Brandan-Lee Burton

I’m just an ordinary working man who has a 9-5 like most other people, however I have that drive and ambition within me constantly pushing me to do better.

I first got into trading when I seen something about it on social media, I was instantly intrigued and got looking into it, I have been in the markets now for around 2 years, learning every single day.

People often ask me about my ‘Trading plan’, however I think there is more to it than an ordinary “wait for this and that”. I may enter one trade based of off completely different confluences than the previous trade. I guess it’s all about just finding what works and overall having the edge to believe in yourself but the discipline to understand when some days may not be your days (Market conditions for example).

When I think back to the amount of trading accounts I had blew before even my first payout it was a lot, so much so I couldn’t actually give an exact number. There was plenty of other prop firms (around 10-15 I’d say) and I didn’t achieve anything on them. I then came to Traderscale and after around 3 or 4 accounts I achieved my first payout.

Since then, I have made around 4 or 5 payouts with the prop firm achieving over $38,000!

When I began trading, I had the same problem as 99% of newcomers. This being funding… I started on a live account, but when I only trade with £500-1000 I naturally find myself breaking my rules and over leveraging to try and make some big money, which of course doesn’t end well in the end. Luckily, I seen a social media post regarding prop firms where you could use the funds of other companies to trade with. This was my turning point.

Risk management is one of the most important features in every traders trading plan. I personally never risk more than 1% on a trade (especially on a prop firm). I’d say I average around a 0.5-0.75% risk. When trading on my 200k account that 0.5% is still $1,000 so when typically aiming for a 1:2 risk to reward or higher I’m still making absurd money, so I ask myself “why would I even chance risking more and getting greedy when it will eventually catch up to me and risk me blowing the account?”

I can answer this question with ease… Prop firms. Theres no other way i would be able to make as much money as I have/do if it wasn’t for the fact I was able to purchase 200k in funding to trade with. Taking a trade on a $1,000 live account with 1% and making a 2% return doesn’t quite compare to the same scenario on a 200k account.

I believe that one of the keys to my consistency was perseverance. There were countless amounts of times I felt like quitting or questioned whether I was even good enough to make this work, losing ridiculous amounts of money just gambling and not learning from my mistakes, but as you keep going you learn things. Also, I’d say joining communities and speaking to friends who are also in the space can help achieve consistency as you can share ideas and not doubt yourself when your ideas may align with someone else’s.

Psychology is a massive role in profitability. Pressing ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ can be one of the hardest things about trading as you progress through your journey because you may feel fear of losing capital. This is where you need to develop a confident mindset and understand that if your criteria is met and your confluences align then the rest is in the markets hands. Finally, there is self-discipline, if your trade doesn’t go your way then that’s fine, it WILL happen and you must be controlled enough within your emotions to take a step back and re-evaluate. Not just jump in blind and annoyed adamant that your idea was correct, this will only end badly.

Traderscale have been the best prop firm I have used. I always recommend to friends to use this prop firm. Previously with other firms I have been denied payouts as big as 5 figures, so I was naturally unsure about any prop firm but when my mentor told me about Traderscale and guaranteed he’d cover my payout if I didn’t receive it (proving I followed the rules) I knew they must be good. Now 4 or 5 payouts later I refuse to use any other prop firm, I have peace of mind every time I press that payout button that the team will analyze fairly and determine whether I get paid out, and up to now I have never been denied a payout! (including my 5 figure requests)

My first purchased account was in September of 2024.

The good thing about Traderscale is they offer speedy accounts, so you can go straight to the funded phase. I have done this myself many times using my mentor. If you have any issues or questions regarding rules or even updates the Traderscale support team are excellent and always polite and happy to help. I often use the support team to make sure that I am understand a particular rule correctly to prevent the possibility of misunderstanding and breaching my account.