The Truth About Making ₹10 CRORE in TRADING | @shaakunitrap Exposes Everything

Finance-Focused Summary

The discussion centers on the realities and risks of retail trading. Both presenters emphasize process, risk management, and skepticism toward social-media claims of fast wealth. Personal trading results and market views are self-reported and have not been independently verified.

Instruments and Markets Mentioned

• Gold: The guest’s favorite pair and a main focus for intraday trading.
• Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH): Discussed mainly in relation to swing trading and crypto setups.
• Silver, US30, US Oil, EUR, and GBP: Mentioned as other instruments or markets traded or considered.
• Nifty options and HDFC Bank options: The guest described trading Nifty options early in his career and buying an HDFC Bank put ahead of results.
• Forex, funded accounts, cent accounts, trading algorithms and bots, binary trading, and “color trading” also came up.

Trading Experiences and Performance Claims

• Host Vanshika said she began trading in 2018 and lost ₹15 lakh borrowed from her parents. She later started a small business selling bags and clothes, earning money while continuing to learn and trade.
• She said she passed a funded-account challenge in 2021 and received payouts, but the payout range stated in the subtitles is garbled and cannot be reliably reported.
• She described becoming substantially more profitable around 2023–2024, particularly through a strategy she applied to gold and swing trading.
• Guest Shakuni Trap described starting during the lockdown period, studying trading intensively, and trading Nifty options with friends. He said the group lost about ₹25,000 over roughly six months, then described a profitable HDFC Bank put trade involving ₹21,000. The exact profit is unclear in the subtitles.
• The guest claimed that some traders can make money with a small account, but cautioned against expecting a tiny balance to produce rapid wealth. Earnings figures discussed—including an example of an algorithm supposedly making $1,000 in a month from $100—are anecdotal claims, not verified performance.

Strategies and Trading Framework

• Build a financial backup before trading. Maintain another income source and avoid funding trades with loans, borrowed money, or money needed for essential expenses.
• Learn a defined process. Understand candles, market structure, and fundamentals, then develop and test a strategy rather than constantly buying courses or chasing new concepts.
• Focus on one or a few methods. The speakers discussed price action, Fibonacci, SMC/ICT, order blocks, support and resistance, supply and demand, and liquidity. Their advice was to master a suitable approach rather than assume a new concept will solve inconsistent results.
• Use higher-timeframe context and planned entries. The discussion described using 1-hour or 4-hour points of interest (POIs) for BTC and taking entries on a 5-minute chart. Gold was discussed mainly as an intraday market, while BTC was discussed mainly as a swing-trading market.
• Study liquidity. Examples included Asian, London, and New York session liquidity; session highs and lows; previous-day and previous-week highs and lows; and internal-range liquidity. The speakers suggested combining liquidity with zones such as POIs, order blocks, or support and resistance.
• Avoid chasing price. Beginners were advised to learn swing structure—higher highs and higher lows—and avoid buying simply because price has reached a high. Wait for a planned setup and manage risk.
• Consider swing trading before intraday trading. The guest called intraday trading especially risky for beginners and suggested starting with swing trading.
• Limit activity to valid setups. The speakers cautioned against excessive trading. One described one to three trades a day as a reasonable maximum for their approach.
• Test before scaling. Backtesting and forward testing were presented as important for building confidence and assessing whether a strategy is consistent.
• Astrology-based market views. The guest said he sometimes uses astrology to form a monthly view alongside technical analysis and SMC/ICT. He described taking confirmed entries on 11- and 15-minute charts. This was presented as his personal practice, not as a validated method.

Risk Management and Cautions

• The speakers emphasized using stop-losses, position sizing, money management, and a written trading plan. Losing trades are normal; changing strategies after every loss or seeking a 100% win rate was criticized.
• They discussed risk/reward examples of 1:2 and 1:3 and suggested that a strategy can remain profitable despite losses if risk is controlled. One speaker’s claim that 100 random trades at those ratios would “guarantee” profit is not a reliable guarantee; outcomes depend on win rate, costs, execution, and other factors.
• People with very small balances were advised not to expect to turn $100 into $1,000 quickly. Suggestions included trying a demo account or a cent account with 0.01 position sizing, starting small, and scaling gradually. One speaker suggested practicing for at least 15 days, but this does not guarantee readiness or profitability.
• They warned that borrowed or entrusted funds can create pressure and damage trading decisions. The guest rejected a request to take ₹10,000 and return ₹20,000 per month, arguing that such expectations are unrealistic.
• They criticized traders who run algorithms continuously without understanding when they work. One speaker said an algorithm should be used selectively, such as around liquidity conditions, rather than treated as a money-making machine.
• Both speakers warned against misleading social-media displays of profits, luxury goods, and Dubai lifestyles. They advised viewers to look for trade logic, losses, and a realistic account of the process—not just profit screenshots or reels.
• Binary and color trading were described as betting-like and potentially misleading, with concern that influencers use them to lure inexperienced participants.

Key Numbers and Timelines

• Host’s reported trading start: 2018
• Host’s reported loss: ₹15 lakh
• Host’s funded-account experience: 2021; payout amount is unclear in the subtitles
• Guest’s early options-trading period: approximately six months
• Guest’s reported early loss: about ₹25,000
• HDFC Bank put trade amount: ₹21,000; profit amount unclear
• Guest’s claimed profitability period: The subtitles refer to learning in 2022–2023 and becoming profitable around 2023–2024
• Risk/reward examples: 1:2 and 1:3
• Suggested beginner practice: at least 15 days on a demo account or with very small position sizing

Other numerical claims in the subtitles—including market-turnover figures and some income or payout amounts—are unclear or unreliable and should not be treated as established facts.

Disclosure

The video’s stated disclaimer is that the presenters are sharing personal experiences and opinions, are not financial advisers, and that the video is not financial advice. Trading is described as risky.

Presenters and Sources

• Vanshika, host of Trading Tiers
• Shakuni Trap (@shaakunitrap), guest trader and source of the personal trading experiences and views described above