“I couldn’t process my first big profit at Fintokei at all,” says Tom, a 26-year-old trader from Slovakia

Hi Tom, welcome among the Fintokei Stars! Could you briefly introduce yourself to our readers?

Hi, thanks for having me! My name’s Tom, I’m 26 and I come from a small village in western Slovakia. I’ve been trading for about 3–4 years now.

How did it all start?

There were two impulses that got me into trading. First was the movie The Wolf of Wall Street. The second was a random reel with the #TraderLifeStyle hashtag. The guy in the video, the same age as me, made in one hour what I made in a month.

At some point, I came across one of those typical pyramid signal groups. I paid €200 for the entry and started trading. Obviously, it ended in disaster 😀, I lost half of my capital in a few days.

I didn’t think much of it back then and almost forgot about trading for a year or two. Then I stumbled upon another post, and it sparked my curiosity again. I started digging deeper into what trading really is, how it works, and began learning the basics.

First experiences and lessons

And did it work out?
Depends how you look at it. After that disaster with signals, I realized the only right way is education. So I bought a course from a full-time trader. Then I started learning theory while practicing on a demo to get a feel for the platform.

Like many traders on demo, when there’s no real pressure, I did great and felt invincible 😀. So I put €500 aside and opened a real account.

The plan was clear – stick to the rules, trade with discipline and responsibility. For about 3–5 months, I tried, but I couldn’t be fully consistent, and the account dropped to €400.

Not the worst start.

Exactly. My first trade was on gold. I was genuinely happy it closed with 20 cents profit 😀. Those were the first real emotions. The same came with my first loss when a stop loss hit at 1% risk.

Besides gold, I tried EUR/USD, USD/JPY, and even dabbled in oil. But oil didn’t last long. I realized you need to follow fundamentals closely, and that didn’t suit me like currency pairs did.

The turning point: finding a mentor

Was this early stage a turning point?
Kind of. If I had to split my trading career into before and after, this would be the “before.” The real turning point came when I found my mentor.

Before that, I was pretty emotionally unstable and had no clue what I was really doing. It affected my personal life too, and I lost someone who had been there from the beginning.

Then I met Tom Fekete. Big shoutout to him. He helped me shift my mindset, understanding markets, economics, and even personal growth. I tried more mentors before, but I realized the key is finding one who fits you personally. With Tom, it just clicked.

So he helped you become successful in trading?

Absolutely. Back then, it was “now or never.” I invested in his courses, went all in on learning, and just kept working. Honestly, I don’t even know how, but here I am talking to you as a Fintokei Star 😀.

It sounds cliché, but in the end, I just repeated the same thing again and again. Work, work, work. Until I saw the results.

Where do you learn from now?

Mostly from practice. Since I mainly trade gold, I follow world events that affect it. I connect events with price behavior.

I don’t watch YouTubers, they usually show just the flashy lifestyle to attract beginners. I’ve been there, I know how painful that can be 😀.

Podcasts? Only before sleep. A one-hour podcast usually takes me a week to finish. So not much study there 😀.

Books, though, I recommend them 100%. My favorites are The Disciplined Trader and Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas.

Current trading style

How would you describe your trading style now?
Nothing complicated. Mainly price action, sometimes I refine my analysis with Smart Money Concepts. I trade intraday, but if I’m short on time, I take a few scalps.

Discipline is key. My tactic: 100 pips a day, and I’m done. Or 1–2 losing trades, and I stop. I usually risk 1–1.5% per trade. Sometimes more.

There are also days when I don’t find any setup at all. Patience is everything.

What about prop trading? How did you find your first challenge?

At first, I wasn’t too confident. Time limits on challenges put me off. Fintokei was different, no time limits.

I dug deeper, found out you also had CZ/SK support, huge plus for me. That’s how I started with Fintokei.

Do you remember your first big “win”?

I wouldn’t say I had one giant “win.” I just stay grateful for every good trading day. Even the losing ones teach me.

But yeah, once I earned in a single day on a Fintokei account what I usually made in two months at work.

How did that feel?

At first, I couldn’t process it. Then it hit me, it was simply the result of all the hard work and countless hours of studying.

It’s funny, at the start, people expect big wins right away. When they don’t come, they’re disappointed. Later, when you finally master trading, you’re shocked when the wins do come 😀.

How do you deal with stress while trading?

It’s different now. I usually set stop loss, take profit, and that’s it. If I’m away from home, I just check my phone. Way less pressure than before.

Of course, stress still happens. Best solution? Don’t look at the phone. Going to the gym or walking my dog helps a lot. Especially if you’ve got a Weimaraner like me 😀.

And losses?

I see them as part of the game. It’s like the saying – if you’re afraid, don’t go into the forest. Losses are simply the cost of running a trading business.

Trade breakdown with Fintokei

Can you walk us through one of your best trades at Fintokei?
Sure, here’s a simple one:

📅 June 9, 2025, 15:24–16:14
✅ BUY, 2 lots
💰 Profit: €2391.47
➡️ Entry 3012.0 – TP at 3025.5

The key was that after a “washout,” price stabilized, broke through, and retested a key level (08/13 S/R). On M15, price took liquidity but failed to break the previous Higher Low, which was my entry point.

Confirmation came later when the H1 candle closed as a “Hanging Man,” showing the level was holding. That gave me the confidence to hold on until the target.

Tom, thanks for the great chat and detailed breakdown. Before we wrap up, do you have any trading rituals?

Not really rituals, just the classic trader habit of checking the phone right after waking up 😀. Sometimes, after a session, I update my analysis.

Back then, I used to prepare like it was an exam, but it wasn’t really effective. Now I just quickly check the news on Forex Factory and then adapt to market conditions.

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