to have a chance at growing a small account means having to take extreme risks, which means having higher chances of being taken out of the game. i just dont see other way to grow capital in that situation (purely from trading ofc).

the problem is that when we have a small account, and i traded with a small 5figs account for a while, you kinda cherish it a lot, at least i did, to the point its suffocating to risk taking.
i've gotten less risk adverse as the account scaled, opposed to what's expected. dont know why, but when i was trading like 20k-40k, i was always protecting it like it was all i had, because it kinda was. i wouldn't leave a cex, because i was afraid to be drained, yet the best opportunities were outside that apparent protection.
this is not a post to be reckless, most people should just stuck to safe, reliable investments, and not bother with it because they're going to screw it up. but the people that dont listen to this, will have to find a way to take abormal risk, highly subject to luck and timing. it is what it is. i dont think its impossible though.