Just hit a personal milestone: turned my initial $20k into $60k profit in roughly a month of active trading (excluding holidays and downtime). Pretty stoked about it.

The whole point was testing what works when you're running a lean account. No fancy leverage tricks, just disciplined position sizing and strategic entry points. Started conservative on purpose—wanted to see if the fundamentals actually hold up when you're not throwing massive capital at every opportunity.

It's been a solid experiment in capital efficiency. The constraint of working with limited funds actually forced better decision-making. Every trade mattered, so you think twice before jumping in. Turns out that kind of pressure can be your best teacher when you're figuring out what actually moves the needle in this market.

If you're building from a smaller base, it's definitely doable—just requires patience and refusing to FOMO into every play that crosses your feed.