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BOOK YOUR FREE STRATEGY SESSION NOW >>To be profitable in trading, you need to spend 10 consecutive hours in front of your PC.
Just kidding! This is what most people believe before they discover systematic trading.
Our student Gianluca, after spending years in front of a screen, wanted to avoid this scenario.
Partly due to a lack of time and partly because he wanted to dedicate his energy to other aspects of his life.
The question we all have is: Did he succeed?
The answer is in the interview, but here’s a little teaser:
✅ +60% since November.
A bit vague, we agree. But if we tell you everything upfront, what’s the fun in that?
Enjoy watching! 😉
What does Gianluca do for a living?
Chelsi
Hey everyone! Today, we have the pleasure of speaking with Gianluca, a successful student from Unger Academy, who wants to share his trading journey and his experience at Unger Academy with you. Hey Gianluca, how are you doing?
Gianluca
Hi there, good morning everyone, I'm doing well, thank you very much, and I really appreciate the opportunity to chat with you.
Chelsi
Great, so let’s start! Can you tell us a bit about yourself, your work, and what you do in life?
Gianluca
Sure! I was born into the world of finance. After university, I specialized in finance and worked as an interest rate trader for many years with different banks around the globe. It was always discretionary trading, always dealing with clients and managing proprietary trading, but never using any automated systems. We always followed the portfolio generated by management and then acted as market makers in the bank.
This approach to trading stayed with me in my subsequent adventures. However, in recent years, I distanced myself from trading a bit as I focused on other entrepreneurial activities more linked to the real world, if you like.
When I started trading again on my own, outside of the banking environment which I had left many years ago, I found myself with little desire to sit in front of the screen and follow market trends for 10 hours a day as I used to. Without doing so, you miss many opportunities and lose track of what's happening. So I stopped for a bit, resumed, but almost forgot about it until I came across Unger Academy and started chatting with you and I tried this approach.
What difficulties did he face before discovering our Method?
Chelsi
Okay, and what challenges did you face before joining our program?
Gianluca
The lack of time to be constantly in the market and follow the positions I took, mainly due to my need to focus on other activities.
Chelsi
Sure, sure.
Gianluca
So, I kind of needed something that could automatically manage some of my positions.
Why did Gianluca choose our training program?
Chelsi
I understand. What made you choose our program over others available on the market?
Gianluca
I didn't evaluate many other options. I happened to follow some videos your founder had posted. Some of his statements caught my attention, which, coming from the world of trading, I recognized and related to. I said to myself, well, let's give it a chance, let's see if something can be managed this way. That's why I jumped in. I didn't compare various alternatives on the market; I just went straight because it seemed reliable and I liked what was being said.
Chelsi
Is there an aspect of our program that particularly helped you?
Gianluca
The speed with which you can go to the market if you want to and be operational. I must say that I am a bit of an atypical case because coming from 25 years of financial markets, I skipped various parts of the program as they were things I had already seen, even though it never hurts to review them after many years.
So, I found it particularly good because I could start live trading directly with small positions and learn the method hands-on, even earning or losing a few hundred euros, but experiencing it in action.
I have to say I haven't completed the program yet. Because time is limited and I started not many months ago, but this program allows me to have 5 or 6 orders simultaneously in the market and then manage them automatically, which if I had to do it discretionarily, I would miss a lot of opportunities or take many hits from the market because I'm not there to see when it's time to close.
Chelsi
Sure!
Gianluca
So yes, absolutely positive as an experience. Then you need to refine the techniques; everyone must try to develop the strategies that best suit their needs.
Chelsi
Exactly. And we also try to... Well, we have students with all types of trading experience, from zero to... your level, with many years of discretionary trading experience…
Gianluca
Yes, but in this program, everyone starts from zero. Because you start from scratch, even if, of course, you can have the advantage of knowing the types of orders, what an OCO is, how to do it, how to set it up, or have the practicality to solve issues. For example, if the system stops working and you have pending orders, you can go to the broker’s platform and you know how to act.
So you don't panic compared to the beginning, and I speak from my beginnings, because even when I was in the bank and we had positions that were losing or gaining, there was a lot of attention to what was happening. So it's easier in this sense. But then the program is new. Programming, managing these systems, are all new things to learn, for me too, like for anyone else.
What results has he achieved?
Chelsi
And after putting into practice what you have learned so far in the program, what results have you got?
Gianluca
I started very small and the number might be impressive. until a few days ago, I had achieved over 60% returns since November. Then, I have to say I took some significant hits in the last week, but because I missed something. Lack of control, I didn't have automatic orders, and I thought I had them, so I was left with an open position without knowing it and as you can see, sometimes not checking too often can lead to negative results.
But overall, things are going well, it's very slow… Some months are better, some months are worse, but still... For me, the result obtained is not yet important – what matters now is to learn how to manage and use this method to then make it work in a more "safe" way, you know, so to speak… so that you can forget about it a little bit more, even if it’ll be still necessary to check every day what is happening. Because when I didn't do it for a couple of days because I wasn't there, I left it on, I created some problems for myself, basically not the system.
Chelsi
Okay, I understand.
Gianluca
But there is no recipe where the computer does everything in your stead. I want to say this: it's nice because it helps you, but it doesn't solve everything. I don't sit there, put it to work, and it does it without me ever checking it. This can be dangerous, it doesn't work that way, that's not how you should do it in case.
Where would he be today if he hadn't discovered Unger Academy?
Chelsi
Of course. You have to work with a certain level of awareness. And where do you think you would be now if you hadn't decided to join our program?
Gianluca
I basically wouldn't be trading anymore, because I don't have time for discretionary trading, so I wouldn't have gone back to the market. So I would have continued with other activities that have led me to do other things in recent years.
Chelsi
And not trading, okay.
Gianluca
Not trading. Still in the world of finance, consulting and all the rest, but not trading.
His advice for those considering starting or who are already trading
Chelsi
Great, I'm so glad you stayed in the trading world as well. And to wrap it up, what would you say to those who are watching this interview and are considering whether to join the program or not?
Gianluca
Well, the program is very solid. You should not make the mistake of thinking you're buying something that works on its own because you do need to put in your mind and time. And depending on how much time one can devote to progressing with this program, the time it takes to start live trading varies.
Then, to complete the entire program and set up the whole system of analysis and management, changing strategies monthly, it takes even more time and dedication, something I haven't fully implemented yet. But like all new things, it takes time to understand them, set them up, you have to start small, see how it goes, and then gradually increase the type of strategies, the number of strategies, and also the account from an economic point of view with which to operate, because if you start very small, you remain very small and if they work, you miss out on some opportunities.
Chelsi
Exactly! So, thank you very much Gianluca for giving us your time.
Gianluca
Thank you all.
Chelsi
I wish you happy trading and good continuation with the program.
Gianluca
Absolutely. Goodbye everyone!
Chelsi
Ciao ciao, bye-bye!
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