A Hedge Fund Manager's Simple Advice

My trading account hit $60k last month.

From three setups.

Three.

I’m not saying that to try and flex,

I’m trying to show you what’s possible.

While most traders are learning 47 different "strategies" and still losing money, 

I've pretty much stripped everything down to one concept: Fair Value Gaps.

Here's what happened when I stopped overcomplicating trading:

Three years ago, I was that guy with 15 indicators on my chart.

I knew every pattern. Every "smart money concept." Every YouTuber's secret sauce.

And I was still losing money.

Because I was trying to be good at everything instead of great at one thing.

Then I had a conversation that changed everything.

I meet this guy, let’s call him Dave.

I’m still close with Dave today,

Dave runs a $50 million hedge fund and he told me something that shifted my entire perspective:

"You're overcomplicating this. Master one concept completely, then add liquidity context. Everything else is noise."

He wasn't talking about Fair Value Gaps specifically - but his point hit hard.

Stop trying to be good at everything. Get great at one thing.

So I deleted everything.

Cleared my charts. Focused only on Fair Value Gaps with liquidity sweeps.

Here's why Fair Value Gaps work so well:

They show you exactly where institutions moved price aggressively.

Where they left "unfair" prices that the market needs to return to.

But here's the key most people miss: you need liquidity context.

A Fair Value Gap without liquidity is just a price imbalance.

A Fair Value Gap AFTER a liquidity sweep? 

That's institutional repositioning. 

Two of my students inside iron forged experienced this

Marcus figured it out the hard way.

Spent 8 months trying to trade every Fair Value Gap he could find.

Win rate was maybe 30%. Account slowly bleeding.

Then he learned to wait for the liquidity sweep FIRST, then look for the Fair Value Gap retracement.

Last month? $8,400 profit from 6 trades. All Fair Value Gap setups after liquidity hunts.

Sarah had the same breakthrough.

Was trading Order Blocks, Fair Value Gaps, Breaker Blocks - you name it.

Overwhelmed. Inconsistent. Frustrated.

I told her: "Pick one. Master it. Add liquidity."

She chose Fair Value Gaps. Three months later, she's averaging 11% monthly returns.

Here's what I wish someone told me earlier:

You don't need to know everything to make money trading.

You need to know ONE thing extremely well.

Master Fair Value Gaps with liquidity context, and you have a complete strategy.

Or master Order Blocks with liquidity sweeps.

Or master Optimal Trade Entries after institutional hunts.

Pick one. Go deep. Add liquidity awareness.

The rest is psychology.

Because once you have a proven edge, the only thing left is executing it consistently.

Not getting bored and switching setups.

Not adding random indicators because you feel like you're missing something.

Just executing your one setup, over and over, when the conditions are right.

Inside Iron Forged, I break down all of these concepts:

Fair Value Gaps, Order Blocks, Optimal Trade Entries 

The precise entry technique that gets you into moves at the best possible price.

Plus the complete psychology framework that keeps you executing your edge consistently.

Most traders fail because they try to learn everything at once.

Winners pick one concept, master it completely, then add liquidity context.

That's the difference between struggling and succeeding. 

Talk Later,

– Atif  

P.S. Something big is coming this week.

I'm about to drop an opportunity that 90% of you will scroll past. 

The other 10%? They're going to make serious money. 

I'm launching the Iron Forged affiliate program - and this isn't your typical "here's a banner ad, good luck" situation.

Thursday's email will introduce all of this and how you can get started.