- December 18, 2025
- Posted by: EWGFX
- Category: Technical analysis
Behind the scenes with prop traders, something interesting showed up in the numbers.
Nothing changed in their strategy. Same setups. Same market.
What changed was this:
-Plan adherence went from about 50% of trades to around 90%
-Rule breaks dropped by about 70%
-Account survival jumped roughly 40% (they stayed funded much longer)
In other words, they didn’t “find a better edge.”
They just actually followed the plan they already had most of the time.
This is why so many traders feel stuck: they keep searching for a new strategy, when the real leak is not doing what they said they would do.
Be honest with yourself for a second:
If you look at your last 20 trades… how many were truly from your plan, and how many were “I’ll just try this”?
Drop your honest guess below as a % (for example: “40% plan / 60% random”).
No judgment, just curious how people see themselves vs what the data usually shows.