ou have a strategy that, backtested and forward-tested, shows a clear edge. But you are trading with a $1,000 personal account...

You’ve finally found a YouTube interview with a consistently profitable prop trader. You sit down, notebook in hand, ready to learn their secrets. But within two minutes, you’re completely lost.

the biggest barrier to success isn't a lack of skill, market knowledge, or strategy—it's a lack of accessible capital.

We are trained to believe that the more we do—the more trades we execute, the more charts we look at—the closer we get to success. This is perhaps the greatest paradox...

The goal of this post is simple: to clarify what modern prop trading truly means and to dismantle the four most pervasive myths that hold back talented, consistent traders from pursuing this lucrative career path.

Every aspiring proprietary trader eventually hits the same wall: capital. They believe, often strongly, that if they only had access to significant funding, their proven strategy, discipline, and market insight would translate immediately into large-scale success.