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Innocent's Trading Journey

September 20, 2022

Funded Trader Success Story & Strategy : Innocent at Audacity Capital

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AttributeDetails

Trader Name

Innocent

Age

30

Location

Rwanda

Background

Engineering

Trading Start

2018

Professional Since

2020

Trading Style

Scalping + swing trading

Markets Traded

Forex, indices, commodities

Preferred Pair

EUR/AUD

Other Instruments

US30, Gold

Strategy Approach

Support & resistance + patterns

Indicators Used

MACD, Stochastic RSI, Bollinger Bands

Innocent's Trading Journey

Summary

Introduction and Background:

  • Innocent is a 30-year-old professional forex trader from Rwanda, an East African country.
  • He completed primary and high school in Rwanda and pursued an engineering course.
  • Initially, he worked in engineering-related jobs, including being a university assistant.
  • Innocent transitioned to trading after being inspired by forex success stories during his graduation period in India.
  • He started trading forex seriously in 2018 and became a professional trader by 2020.

Trading Journey and Strategy:

  • Initial Interest: Innocent’s early aspirations were to become an engineer or medical doctor, common dreams among young people.
  • Discovery of Forex: While completing his engineering studies, he researched forex trading and was motivated by testimonies of people whose lives were transformed by trading.
  • Professional Trading Start: He moved from a hobbyist to professional trading around 2020.

Trading Style:

  • His strategy relies primarily on support and resistance levels, especially break and retest patterns.
  • He adapts his trading style based on market conditions, switching between:
    • Scalping: Using technical indicators such as MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence), Stochastic RSI, and Bollinger Bands.
    • Swing Trading: Based on chart patterns like head and shoulders and cypher patterns.
  • The choice of approach depends on the timeframe and market setup.
  • Innocent does not limit himself to favorite currency pairs; he trades a variety of pairs and instruments.
    • Favorite pairs: EUR/AUD is preferred, but not always traded on certain accounts.
    • Also trades indices like US 30 and commodities like gold.
  • He prefers short-term trades, rarely holding positions longer than two days.
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Risk Management and Trading Philosophy:

  • Innocent emphasizes risk management as a cornerstone of successful trading.
  • He advises traders to treat forex trading seriously as a business, investing time in learning and applying risk controls.
  • He highlights that no one can control the market, so managing risk is essential to protect capital.
  • His personal turning point was during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown when he committed fully to trading due to job uncertainties.
  • He values the freedom and flexibility trading provides, such as the ability to work on his own schedule and avoid traditional job constraints.

Role of Audacity Capital in His Trading Career:

  • Audacity Capital provided Innocent with an opportunity to trade with funded accounts, reducing the burden of small personal capital.
  • The program enforces strict risk management rules, preventing large drawdowns and helping preserve trading discipline.
  • Innocent appreciates that Audacity allows traders to trade confidently without risking excessive personal funds, which is critical for consistent growth.
  • He views the platform as a way to validate trading skills through challenges and progress to higher funding stages.
  • The structure of Audacity Capital gives him financial freedom and a comfortable trading environment, which he describes as his “office.”

Key Insights and Advice:

  • Forex trading is a long-term journey requiring discipline, patience, and continuous learning.
  • Risk management is non-negotiable; traders must limit losses and control risk to succeed.
  • Diversifying traded instruments based on market conditions improves opportunities.
  • Treat trading as a professional business, not a get-rich-quick scheme.
  • Using a blend of price action and technical indicators can enhance trading effectiveness.
  • Programs like Audacity Capital can accelerate trader development by providing capital and risk controls.

Timeline of Innocent’s Trading Journey

Year

Event

Not specified

Childhood dreams: engineer or doctor

2018

Began researching and casually trading forex

2020

Started professional trading and learning from experts

2020-2022

Traded with Audacity Capital, hitting 10% profit target

Technical Tools Used by Innocent

Indicator/Tool

Purpose

MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence)

Identify momentum and trend changes

Stochastic RSI

Measure overbought or oversold conditions

Bollinger Bands

Identify volatility and price ranges

Support and Resistance Levels

Key areas for entry and exit points

Chart Patterns (Head & Shoulders, Cypher)

Identify potential reversals

Conclusion

Innocent’s story underscores the importance of commitment, risk management, and adaptability in forex trading. His journey from engineering to professional trading illustrates how passion combined with structured learning and a disciplined approach can lead to success. The support from Audacity Capital, particularly in enforcing risk limits and providing capital, was crucial in his development as a trader.

Overall, Innocent emphasizes that forex trading is a serious business requiring patience, discipline, and continuous education, with risk management being pivotal to long-term success.

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Challenge

Trading Period
Unlimited

Designed to reduce stress by removing deadlines 👍 Unlimited trading period for Challenge, Verification and Live stages.

Min Trading Days
4 Days

1st and 2nd Steps:
You only need to trade on 4 different days. A trading day is defined as a day when at least one position is opened.

Live account:
No minimum trading days

🔥 Highest In The Market
Max Daily Loss
7.5%

The Daily Drawdown resets every day at midnight (MT5 server time – GMT+2 / GMT+3 depending on Daylight Saving Time).


It is calculated as 7.5% (5% for Verification and live stage) of the account’s balance or equity at rollover, whichever is higher.


Your equity cannot fall by more than 7.5% (5% for the 2nd step and live stage) in a single trading day. Once the day resets, a new limit is set based on your updated balance or equity, following a static-based model.


Example:


Account balance at rollover: $120,000


Daily Drawdown (7.5%) → $9,000 → Equity must not fall below $111,000 that day.


If equity or the balance rises to $130,000 by the next rollover, the new daily drawdown will be $9,750 (7.5% of 130,000).

🔥 Highest In The Market
Maximum Loss
15%

The Absolute Drawdown (Maximum Drawdown) is 15% (or 10% for the 2nd step and live stage) of the initial account balance and remains fixed throughout the challenge.


If either the daily or absolute drawdown is breached, the account will be terminated.


Example: Account balance: $120,000


Absolute Drawdown (15%) → $18,000 → The account will be closed if equity drops below $102,000.

Profit Target
10%

The profit target is 10% on the Challenge stage and 5% on the Verification stage. Achieving these targets while following the rules will qualify you for a Live account

Profit Share
-

Profit sharing starts at 75%, you can reach up to 90% with consistent performances in line with our scaling plan.

Withdrawal / Payout
-

Once on Live stage, traders can request withdrawals biweekly (every 14 days). After the request is approved, traders will receive the profit share in their wallet on the same day.

Refundable Fee
-

Once traders earn a payout, they'll be eligible for a Reward Bonus equal to the initial registration fee. This will be included with the first payout from the Ability Live.

🔥 Upgraded
Consistency Rule
Not anymore

Not anymore

🔥 Upgraded
News Trading / Weekend Holding
Allowed

You may hold trades over the weekend and trade during news events. Simply avoid opening, closing or adding to positions within 3 minutes before or after any high impact news release or speech, as that can be identified as excessive risk.

🔥 Upgraded
EAs Allowed / Copy Trading
Allowed

EAs are allowed if they follow our prohibited-strategy rules and are not sourced from third-party signals. Please see our prohibited trading practices here.


Copy trading is allowed between your own accounts within Audacity Capital. Copying from an external account is allowed only if the account belongs to you. Third-party copying is not permitted.

Scaling Plans

Select Program:

Select Account Size

stage 1
stage 2
stage 3
stage 4
stage 5
stage 6
stage 7
stage 8
stage 9
stage 10

phase 1

Max Drawdown

$750

Based on Initial Balance

Total Loss 15%

Daily loss: 7.5%

Profit Target

$500

Based on Balance

Target : 10%

phase 2

Max Drawdown

$500

Based on Initial Balance

Total Loss 10%

Daily loss: 5%

Profit Target

$250

Based on Balance

Target : 5%

live

Max Drawdown

$500

Based on Initial Balance

Total Loss 10%

Daily loss: 5%

Profit Target

More than 10%

85%

Less than 10%

75%
Trading Period
Unlimited

Designed to reduce stress by removing deadlines 👍 Unlimited trading period for Challenge, Verification and Live stages.

Min Trading Days
4 Days

1st and 2nd Steps:
You only need to trade on 4 different days. A trading day is defined as a day when at least one position is opened.

Live account:
No minimum trading days

🔥 Highest In The Market
Max Daily Loss
5%

The Daily Drawdown resets every day at midnight (MT5 server time – GMT+2 / GMT+3 depending on Daylight Saving Time).


It is calculated as 7.5% (5% for Verification and live stage) of the account’s balance or equity at rollover, whichever is higher.


Your equity cannot fall by more than 7.5% (5% for the 2nd step and live stage) in a single trading day. Once the day resets, a new limit is set based on your updated balance or equity, following a static-based model.


Example:


Account balance at rollover: $120,000


Daily Drawdown (7.5%) → $9,000 → Equity must not fall below $111,000 that day.


If equity or the balance rises to $130,000 by the next rollover, the new daily drawdown will be $9,750 (7.5% of 130,000).

🔥 Highest In The Market
Maximum Loss
10%

The Absolute Drawdown (Maximum Drawdown) is 15% (or 10% for the 2nd step and live stage) of the initial account balance and remains fixed throughout the challenge.


If either the daily or absolute drawdown is breached, the account will be terminated.


Example: Account balance: $120,000


Absolute Drawdown (15%) → $18,000 → The account will be closed if equity drops below $102,000.

Profit Target
5%

The profit target is 10% on the Challenge stage and 5% on the Verification stage. Achieving these targets while following the rules will qualify you for a Live account

Profit Share
-

Profit sharing starts at 75%, you can reach up to 90% with consistent performances in line with our scaling plan.

Withdrawal / Payout
-

Once on Live stage, traders can request withdrawals biweekly (every 14 days). After the request is approved, traders will receive the profit share in their wallet on the same day.

Refundable Fee
-

Once traders earn a payout, they'll be eligible for a Reward Bonus equal to the initial registration fee. This will be included with the first payout from the Ability Live.

🔥 Upgraded
Consistency Rule
Not anymore

Not anymore

🔥 Upgraded
News Trading / Weekend Holding
Allowed

You may hold trades over the weekend and trade during news events. Simply avoid opening, closing or adding to positions within 3 minutes before or after any high impact news release or speech, as that can be identified as excessive risk.

🔥 Upgraded
EAs Allowed / Copy Trading
Allowed

EAs are allowed if they follow our prohibited-strategy rules and are not sourced from third-party signals. Please see our prohibited trading practices here.


Copy trading is allowed between your own accounts within Audacity Capital. Copying from an external account is allowed only if the account belongs to you. Third-party copying is not permitted.

Scaling Plans

Select Program:

Select Account Size

stage 1
stage 2
stage 3
stage 4
stage 5
stage 6
stage 7
stage 8
stage 9
stage 10

phase 1

Max Drawdown

$750

Based on Initial Balance

Total Loss 15%

Daily loss: 7.5%

Profit Target

$500

Based on Balance

Target : 10%

phase 2

Max Drawdown

$500

Based on Initial Balance

Total Loss 10%

Daily loss: 5%

Profit Target

$250

Based on Balance

Target : 5%

live

Max Drawdown

$500

Based on Initial Balance

Total Loss 10%

Daily loss: 5%

Profit Target

More than 10%

85%

Less than 10%

75%
Trading Period
Unlimited

Designed to reduce stress by removing deadlines 👍 Unlimited trading period for Challenge, Verification and Live stages.

Min Trading Days
No minimum

1st and 2nd Steps:
You only need to trade on 4 different days. A trading day is defined as a day when at least one position is opened.

Live account:
No minimum trading days

🔥 Highest In The Market
Max Daily Loss
5%

The Daily Drawdown resets every day at midnight (MT5 server time – GMT+2 / GMT+3 depending on Daylight Saving Time).


It is calculated as 7.5% (5% for Verification and live stage) of the account’s balance or equity at rollover, whichever is higher.


Your equity cannot fall by more than 7.5% (5% for the 2nd step and live stage) in a single trading day. Once the day resets, a new limit is set based on your updated balance or equity, following a static-based model.


Example:


Account balance at rollover: $120,000


Daily Drawdown (7.5%) → $9,000 → Equity must not fall below $111,000 that day.


If equity or the balance rises to $130,000 by the next rollover, the new daily drawdown will be $9,750 (7.5% of 130,000).

🔥 Highest In The Market
Maximum Loss
10%

The Absolute Drawdown (Maximum Drawdown) is 15% (or 10% for the 2nd step and live stage) of the initial account balance and remains fixed throughout the challenge.


If either the daily or absolute drawdown is breached, the account will be terminated.


Example: Account balance: $120,000


Absolute Drawdown (15%) → $18,000 → The account will be closed if equity drops below $102,000.

Profit Target
-

The profit target is 10% on the Challenge stage and 5% on the Verification stage. Achieving these targets while following the rules will qualify you for a Live account

Profit Share
Up to 90%

Profit sharing starts at 75%, you can reach up to 90% with consistent performances in line with our scaling plan.

Withdrawal / Payout
Same day

Once on Live stage, traders can request withdrawals biweekly (every 14 days). After the request is approved, traders will receive the profit share in their wallet on the same day.

Refundable Fee
Refund

Once traders earn a payout, they'll be eligible for a Reward Bonus equal to the initial registration fee. This will be included with the first payout from the Ability Live.

🔥 Upgraded
Consistency Rule
Not anymore

Not anymore

🔥 Upgraded
News Trading / Weekend Holding
Allowed

You may hold trades over the weekend and trade during news events. Simply avoid opening, closing or adding to positions within 3 minutes before or after any high impact news release or speech, as that can be identified as excessive risk.

🔥 Upgraded
EAs Allowed / Copy Trading
Allowed

EAs are allowed if they follow our prohibited-strategy rules and are not sourced from third-party signals. Please see our prohibited trading practices here.


Copy trading is allowed between your own accounts within Audacity Capital. Copying from an external account is allowed only if the account belongs to you. Third-party copying is not permitted.

Scaling Plans

Select Program:

Select Account Size

stage 1
stage 2
stage 3
stage 4
stage 5
stage 6
stage 7
stage 8
stage 9
stage 10

phase 1

Max Drawdown

$750

Based on Initial Balance

Total Loss 15%

Daily loss: 7.5%

Profit Target

$500

Based on Balance

Target : 10%

phase 2

Max Drawdown

$500

Based on Initial Balance

Total Loss 10%

Daily loss: 5%

Profit Target

$250

Based on Balance

Target : 5%

live

Max Drawdown

$500

Based on Initial Balance

Total Loss 10%

Daily loss: 5%

Profit Target

More than 10%

85%

Less than 10%

75%

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