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title: 'How to Earn $1,000 in Less Than 1 Month Trading'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=-bry4JNIya8'
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date: 2026-07-28
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# How to Earn $1,000 in Less Than 1 Month Trading

> Source: [How to Earn $1,000 in Less Than 1 Month Trading](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-bry4JNIya8)

## Summary

This video is the introductory class (Day Zero) of a 21-day trading challenge hosted by Sensei, aiming to teach three students from different countries how to trade forex using the 'Manual de Vallas' strategy. The session outlines the challenge structure, expectations, and the importance of mindset, while also promoting a giveaway of funded trading accounts to viewers.

### Key Points

- **Welcome and Challenge Introduction** [00:44] — Sensei welcomes viewers and introduces the three students participating in the challenge: Aitor (Spain), Cris (Cuba), and Adrián (Colombia), plus Irvin from a previous challenge.
- **Commitment vs. Excitement** [02:31] — Sensei emphasizes that viewers must commit to learning, not just watch out of excitement, as true change requires sacrifice and dedication.
- **What is Trading?** [04:28] — Trading is explained as currency exchange (forex) – projecting the future price of financial assets to profit from price movements.
- **The Manual de Vallas Strategy** [05:12] — The core strategy of the challenge is 'Manual de Vallas', a method Sensei created three and a half years ago for consistent currency investing.
- **Sensei's Trading Results** [09:13] — Sensei shares his 2023 performance: a 71% win rate on a $3M funded account, with monthly profits ranging from $4,000 to $600,000, including losing periods.
- **The Importance of Mindset** [15:00] — Mindset is crucial – it cannot be bought or learned quickly. Developing emotional discipline to handle wins and losses is key to long-term success.
- **Student Success Stories** [16:26] — Sensei showcases the 'Students of Sensei' YouTube channel with testimonials of students earning thousands, proving the methodology works for anyone.
- **21-Day Intensive Schedule** [19:34] — The challenge runs over 21 days: Days 1-4 basic trading, Days 5-7 advanced trading, Day 8 Manual de Vallas, Days 9-12 demo trading, weekend trading plan, then live trading week.
- **Account Giveaway** [26:58] — Viewers can win one of 75 funded trading accounts by posting a photo of themselves watching the class on Instagram and tagging Sensei.
- **Daily Routine** [28:47] — The daily schedule includes waking at 4:47 AM, gym, meetings, trading sessions, and documentation, with 65% of time dedicated to trading studies.

### Conclusion

Day Zero sets the foundation for the challenge, emphasizing commitment, mindset, and a structured learning path. The goal is for participants and viewers to replicate the strategy and achieve financial results through disciplined trading.

## Transcript

confirming that the audio is working before starting this great live stream. How is everyone? I know it's arriving with about a 30-second delay, but here we are. How are you? Can you hear me? Everything good? What country are you connecting from? I
see many of you have said Cuba and Argentina. What a strange combination! Okay, let me check the chat. I'm checking the chat now. Perfect, you've confirmed that the audio is perfect. I officially
welcome everyone to class number zero. This is the starting class of the challenge. As you can see on the camera, you can see the students here. Say hi, and here, say hi. Turn around. Here's the camera. Hello, how are you? Here
and over there in the corner we have Irvin, whose head you can see over there. This is basically going to be one of the classrooms where we'll be At the same time, we'll be recording and live streaming some
for you so that you can follow the challenge with us. Everyone here will participate at the end of the class. There were will participate at the end of the class. There were 50 accounts, but now there will be...  75,
that is, 75 accounts apart from the 100 accounts of the people who followed the students' accounts yesterday, that would be 175 accounts. I'm going to tell you how to participate at the end. Today I'm with all of you with the
goal of accomplishing just one thing. Seeing that we have many people from the Seeing that we have many people from the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and Cuba, which of these three
here do you think will make the most money in the challenge? Who are you rooting for? What do you
really know, it's a little difficult to know, obviously, but I see potential in all three. Can you imagine if all three lose the
too, I find that interesting. That means we're ready to begin. Okay, welcome everyone. This is class number zero, the class that formally begins the challenge. I hope that everyone here in this
live broadcast isn't just here out of excitement, because someone who came here to this broadcast just to see what we were going to cover and then never come back or study is someone who acted out of excitement.  And that will never
change their lives. They are making a sacrifice to come and go here for 30 days. I am also making a sacrifice to achieve this challenge with the necessary information, experiencing everything we are doing with them so that
you can see that the trading methodology we use works and can achieve results, and also to validate the method. All of this is so that they and you can learn this challenge. We will be
the introductory day, seeing everything we will be seeing during the next few days, everything necessary to start making money with trading, and absolutely everything so that you can also replicate the challenge. Because
remember that the goal of the challenge, after we achieve it, is to open the second edition of the Sensei Projects course. Basically, finally, if we achieve the challenge, only if we achieve the challenge a second time,
after the first time in March, will we have the Sensei Projects open. Now it's time to start the challenge so that you can also replicate what they are doing. And the main objective of this live class
is that you can replicate it, that is, what they are doing here, you can do.  Replicate this at home, even though you're not here even though you're not here with me. A good way for us to
start is to... I hope you have your notebooks. Notice they're sitting there at a long table with their notebooks and pens, with the goal of learning. I want you all to be here too. The first thing we need to understand is what
this trading opportunity really means. What is trading? How does it work? a very easy example I always give everyone when they ask me what trading is: Imagine you're
traveling from Mexico to Spain. You can't pay in Spain with Mexican pesos; you have to exchange them. That means there's an exchange between the Mexican peso and the euro. That's currency exchange. And that's
we're going to learn here: currency trading, or forex trading. We're going to learn how to exchange currencies, and the goal of the challenge is for you to become experts in currency trading, forex trading, and to be able to
use my strategy, which is a fence manual for investing in currencies. All of you who are going to learn this methodology...  Consider yourselves currency investors, methodology...  Consider yourselves currency investors, okay? Because the word "trader" itself
means a person who trades in the profession of trading. So, even if you trade money on a small or large scale, you are a trader. If we were to do a...
If we were to do a... How do you say this word? The word "trader" came to mind. A translation of the word "trader" to " exchanger." We then have to understand that we make money when
we can say that the market is going to go up and it does, and we lose money when we say that the market is going to go down and it does. Here I will briefly show you, without the objective of confusing you, a small graph with which you will be able to understand
what I am talking about. This graph looks super complicated, but in the coming weeks, our goal is to understand it 100% and that there are no errors. You notice that if we put the graph on a large scale, something
super easy, everyone can identify that here the price is going up, that's simple. Everyone can identify that here the price is going down, that's also simple. We traders make money if we project that the price is going to
go up and it ends up going up. Traders make money if we project that the price will go down and it does. For example, Aitor, if I say here the price is going to go down and it does, I make
money, right? I make money too. Here, if the price is going to go up, obviously it 's a little more complex than this, but the fundamental theory of understanding what the fundamental theory of understanding what trading is is projecting the future price
of financial assets. In this case, we 're doing it with currencies. If you project the future price of oil, you can trade oil. At the same time, you can do it with gold or a tree, for example. There's
commodity trading, which is raw materials. You can trade rice; you can project the future price of rice in Spain, for example. And all of this is trading. But this is basically what we'll be learning in the coming
weeks. There's a question I get asked a lot, and it's, Sensei, how much money can you make in trading? What do you say? I'm going to open the comments, and you tell me: How much money do you think you can make doing real trading, being
make doing real trading, being realistic? Cris, how much money do you think you can make doing TR, whatever you want, where your capacity allows, up to the limit?  Your ability is a good answer, and you,
ability is a good answer, and you, Adrián, what do you think is limits to the amount of money you can make because the money you
make in trading depends on three things. With those three things, you'll know if you can earn a lot or a little. The first is that we
obviously need money to trade; we have to invest. But the good thing is that in 2024, that's no longer a concern. When I started, yes, because I started with very little capital. I didn't have much money; I was 16 years old. I ended up losing everything.
But nowadays, there are companies like funding companies that give you capital to invest. So, let's say that money is no longer a complication like it used to be. Second, you're going to need a strategy, a strategy that tells you
strategy, a strategy that tells you how to enter, how to exit, what to do, and when to do it. And what's the name of the strategy we're going to be learning? strategy we're going to be learning? Adrián, it's called Manual de Vallas. Correct,
Manual de Vallas is a strategy I created about three and a half years ago, and how much money you've made with that strategy, and for yourselves, since I have n't shown it to you either, here I'm going to share my  Let's analyze
my strategy from last year and this year as well to see the results I've been able to achieve with it. First, let's analyze the 3 million account. This was the account I had last year. This account
was funded by a funding company, Rocket 21, with 3 million. In the entire year, I managed to make a profit of 3 million 82,000. We can see here that it started at zero on January 3, 2023, and we kept going
up until the end of, well, the beginning of this year, which would be January 30, 2024. If we zoom out a little, we can see that my success rate with my strategy success rate with my strategy in this entire year was 71%.
Basically, I won seven out of every ten trades or investments. If I opened 100, I won 70 and lost 30. Because something I want you all to understand is that in trading, you lose money, just like in any business. Any business that's portrayed as having
no losses or an easy path to success is a lie. It's false that we're completing this challenge in a short time. It's because I already have seven years of experience. I know what to do and what not to do, what
knowledge to teach and what to avoid. And that experience allows me to accelerate the process a little more as a mentor to the students. Now, look here. The trades I won last year weren't excessive in terms of
profits. If you can see, there were days when I won 1.2% of the account. There were days when I won 2%, for example. Let's see here, there were days when I won 2%. This is the sum of the trades for one day. Notice that this one
totaled 0.38 by 0.45. There were days when I won 1%.  I see if we can find other losing days here. For example, look, on this day I ended up losing about 1.2%. But
in the end, the total sum of all the months is where we get the final result. And there were also days when I literally went through days like this, where I entered a small losing streak. Look at all the trades
that I ended up losing, but always managing my money correctly as an investor. Here you can see a chart of how I did in all the months of 2023, and we can see that I started the year well. In January I made 12%,
in February I made 4.5%, and in March I made 1.5%.  That is, in March when the account was at 1 million, I made 15,000. Let's see, here you can see in
15,000. Let's see, here you can see in profit. Let's see, in March I made $7,000. But notice that there's a huge difference here between how the year started, how the middle months were, and how the year ended. Does anyone know? Does anyone who's been
following me for a year know what happened to me around this time? Look, people are already writing to me here asking if anyone knows what happened around this time. Let me post the chat. Who
this time. Let me post the chat. Who knows what happened to me around that time in that I was a little undisciplined with my body, with my mindset. I was making a
lot of money, but at the same time, I was spending a lot of money, and I had this shock of not knowing what to do. And remember that in February and March was when I started Dark Mode, but that's from last year, I'm not
talking about this year. And in that process of February and March, that's when I to recover. You can go to my Instagram, and I have a photo explaining the whole process. But look how badly I...  It was 17,000 immediately, uh, when I already
had the 3 million account that I started to increase in terms of profit. I had my best month of last year, which was 600,000. Last year was August 2023, and in July and September I had months of half a million
dollars. By October, it wasn't so good, nor was December. You know that in December I'm not very good at trading, even though it is prefer to take it a little easier. And by January I only made
$4,000 in this account. Then they changed my account; I have a new contract, and currently the account I'm trading is this one. And look, last month in this account I managed to make
570,000, and this month I'm down 116,000. This month I started a little 116,000. This month I started a little negative, and this month I've lost four out of every ten trades. This month I've lost a little more than I usually do, and that's
totally normal, but even losing four out of every ten trades, you can see that my account is still positive.  And that I was able to close last month at half a million dollars, so it means that even if we lose in
trading, we can win. Who here is ready to learn the strategy I'm using for this, which is the " Manual de Vallas" strategy, literally the strategy I've used for the last three and a half years and with which I've achieved
these results? It's the same strategy you'll be learning during the challenge. Students, say "I am" in the comments if you're ready to learn the "Manual de
saying "I am, I'm not." They're here in my house and they don't So guys, the strategy can play
a fundamental role in our course of making money through trading, but there's something very important I want to emphasize, Aitor, Adrián, and Cris. Even though I may have a good strategy, even though I may have a
lot of funds, there's something I can't buy or learn in a short time, and that's the right mindset of an investor. It wouldn't do me any good to learn a strategy or have a lot of funds if I don't have the
years developing that mindset with the goal of...  When I lose, it doesn't affect me; when I win, it doesn't affect me either. And that's the mindset I'm going to help you develop with all my experience because we can
choose two paths to learn trading. We can start looking for information and learn like many people have done, or we can choose a mentor who guides us and who has already gone through all that. Which do you choose? I know the
answer is very obvious, but which do you choose? Tell me in your own you choose? Tell me in your own words. Learning from a mentor literally cuts you off. I know what not to do, I
know what to do, I know how to avoid certain things that happened to me that no one told me. Look, avoid this because this will happen to you. And that's the way I understand to be easier and more correct. So, after this, now that we've
seen my account, there's something I want to teach you three specifically because some people might think, "But Sensei is very good, that's why he's made good profits," and that's why we created this channel
called "Students of Sensei." This is a channel for people who have learned Welty Trades.  Of everything we share and people who have withdrawn money within this channel, there are almost 300 videos in the entire channel, and we see
people from all over the world making money with the knowledge they've learned. Here we see this person who earned 4,000, 177,000, 13,000. Look at this girl, Angi, one of the best, 250,000. Here's David, who bought a car.
This is one of the toughest, Hassam, who in the last few months made 130,000 in withdrawals. He entered the first edition of projects at SEI. And we see all these people who have made money because I think, if the methodology exists, and I don't
have any special factor compared to you, no, there is no special factor. Anyone could make money trading. could make money trading. What do you say,
possible. There isn't. I don't have anything special different from you. We're both normal. Maybe I'm in the Dominican Republic, you're in Cuba. Or maybe you, Aitor, are in Spain, I'm in the Dominican Republic, but exactly, it's how you apply yourself. So, understanding
this, that obviously other people can make money, there are different and that's why we created the Sensei Project. But within this whole project, we started it in March with Irvin, who's over there, look at him there, say hi
Irvin. In March, we were with Irvin working on the project, and the objective was the same as now, the only difference is that now it's going to be a little different because it's with three people at the same time: triple the teaching, triple the
documentation. People who come from different countries, different backgrounds, different lifestyles, and above all, different ages, and it's a little more interesting. But it will be the same process; the methodology doesn't change. The
teachings always improve, but they don't change. Obviously, we're developing many more things, but nothing changes. The foundation remains the same. And Irvin's project remove 12245, which is the tattoo I have
here, look at it here, 1245. He also has it over there on his arm. You're also going to get tattoos. We're going to see how many you manage to get in the challenge, and whoever burns the account or gets zero will get a zero tattoo, and I'm going to
block them on Instagram. And I mean, can you imagine that with one mean, can you imagine that with one teaching  It's not that intense, no, I don't think you'd be missing a great opportunity. So,
Irin's challenge consisted of the following, and this challenge will consist of the same thing. I'm going to share my calendar with you so you can see specifically what we'll be looking at during these days so you can
replicate it as part of the project. Here you see the calendar. That's looking at... Look, on November 4th, there are
Look, on November 4th, there are means that the week of November 4th, the week of November 11th, and maybe the following week of November 18th, there will be a lot of
volatility in the market. So what we're going to do is take advantage of the fact that we're on day zero, and instead of projecting the challenge to be done in 30 days, we're going to do it in 21 days, and we're going to divide it in the following way,
which I'm going to explain now: the next 21 days will be intensive, and 21 days is perfect because it's the time it takes to develop a habit. In the next 21 days, in intensive mode, we'll be...  Seeing the following, I hope
everyone is taking notes right now. Let me check the chat. Everyone is schedule of what we'll be covering each day so you can replicate the challenge. Otherwise, you won't know and you'll be lost. I need you to know
what we'll be covering each day so you can replicate the challenge with us. Everyone is taking notes. I have the chat
perfect. I'll share the schedule since I saw everyone is taking notes. The challenge officially starts today. Today is the 13th, and basically, today,
Today is the 13th, and basically, today, October 13th, is day zero. The 14th would basically be day 1, right? If I'm not mistaken, correct, day 1. Everyone is active here. Cris, Adrián, perfect. Tomorrow is Day One or
Day Two. Day One. Today is day zero. Tomorrow Two. Day One. Today is day zero. Tomorrow is day one, which would be Monday the 14th. On Monday the 14th, we'll be covering basic trading. On Monday the 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th, write that down
too. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, we'll be covering basic trading, everything about...  Support, resistance, trend line, Japanese candlesticks, chart analysis, how to make money trading,
economic events, everything important to understand how to make money trading, and how to analyze the chart. So, on days 1, 2, 3, and 4, we'll be is super intensive; it's hours and hours, and we'll
also be recording all of this. On days 5, 6, and 7, which would be after basic trading, we have days 1, 2, 3, and 4. On days 5, 6, and 7, which would be Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday, we'll be looking at advanced trading. We'll be looking at institutional trading, how banks operate, how banks invest in currencies, support and resistance levels, but at the banking level, discounts, empty
liquidity, order blocks—all these topics we'll be looking at in advanced trading on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It's a pretty intense weekend. There's no rest on Saturday or Sunday. On Monday, guess what we're going to see because we've already
seen basic trading and advanced trading. What's the most special thing, and what will tell us what to do every day? What's the name of the strategy? The manual? Please, everyone, tell me.  Manual de Vallas in the chat. I don't
want you to forget that name, which is the prettiest name that exists after is the prettiest name that exists after Maria Laura. After Manual de Vallas is the name, and notice that Manuel de Vallas and Maria Laura both start with
Vallas and Maria Laura both start with M. MDB Manual de Vallas is the strategy we'll be learning on Monday. On Monday we'll be learning Monday. On Monday we'll be learning Manual de Vallas, which is very important because
Manual de Vallas is a bit long and it's going to be a super be a super intensive day. Then we move on to... we're intensive day. Then we move on to... we're now on the 21st, Monday the 21st. On the 22nd,
now on the 21st, Monday the 21st. On the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th we'll be trading on a demo account. After having learned Manual de Vallas, we'll all be opening a demo account and trading on a demo account with the goal of practicing
what we've learned. That will be on Tuesday the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th. Finally, well, not quite yet, on the 26th and 27th, which is the
weekend, we start with the trading plan. We're going to create a trading plan for the week of live trading. We're going to create this trading plan together with... How to exit, how to maintain the operation for when the operational week arrives,
because it turns out that on the 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, and November 1st, we will already be operating with the real account to achieve the challenge. That is, that
real account operation during that week. We'll see how that week goes because if the challenge isn't achieved that week, it will have to be extended a little longer, and we have to see how the guys' trades go during
But let's wait and study enough so that everything goes well. That will enough so that everything goes well. That will be on the 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, and the first day. Everyone wrote this down, and I'll repeat it quickly: the first four days
we're going to see basic trading, then on days 5, 6, and 7 we're going to see advanced trading, on day 8, manual hurdles, on days 9, 10, 11, and 12 we're going to have a demo week,
then we're going to have a trading plan over the weekend, and then we start Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday with operation in the real market. That's what we're going to be doing.  That's what the challenge will consist of. This challenge is very important,
and it's very important that all of you are in the WhatsApp group communication. In the WhatsApp group, we will send two to three videos every day summarizing everything they will be
the challenge. You will see everything they are learning in real time; you will see their trading, you will see the before, during, and goal that you can replicate the challenge at home. Because if we achieve the
challenge, we will open the second edition of the Sensei project. This is the main objective: to achieve the challenge and validate that these people, who come from different countries, with different ages, different families, different backgrounds,
can trade and make trading their main source of income. This would be the schedule, and don't worry if you didn't write it down; I will be send it through the group, but it is very important that you are in the
WhatsApp group because that's where we will send everything. If you are not in the WhatsApp group, there is some information that you will miss. You also have to follow  To the students, because they'll be sharing their daily lives. Remember that we have a
document their day, see what they're doing, their habits, and their learning so that you can replicate this too. Right now, we're reaching an important part of the class, as we understand the challenge.
We know that Adrián from Colombia, Aitor from Spain, and Cris from Cuba will be immersing themselves in what could be a slightly complicated part because we'll be subjecting them to precise and intense teachings, and
you as well. It's an important moment in the class; we haven't reached the end yet, but I want everyone here to know that the 75 accounts we're giving away are for the people who uploaded a photo to their Instagram
stories and tagged us so we could see that they attended the class. You upload a story to your Instagram and tag the sensei, and with that, we'll be able to see who attended the class, and we'll choose 75
people today. We already have the winners of the first 100 accounts; now we must choose the next ones.  To the next 75 accounts, and don't worry because we're going to send this link through all our channels: social media, WhatsApp group,
Telegram, so you can see who the winners were and see if you're on the list. Claim your account, and it will arrive in your TR email within 5 days, so do n't worry. 75 people who upload a photo of themselves here
in the class and tag me will be chosen. That's how we'll select the 75 winners. So guys, we're ready to start the challenge. This is basically day zero. This is the preparation day. It's the day you tell your mom and
dad, "Mom, I'm going to be immersed in a challenge. I'm going to be learning, I'm going to be progressing, I'm going to be following these students who come from different countries with the goal of learning trading, and I'm going to be preparing because throughout
the day we're going to have a specific schedule. That schedule that we'll be using throughout these days is in the mornings. We're going to be doing trading practice." Let me see, I have the schedule
here. I'm going to send you the schedule. We even have it printed out so you can see everything.  What we'll be doing and sharing... Ah, look
doing and sharing... Ah, look here, here I'll show you a little bit of the schedule. Okay, every day we'll be waking up at 5:00 waking up at 5:00 AM. Well, at 4:47 AM, with the goal
After the gym, we get home, everyone showers, and we have a short meeting where we'll go over everything we'll be covering in the coming days. learn, how they're going to operate—absolutely everything. Then we'll have the
trading sessions, the habit sessions, and the study sessions. That will be throughout the morning. They'll be documenting the entire process so Then we'll have more study sessions, we'll have lunch, and
because this is a super-intensive practice. And when we finish each study session, we'll share a summary so you can see what they're learning. We have
a small checklist here, and we have it on paper. On this paper, each of the students, as we go...  As we progress through the teachings, everything we do will be shaped, but our day will consist of
65% dedicated to trading studies, then 25% focused on developing our mindset and habits, and another percentage dedicated to feedback and documenting the process so you can see it. Who here in this
here in this live class will follow the challenge 100% until the students achieve the objective? Who is 100% committed objective? Who is 100% committed to themselves and to me to continue the
challenge 100%, saying, "I want to change my life and I don't want to continue being the same person I've always been. I want to change my results and I'm going to try something new because if they can achieve the
challenge, then I understand that you can too, without any trading isn't a profession that gives you easy money. Obviously, there's a mentor
behind all of this with the results and experience that makes the process a little easier and less complicated. It took me three and a half years, taken someone else longer, but having someone to tell you what to do and what
we'll excel in this challenge. I need everyone to be 100% committed to the challenge in the WhatsApp group so they can follow along and reach the end. Because if we achieve the challenge,
we'll launch the second edition of The Sensei's Academy. If we don't, then we won't launch it. And guys, remember we have the giveaway for 75 accounts. But what's next? This is day zero, as I
told you. This is the day you say goodbye to your mom and dad, to your girlfriend, my love. I won't be able to see you today, tomorrow, or for the next 21 days because I have a challenge to complete. That's the day everyone shaves their hair to
start this great challenge, right? Look, we already have two who have shaved their hair. We're have two who have shaved their hair. We're missing two here. Two here the challenge. And it turns out that, with the students
here understanding that this is  Day Zero: Now we're all going to prepare for Day One, which is the intense day, the day where all the practices, all the habits, all the teachings begin. But we already know where we stand and
what we're going to be aiming to achieve in these next few days. That's what we want you to achieve too. So achieve too. So guys, remember, to participate in
photo of yourself in this class and tag me. This was Class Zero. We're ready to begin!  To everyone who commits to following the Challenge 100%, I promise you won't regret it and the lessons will
be enormous. Let's all work together to achieve the challenge. I'm sending you all a kiss, guys. Say watching the broadcast and