How to Generate Professional-level Returns as a Retail Trader

By Steve Ruffley

The Pro Retail Trader takes the approach used by pro traders and reframes it in a way that retail traders can use to be more successful.

Steve Ruffley has spent half his life trading the markets. He trained as
a professional and now defines himself as a pro retail trader. He has
achieved wins such as $10,000 in two minutes, $77,000 in two hours,
and $90,000 in one day. These are professional trader results, but Steve
trades using a retail broker.

He does this by trading at times very large, averaged positions. He takes
profit in every trade in one go. He only uses three defined trading types
and two entry styles. Being right, at the right time. Steve knows in retail
trading you can’t execute trades like the pros, so you have to adapt both
your thinking and execution.

Steve says, “If it’s trading, then I’ve done it.” From risk managing pro
traders to running a trading floor, Steve has worked with some of the best
traders in the business, at the largest trading firms. He has seen insights
into pro trading that few people, even pro traders themselves, ever get
to see. He then spent years putting these things into practice for himself.
This is important because anyone can be a retail trader, but not everyone
can be a pro trader. You can be taught how to trade, but not everyone can
learn how to make money, real money, from trading.

There is a space between that of the retail trader and the pro trader. The
approach of The Pro Retail Trader, for those who want to follow it, is the
way to close that gap.

Steve Ruffley has been involved in the finance industry for nearly 25 years. "If it's trading, then I've done it," is still one of his favourite sayings.

From risk managing pro traders to running a trading floor Steve has worked with some of the best traders in the business, at the biggest trading firms. He has seen insights to pro trading that few people, even pro traders themselves, ever get to see.

Taking this knowledge Steve traded with one of, in his opinion, the best pro traders he has ever met on the floor. After this experience he went out on his own into the world of retail trading, becoming the chief market strategist for a city broker, where he traded for himself for over a decade.

During this time Steve presented 1000’s of webinars and live trading events. He has wealth of retail trader knowledge. This is when he wrote his last book ‘The Ruff guide to trading’ 2015.

Since this time Steve has pushed the extremes of his trading mission to trade more size in the shortest time frames he can. Taking the pro level of trading to the retail space. There were good times and bad times, but a few key points remained true. Size of trades, speed, making every pip count made the most money.

People often don’t want to talk about money when trading. It’s almost a dirty word. But that’s why ever single trader trades. To make money. When you have made $5k in a minute or $90k in a day like Steve has, why would you not want to talk about it?