How Jordi Grew $800K in Funded CFD Accounts With Smart Money Strategy

 

Jordi is a full-time trader based in Belgium who scaled his total funded account capitalization to $800,000 in 2023. After experiencing six years of losses, Jordi optimized his approach by integrating smart money concepts and focusing on a clear execution process.

He now trades primarily using a streamlined, liquidity-based strategy and has received multiple payouts from FundedNext and other prop firms, citing reliable payout processing and visible challenge rules as catalysts for his continued trading growth.

Background and Journey

Jordi began his trading journey six years ago, starting in cryptocurrencies when Bitcoin traded at $3,000. He entered crypto trading without an understanding of risk management, which led to early rapid gains—followed by equally rapid losses.

“It was just for me an eye opener to realize how fast you can make money. Um and later on of course I realized as fast as you can make it that’s how fast you can lose it as well,” said Jordi.

After investing in 10 to 20 trading courses over six years, Jordi found that forex trading aligned better with his goals, particularly through proprietary trading challenges. Before trading full-time, Jordi balanced his trading with a demanding catering job in luxury restaurants, working 14 to 16-hour days, which forced him to focus exclusively on swing trading due to time limitations.

“So for me that was really hard. Uh, working long days and the days you’re off you’re just so empty that you need to rest… swing trading was the way to go—running to the toilet when I had time to place trades—it’s not a joke,” said Jordi.

Jordi transitioned to full-time trading just over two years ago, after accumulating a financial buffer. He leveraged his experience and savings to hire mentors, performance coaches, psychologists, and even biohackers to improve his trading psychology and strategy development. This professional development allowed him to overcome the pattern of “buying accounts every month” and start approaching trading with a structured mindset.

Strategy Highlights

Jordi’s trading is rooted in smart money concepts, price action, and liquidity targeting, with an emphasis on simplicity and technical clarity. He operates across forex currency pairs, referencing major indexes such as DXY (the US dollar index), the Japanese yen, and the euro to inform his trade biases and correlation analysis. These principles enabled Jordi to perform consistently during multiple FundedNext challenge attempts.

“For me when I trade uh I just like to keep it simple. I trade smart money, price action, stuff like that. Uh so when I trade there’s a couple of things… first I look at the DXY, the yen, the euro. So I look at indexes to know what currencies are doing. Uh to just have an extra correlation,” said Jordi.

His process includes three distinct steps for every position:

1. Target identification (draw on liquidity): Jordi always defines a clear market target by analyzing liquidity zones. He does not initiate a trade without a specific target.
2. Point of Interest (POI) selection: He locates discounted zones for long trades or premium zones for shorts, seeking areas of price action that meet his criteria.
3. Execution confirmation: After identifying the POI, Jordi waits for extra confirmations—often involving price action or correlation checks with major indexes—before setting orders toward the defined target.

“My first thing is that I want a target… draw on liquidity. So knowing where the liquidity is is always going to be the first thing for me. If you don’t have a target in the market, what are you even trading?… Then the second part is quite simple. We need to look for a point of interest. Uh so I’m just looking like okay if I have this target in the market from which point… and that’s the third part. That’s the execution. Getting the confirmations that you need in your point of interest. That’s actually very simple how I trade,” said Jordi.

While Jordi’s strategy now allows for flexibility—having evolved from initial swing trading due to his catering job schedule—today it remains founded on minimalism, clear rules, and a razor-sharp focus on execution discipline. His consistent performance in prop firm environments is closely tied to this clarity.

FundedNext Experience

Jordi began using FundedNext in 2023 after researching prop firm reliability, payout processing speed, and account challenge rules. He holds multiple funded accounts with FundedNext, totaling a portion of his $800,000 in funded capital across all providers. Participating in FundedNext challenge phases gave him a framework to operate within defined risk parameters.

“I have multiple funded accounts. It was not for me—the promos are just an extra little thing. If you’re making payouts with the account, the promo doesn’t really matter, you know,” said Jordi.

Speed and reliability of the payout process influenced Jordi’s choice to continue with FundedNext:

“They’re paying me out fast which is also a very nice thing. Uh because if you have to wait one week, two weeks, uh well you start to get anxious. Do I get my payout? Yes or no? uh because you know the history of prop firms,” said Jordi.

Challenge rules, visibility of extra account benefits, and support process were also decisive:

“The criteria that I was looking for is of course trading conditions, payouts, so you want to see people getting payouts, not a lot of issues with the process, support being good, so that’s all the things that I was looking at,” said Jordi.

Jordi referenced joining FundedNext via a public promotion, noting the visibility of refund and payout policies as meaningful, although he inadvertently missed a promo code—and still found the system honored the related benefit after contacting support.

“A funny story is I’ve actually forgot to uh use the promo code. [laughter] So that’s how I started with FundedNext. And uh I was messaging support. I think I still got the reward from the promo. I think because one payout I have, I’m not sure. I didn’t check it honestly. I have multiple funded accounts. It was not for me. The promos are just an extra little thing. If you’re making payouts with the account, the promo doesn’t really matter, you know.”

Key Takeaways

• Always define a specific market target before entering a trade. Jordi starts with “draw on liquidity” and only takes trades with a clear target.
• Correlate positions with major indexes for added confirmation. Jordi reviews DXY, yen, and euro indexes before executing on related forex pairs.
• Utilize external confirmations at Points of Interest (POI). He waits for technical confirmations at POIs before proceeding with any order.
• Use the visible systems of a prop firm to verify payouts and rule clarity before committing. Jordi selected FundedNext based on public payout records, transparent challenge rules, and direct trader references.
• Retain an external income source or financial buffer before transitioning to full-time trading. Jordi built up a buffer and multiple income streams, including coaching and property, before moving into trading full-time.

Conclusion

Jordi scaled his funded trading capital to $800,000 using a systematic, liquidity-based trading approach and by leveraging the transparent challenge structures and reliable payout systems of platforms like FundedNext. Success in the FundedNext challenge relied on his clear technical process and risk controls. He continues to operate multiple funded CFD accounts, primarily focusing on technical simplicity and process clarity as his account sizes and results grow.

Jordi’s current focus includes selective coaching, multiple trading accounts—including FundedNext—and diversified side businesses, while maintaining a process-driven approach to trading in the simulated environment. His experience demonstrates that visible rules and a structured system are core to navigating any prop firm landscape.