Approaching the 20-year milestone of my trading career at the end of 2024, I decided to publicly conduct a trading experiment. Below, you can see its results and verified statistics, which are also available on social media.

Results: +10,327.48% (deposit increased more than 100 times in 57 days)
Number of trades: 214
Winning trades: 173 out of 214 (80.84%)
Winning days: 52 out of 57 (91.23%)
Strategy: Intraday trading
Trading instruments: Cryptocurrency futures
Experiment period: 17.10.24 – 19.12.24
Number of trading days: 57 days
Total duration: 64 days
Statistics verification: Statement available on YouTube
Trade confirmation: Trade reports available on YouTube

Through this experiment, I aimed to demonstrate several important points:

• Unlike investing, trading allows you to start and succeed even with a small amount of money.
• Profits can be made not only through long-term investments but also via short-term speculation (trading).
• A small starting capital can be multiplied several times with the right skills.
• Trading income can exceed the average salary in many countries.
• Profits in trading are not random; it’s not just a couple of lucky, highly profitable trades but hundreds of regular trades that ultimately generate significant returns.
• Not only automated algorithms (trading bots) can be profitable—manual trading can also be successful and generate income.

Key conditions of the experiment:

• Starting with a small amount – I began with approximately $100, an amount that is accessible to almost anyone worldwide. This was to highlight the low entry barrier to trading.

• Choosing futures as trading instruments – Futures are ideal for short-term speculation. I specifically chose cryptocurrency futures because they offer a wide range of assets to trade and operate 24/7, including weekends. However, there is no fundamental difference—I conducted a similar experiment over ten years ago in 2014, trading futures on metals, indices, energy, and commodities. Back then, I also managed to increase my deposit more than 100 times in just a few months, proving that it doesn’t matter whether you trade crypto futures or traditional ones (S&P, gold, oil, gas, etc.).

• No overnight positions – I did not hold positions for more than 24 hours. This ensured that the results were not influenced by sudden price surges in specific cryptocurrencies. The goal was to showcase the profitability of high-frequency speculative trading rather than benefiting from holding assets during unexpected price spikes.

• Withdrawing part of the profits – Throughout the experiment, I withdrew approximately 25-35% of my earnings. While this slowed down deposit growth, it was important to demonstrate the main objective of trading—to take profits from the market.

• Realistic approach with proper risk management – I was not chasing extreme results or trying to set records. Otherwise, my trading tactics would have been different. Instead, I focused on showing a responsible trading approach with adequate risk management.

Thus, I started the experiment on October 17, 2024, with around $100 in my account. By the 57th trading day, my initial deposit had grown more than 100 times, and my net profit exceeded $10,000.

Detailed trading statistics are published on my social media pages (such as YouTube, Threads, etc.), and you can see the experiment’s results below.

Statistics for 57 trading days (64 calendar days), from October 17, 2024, to December 19, 2024.
Profit: +10,327.48%