Steve Ruffley

Animal Speed, Size, and Being Right at the Right Time · Steve Ruffley

Steve Ruffley, Tessa Dow, Ian Cox

New Zealand-based professional trader Steve Ruffley, drawing on twenty years of experience from a rigorous Gibraltar graduate program, distinguishes his "Pro Retail Trader" framework by prioritizing fixed daily dollar stops over percentage limits to facilitate larger trade sizes. Ruffley argues that scaling requires a psychological shift to harness fear and greed, advocating for a strategy that fades news narratives while capitalizing on volatility spikes through a time-horizon approach ranging from quick scalps to eight-hour day trades. His methodology emphasizes real-time P&L tracking and incremental size adjustments to build tolerance, aiming to help retail traders escape the cycle of analysis paralysis and achieve consistency by mastering their unique emotional responses to market pressure.