$55.8K Reward with Gold – From Poker to Profitable FTMO Trader | FTMO
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Rudolph’s trading story began in the Philippines after COVID ended his dropshipping business. Searching for a new path, he discovered forex through friends and jumped straight into live trading with EAs — quickly losing everything. Instead of quitting, the losses fueled his curiosity. Determined to understand why he failed, he dove into YouTube tutorials and self-study, turning frustration into motivation to learn price action and chart structure.
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After abandoning automated systems, Rudolph committed fully to manual trading and backtesting. He studied gold’s patterns candle by candle, building his confidence through repetition. Over time, he learned that gold’s first reaction to major news was often a fakeout — a trap move before the real direction began. Combining this insight with his technical structure work, he developed a disciplined, price-action-based system that consistently produced results.
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Focusing exclusively on gold, Rudolph learned that mastery comes from specialization. He began trading around weekly and daily zones, anticipating wick fills and liquidity grabs. His strategy centered on identifying break-and-retest levels, setting sell limits at key zones, and letting probability handle the rest. Through patient testing and careful execution, he passed his FTMO challenge and achieved over $55,000 in payouts — a milestone that validated years of perseverance.
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His approach is simple but structured: analyze higher timeframes, plan setups on the four-hour chart, and manage trades with clear risk-to-reward rules. He aims for 1:3 or 1:4 ratios and closes most trades within the day to avoid overnight volatility. Although he occasionally holds positions for several days, his discipline in protecting capital — even at the cost of missed profits — defines his trading style. For Rudolph, the best trades are the ones managed with composure.
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Rudolph attributes his success as much to mindset as strategy. Years of playing poker taught him to handle losses and control emotions. He overcame revenge trading by deleting his MT5 app after losing streaks, giving himself space to reset. Trading, he says, made him more patient in life — and that balance shows in his results. His advice to new traders: master psychology, never stop learning, and treat every loss as a lesson on the road to consistency.