large losses. Before receiving the first payment, I had one very unprofitable day, when I lost all the profit I had made, and even went into a slight minus from the starting capital. I understand that this was an ordinary tilt, at such moments you need to force yourself to move away from the terminal, close everything, and give yourself time to calm down. It is very important. Everything can be corrected as long as the basic rules are not broken. You can always earn money again, the market provides inputs and ideas every day. 

Question: Share your experience with Audacity Capital’s funded account? What struggles did you face and how did you overcome them? Can you share a significant moment that helped shape your trading approach? 

Answer: What I like most about trading in Audacity Capital is the ban on trading in the news. I know this will make many traders smile, but it is so. News usually means inadequate price movements, yes, I know that many people want to make money on these inadequate movements, but an hour and a half after the news is released there are no fewer such opportunities, but the direction has already been determined, and there are much fewer risks. We all work with probabilities, and yet it is much smarter to wait until the probabilities are in our favor. 

Question: What did you like most about the program, and how has it helped you develop your trading skills and overall perspective on trading and the financial markets? 

Answer: Prop trading is generally very disciplined. Helps you learn to control risks, not overtrade, and helps you realize your mistakes and the negative aspects of your trading. Trading with Audacity Capital helped me understand that there is no need to rush. There is no need to be an anxious person. 

Question: Do you trade on a personal funded account? If so, do you use the same strategy and risk management on your personal account? 

Answer: Yes, I have a personal account with Alpari, I usually use it for quick withdrawals, when you can deposit a small amount, earn a profit in a day or two, and withdraw immediately. This is convenient, but so far I can’t trade as disciplined as on prop on my personal account. This account has a different task, quickly withdrawing profits for daily expenses. With prop firms it’s a different story, here I want to work for a long time. 

Question: How is trading with a prop funded account different from trading on your personal funded account? And would you recommend prop firm funds to other traders? 

Answer: On a personal account, I allow myself greater risks, probably this is closer to accelerating the deposit. On prop I had a maximum loss on a trade of about 1.5%, and this is very much, critical. In my opinion, the ideal stop should be from 0.5 to 1%, no more. Of course, I would be happy to recommend a prop firm as an ideal option for traders who have a desire to develop in this direction. 

Question: What advice would you give for other traders who are considering to take the funded trader program? Any general trading advice for people starting out or struggling on their journey? 

Answer: The most important advice is to control your risks! All we can control in trading is the amount we can lose on a trade. This should be an adequate and small amount that will not cause significant damage to our deposit, and which will allow us to make several more attempts to earn money. Any big losses are very painful and affect our psychology and our self-confidence. 

Question: Do you have any feedback about the funded trader program that we could improve or enhance to better serve aspiring traders? 

Answer: In our community of traders, Audacity Capital has a very good reputation, it is a company that has been operating for a long time and confidently, it is a top company on the market, and I am very pleased to be part of a cool community of traders, with a good and long history 

Question: Do you have any other things to say to our trading community? 

Answer: I would like to say that the main thing that motivates me to work on a financed account is the amazing scaling at Audacity Capital! This is much more impressive than even cash withdrawals. The opportunity to manage a serious account is very cool. Thank you for the opportunity to make your dreams come true!