A short YouTube video by Adrian Reid (Enlightened Stock Trading) arguing that systematic trading is highly scalable: running the same trading system requires similar effort regardless of account size, so small consistent returns compound into large dollar rewards as the account grows. Reid urges beginners to persist through the early, low-dollar phase, follow a profitable system, add savings to the account, and focus on long-term growth to reach sizeable, low-effort returns.
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Real stock trading tips are not about which stock you should buy, which stock you should sell, and how long you should hold it for. Real stock trading tips put you in control and set you up for a lifetime of profitable trading. That's what we're about here at Enlightened Stock Trading. My name's Adrian Reid. I'm the founder of Enlightened Stock Trading. And today's real stock trading tip is that once you succeed in the trading systems business, the rewards are immense. Here's why. Because running a trading system with $1,000 takes about the same amount of effort as running it with $10,000, which takes about the same amount of effort as running it with a hundred thousand dollars or a million dollars. You see, systematic trading is very scalable. Just because you've got more money in the account doesn't mean you have to do a lot more activity, doesn't mean you have to spend longer on your trading. The rewards from systematic trading are so great, so powerful, because it's scalable. In fact, when I was running my portfolio of trading Systems with a 10 or $15,000 account, I spent about the same time then as I do now trading with a seven figure account. So systematic trading is so scalable. That's why the rewards are so great. Now here's the problem. The problem is at the beginning, when you first start out, it's going to feel like it's taking a lot of effort and you're not getting much out of it. If you've got five or ten account and you diligently do your trading each day all year, and you do fantastically well and you make 30% on your account, it's just not that much money. But you've got to have the big picture in mind. You've got to see the end game. It may not be much money in dollar terms, but if you realize that it's scalable and you can keep doing that and you can keep adding money into your account to grow it, and you can grow your account with profit, then over time, the reward per unit of time you spend becomes astronomically good. So don't give up because you're trading and it feels like you're not making many dollars, okay? Because you're on the right path. If you've got a trading system that's profitable, then stick with it, okay? Stick with it. Follow the system, try and save, and add money to the account to grow it more quickly so that the dollar returns become more significant. That's when the rewards really kick in. You want to grow your account with profits and inorganically with savings to bulk it up so that your dollar returns get bigger and bigger. And then once your account gets to a certain size, the returns will take care of themselves and the account will just take off. So once you succeed in the trading systems business, the rewards really are immense. But you've got to stick with it. You've got to get through that initial phase where it feels like hard work and grow your account. So all of a sudden it feels like you're making money with very little effort. My name's Adrian Reed. This is Enlightened Stock Trading, and stick around for more stock trading tips. If you've got any comment below on at the bottom of this post and I'll see you in the next video. Bye for.
