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From $500 to 3X His Salary: Satori's Axi Select Prop Trading Tips

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  • Started with just $500 and scaled to $100K in real capital through Axi Select
  • Built a statistical gold-focused EA after indicators burned him out
  • Strategy was validated when it survived the 2024 election volatility
  • Uses Edge Score feedback to refine risk and improve consistency
  • Quit his job only after 6 months of stable EA performance and doubled income

[00:00]

How Satori Went From IT Engineer to Trading Full-Time 
The interview opens with Satori, a Vietnam Prop Trader, explaining how he went from a 20 year software engineering career to earning funding with Axi Select. He started trading a decade ago, balancing charts with a full-time job, but the real shift came when he realized he wanted more freedom and more control over his income. His turning point came the moment he saw trading generate two to three times his salary in a single day. That was the moment he began to believe full-time trading might actually be possible.

[02:00]

The Mindset Shift That Pushed Him Toward Automated Trading
Satori shares that indicators, signals, and constant chart-watching burned him out early in his journey. What changed everything was realizing every indicator starts with two simple things: price and volume. That realization led him to build his own EA based completely on statistical patterns, not indicators. He trades the higher time frames for structure and lets his EA execute on the lower time frames, keeping emotions out of the process.

[07:20]

Why Gold Became His Edge and How His Strategy Survived Volatility
After experimenting with forex pairs, he noticed his strategy performed far better on gold’s frequent price swings. He refined his EA over years, stress-testing it through both uptrends and violent drops. The moment that gave him real confidence was seeing his EA survive the sharp moves around the 2024 election. That proved to him that his system worked in both stable and chaotic conditions.

[13:20]

From $500 to $100,000: How Axi Select Made Full-Time Trading Possible
With only $500 he entered Axi Select and progressed to the acceleration stage, earning access to $100,000 in real capital. He explains why the program works so well for him: no daily drawdowns, clear rules, and structure that rewards consistency over aggression. He used the Edge Score feedback to improve his EA, especially around holding trades longer and managing drawdown more effectively. This gave him both the income and the emotional stability to quit his job.

[19:50]

Life as a Full-Time EA Trader and His Advice to New Traders
Now full-time, Satori starts every day at 4am with meditation before letting his EA run on its own. Years of data built his trust, letting him sleep while trades execute during the volatile US session. He stresses two things to anyone considering full-time trading: your strategy must survive gold’s market conditions for at least a year, and you must be patient. After 10 years, more than 100 EAs, and countless setbacks, he credits patience and emotional control as the real reason he succeeded.
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