AnMangor

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[AnMangor @AnMangor]

@IamZeroIka Respect for your humanity, integrity and support. Good things are always simple, on the surface - no need for academic background or expertise in financial markets to feel them, and they doesn't need to be proven to anybody.

[Lucky Chart Ape @luckychartape]

3 THE REASONS YOU WILL FAIL AS A TRADER

(The most important thread I have ever written?)

Read through this critically. It's very possible that you are living in a delusion. That you don't have a grasp on how the markets work, or how to perform consistently as a trader.

1. YOU EXPECT TO OUT PERFORM THE GREATEST TRADERS TO EVER LIVE.

📊If we were to profile some of the top contenders for the greatest traders to ever live, you might find names like
Paul Tudor Jones - (Net Worth $8.1 Billion) Who averaged nearly 20% in annualized returns for 25 years straight.
"If I have positions going against me, I get right out; if they are going for me, I keep them. Risk control is the most important thing in trading. If you have a losing position that is making you uncomfortable, the solution is very simple: Get out, because you can always get back in." - Paul Tudor Jones

Or Maybe
Stanley Druckenmiller - (Net worth $6.2 Billion) Who's average annual returns were about 30% over 30 years.
"If you're early on in your career and they give you a choice between a great mentor or higher pay, take the mentor every time. It's not even close." -Stanley Druckenmiller

And without a doubt, the following name would make the list.
Jim Simon's - (Net Worth - $30.7 Billion) Who's Medallion Fund averaged an astounding 66.1% average annual return since 1988.
"Success in investing is not about being right all the time. It’s about minimizing losses and maximizing gains." - Jim Simon's

Not only are the trader's above considered some of the greatest to ever live, they are also some of the wealthiest men alive. But you must be asking yourself, "how is it possible they are considered the greatest, with such Meager returns as 20%, 30%, or even 66% a year. I have seen beginners 100x (10,000%) their account in a month. Surely one should aim to ATLEAST 10x (1,000%) their trading balance each year?"
Goals of 1,000% a year are pure fiction. Does that mean that people don't achieve it? Of course not. There are millions of people trading and exposed to the market, there will always be outlier stories of people winning the lottery. Your next thought might be, "that may be true, but my favorite trader claims to average about 100% per week, that seems reasonable to me. That is only a 2x?"

You clearly haven't done the math.
Lets imagine they start with a $1,000 trading balance.
Where are they after a month?

Week 4 -$5,333.33

maybe that seems reasonable to you? after 3 months?

Week 12 - $150,703

What about the half-year mark.

Week 26- $23,014,013

Wow, $1,000 into $23 MIllion in just half a year. But why stop now? How does the trader averaging 100% a week finish off the year?

Week 52 - $529,644,827, 385.65

Elon Musk move over, this trader has grown that account to $529 Trillion from $1,000 in just 1 year.

The point is, there is a reason THE greatest traders average returns seem meager in comparison to the average Crypto Twitter results. They are realistic. Your goals as a trader must be rooted in reality. Your goals should not be based on 1-off statistical anomalies.
- I will mention, that you will find day traders who have track records that outperformed the money managers mentioned above. For the simple reason, that of course, trading a smaller personal account offers much more mobility then deploying Multi Billions in capital.

I can tell you this. If you can develop the skills to consistently pull anywhere between 20-100% a year from the markets, with minimal drawdown, you will have endless opportunities for capital allocation, and you will be wealthy. Don't forget the value is in the skill to achieve such results consistently, don't worry about your current available capital. Concern yourself with developing the your skill as a trader. The capital will come.

2. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND PROBABILITIES AND ARE BAD AT BASIC MATH.

🧮- Trading is a game of math. Mostly basic math. Every decision we make in the markets has to be considered in a larger set of decisions. Lets take some basic numbers. You have figured out your win-rate hovers around 50%. But you have conquered some of the basic math of trading, and know that you make 3 times more when you win, then you lose when you lose.

So what is your chance of losing the next trade? 50%?. The math doesn't seem so hard does it? But now lets apply that number to a larger set of trades.

Let's say you are pretty active trader. You take on average 2 trades a day. That is 730 trades a year.

What are the odds of losing 5 trades in a row that year? 100%. That means if you risk 10% of your account per trade, there is a 100% chance you will lose half your account that year.
The odds odds of losing 7 trades that year? 95%. That means you have a 95% chance of losing 70% of your account that year.

Do you understand now why "risk management" is such an important component of trading. It's in the math. When you understand probabilities you realize that we don't use it to protect us against the unlikely event of losing streaks. We use it to protect ourselves against the CERTAINTY of them.

3. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL AND PSYCOLOGICAL DISCIPLINE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS EVERYTHING ELSE.

As important as math, and systematic decision making is in trading. Your ability to control your emotions and how they are influencing your decisions (either subconsciously, or consciously) is arguably more important then anything else. It doesn't matter how much you understand about technical analysis, risk management, asymmetric risk reward, etc, if the guiding force behind your decisions are emotional impulses. Exposure to the markets will elicit extremely strong emotions in most people. When heightened, these emotions could be described as euphoria and terror. Euphoria inhibits your ability to perceive risk. You could be in a state of euphoria without even knowing it, only to for everything to come crashing down, and when you reflect on the decisions you made in that state, you can't even explain what drove you to make any of them. On the other side, terror. Terror leaves you unable to act, unable to perceive opportunity.

Mark Douglas describes these ideas very elegantly. He believe that a trader most operate in a care-free state at all times. He believes understanding the probabilistic nature of the market is the key to operating in this state. It's my belief that you must remove all pretense of expectation from a trade before you take, while your in, until you close it.

When I take a trade, I try to achieve a balanced state of expectation. I don't know if it will win, or lose. I simply okay with either outcome.

I think any trader would benefit greatly from overcoming these 3 issues.

- Having reasonable goals
- Understanding the probabilistic nature of the market
- Using that knowledge to center yourself, and control emotional impulses

[ZERO IKA 🗡️ @IamZeroIka]

⭕️ Announcement/product release: DTT ⭕️

I have another huge announcement to make.

This is the new implementation that the Dojo will receive.

I’ve always thought about how to improve and give people the opportunity to better themselves.

From this idea came the development of this new terminal, which is designed to track all trades and help members to grow through:

1. Dashboard

Analyze all your performances with key components like: P&L, consistency, setup/strategy, best&worse days and let the "Sensei" help you to improve your game

2. Trades

Check your "battle record", add your trades manually

3. Import

Import your trades through your exchange of reference

4. Terminal

Check long/short ratio, funding fees, market news and more

5. Traders (bonus)

Add your nationality and discover from which countries Dojo traders are from (national "battles" in the future?)

All of this is being built for people who want to level up and want to put commitment.

If you’re interested, I recommend joining the channel now, as this incredibly low price won't last forever.

[ZERO IKA 🗡️ @IamZeroIka]

👁️ Important announcement 👁️

Dear guys, this is probably one of the most important announcements I’ve made on X, so please take a moment to read it because it really matters to me.

Over the years, I believe I’ve done a very significant amount of work.

I’ve grown a lot, studied extensively, and never stopped improving myself.

Those who have been in the dojo since the beginning know this well, they’ve seen the evolution of the content, an incredible volume of work between live sessions, videos, and guides.

There’s really been something substantial.

Most of all, they’ve seen my personal evolution, especially in terms of market understanding and refining my style and now I have a style that I truly feel calm and confident with.

I’ve never wanted to appear as something I’m not.

For this reason, I’ve never allowed myself to start a 1-on-1 coaching program, despite over 8.5 years of study.

However, I continue to receive a huge number of requests and that only makes me happy, because it means people truly value my work and that brings me a lot of satisfaction, because I put a great deal of effort into it.

For this reason, starting in 2027, I plan to launch a 1-on-1 coaching program.

It won’t be something standard, you know me, especially my personality and since I put in maximum effort, it won’t be anything superficial.

It will be a personalized program for each individual, because we all have different risks, goals, and lives.

It will be an intensive process, covering everything from psychology to analysis, execution, and the development of an efficient trading structure.

Above all, it’s designed for those who, like me, are not primarily focused on short-term trading, but prefer a calm, sustainable approach that emphasize a good balance between life/trading and allows for steady capital growth over time.

Thanks for reading till here, hope this may be of your interest.

[MisterPA @studentoffew]

Most people have no idea what they’re actually getting inside our Telegram. (The Dojo 🔴⚪️)

So here’s a clear breakdown of what <$10/month gives you in there: https://t.co/38SlZ2Qmo6

• Main Channel 0⃣
@IamZeroIka shares his highest conviction HTF setups + key market insights & announcements.

• Trading Room + General Chat 1⃣ 2⃣
Active community where traders connect, share setups, ask questions, and improve together.

• MisterPA Lounge (my side) 3⃣
My personal HTF / MTF setups (+ occasional LTF)
– Crypto, stocks, commodities
– Live updates on positions
– Trade management breakdowns
– Educational videos when needed

• Fast Tips & Reflections 4⃣
Zero’s frequent updates, including live portfolio insights and quick market reads.

• Zero’s IVB Setups (NEW) 5⃣
Focused channel purely on IVB trades.
Real setups, real execution → showing how effective this strategy actually is.

• The Dojo 2.1 (Notion) 📚
This alone could be a paid product.
A full “book of knowledge” with:
– Psychology
– Technical analysis
– Structured learning paths
– Simplified video explanations

Thousands of hours condensed into one place.

• Weekly Livestreams (1 per week) 🎥🍿
– Market breakdowns
– Live setups
– Trade management
– Focus on HTF swing trading (high ROI, low time commitment)

It’s:
Learning + real execution + community + structure.

All for less than $10/month.

So if you’re serious about improving and want to actually understand what you’re doing:

The price is heavily underpriced right now - take advantage while it lasts.

https://t.co/38SlZ2Qmo6

Take a look inside and you’ll immediately see why people stay. 👀

[ZERO IKA 🗡️ @IamZeroIka]

⭕️"Mate, do you have something new that I can learn?"

"Sure, ever heard about runaway gaps? No? Let me explain..(combining concepts together for helping you to execute)

Essentially, a runaway gap (I like to call it positive/negative release gap) is a gap that forms in the middle of a strong trend and shows that the trend is likely to continue with momentum.

"Wait, isn't the same as a fair value gap?"

"Not really… they might look similar, but they mean very different things."

1) A runaway gap is a real gap in price between sessions. It shows strong momentum and tells you the market is aggressively continuing in that direction.
It’s about expansion and strength, so you generally want to follow it.

2) A fair value gap, instead, is just an imbalance inside price action. Price moved too fast and left inefficiency, which often gets revisited later. It’s about rebalancing, not continuation. (that is up on context)

⭕️ META, 3rd February, 2022

Now if we look into the example on META, before the gap, price is already weak and starting to trend down.

Then it opens below the previous low but most importantly engulfing the whole fair value built between 2020 and early 2021, leaving a huge gap..that’s the market repricing lower.

The key part is what happens next: price doesn’t come back to fill the gap (it's not rebalancement, nor a CME gap), it keeps dropping and that shows sellers are in full control.

👉 That’s the concept:
A bearish runaway gap is when price
jumps lower and then continues lower, confirming momentum. (this logically helps you to shift your bias + taking a potential short)

⭕️ NVDA, 25th May, 2023 + entry model

Now let's do something different: let's combine this concept to an entry model.

On the 25th May 2023, following positive earnings, NVDA opened with a PRG engulfing the whole supply created from late 2021/ early 2022, therefore signaling a strong bullish bias.

Now, after the price establishes fair value from June to November 2023, it also exits from there suggesting the desire from buyers to push it even higher.

Despite the no quality BOS formed on the 20th of November (so not a strong confirmation) the entry could have been placed with a clean HTF IVB model that over time produced a massive bullish swing.

2 concept combined on HTF in order to simplify the execution establishing a strong bias.

As always, if you appreciated the content and found value in it, the like and repost buttons are just a few centimeters below.

[ZERO IKA 🗡️ @IamZeroIka]

⭕️FULL EDUCATIONAL ARCHIVE⭕️

This is the complete "archive" of all the most important educational post I created during these years.

Hours and hours of intense work condensed into 1 single post, so you'll be able to study this free material that I think will truly take you to the next level.

1. Liquidity related technical concepts:
https://t.co/awvo0Jij2Z
2. Way of charting from scratch:
https://t.co/rZjUQkHmyq
3. The importance of candle closures:
https://t.co/55nKllggiA
4. The importance of candle closures pt.2:
https://t.co/AuVRC2SZR1
5. The truth behind supply & demand levels:
https://t.co/4IvnCjXu8c
6. Fibonacci reverse sequence:
https://t.co/rc3V0SVWNx
7. Fibonacci extensions in play:
https://t.co/VV9SKGY4Rt
8. Setting targets based on data:
https://t.co/Qdv2qRXoSo
9. The truth behind fundamentals: (in crypto)
https://t.co/MHXq4E8b0r
10. How influencers scam you:
https://t.co/fKPvjg5MDY
11. How influencers scam you pt.2:
https://t.co/bxg1Oqj3TP
12. Reprogramming your mind for taking profits:
https://t.co/KPQYryk9uO
13. Order blocks guide:
https://t.co/UG2DW1CCb7
14. HTF distribution in play (no fundamentals):
https://t.co/imXMYSG81Q
15. Fair Value Gaps:
https://t.co/xByxZYQgLS
16. Distribution at Fair Value Gap:
https://t.co/64rUPPvkB9
17. Fibonacci insights:
https://t.co/D5DO1qiosi
18. Fibonacci settings:
https://t.co/74piO8akuX
19. Compound game:
https://t.co/aHc0xSl6fJ
20. Taking profits & strategies:
https://t.co/gQ4lL2oCNI
21. The game of inefficiency, liquidity and orders:
https://t.co/UjA2o3Wqyb
22. Backtesting a strategy:
https://t.co/jTZhPFsQ8t
23. The quintessential mental model of a real trader:
https://t.co/l95ZyGdT4E
24. Using volume areas to form a bias + repricing and migration of value + using defensive levels to place the stop + execution of a MTF long inside an HTF range:
https://t.co/Cqsl1AV5c7
25. Value migration theory + understanding market's behavior and placing trades + protection levels:
https://t.co/QplrrYYJIa
26. AMT full framework:
https://t.co/D9GLAYjotw
27. Understanding capital rotation:
https://t.co/vdVBGJRNFA
28. Intermarket analysis:
https://t.co/6V9m7XxvBK
29. Intermarket cheat sheet:
https://t.co/8i7troUv8O
30. How to form a bias with intermarket analysis + spotting opportunties + capital rotation + alpha & beta plays:
https://t.co/H3XYoyfufC
31. Continuation of the post above:
https://t.co/9SOKmXpV2f
32. Qualifying ranges + VP:
https://t.co/UiBAtEtG03
33. Scalp on NYO to understand liquidity dynamics:
https://t.co/p64f25cV1K
34. Scalp on NYO & explanation:
https://t.co/NN5nij99Ye
35. 9-steps psychological framework to not sabotage yourself:
https://t.co/al5I7prhLw
36. VSA analysis HTF example:
https://t.co/RPIXwszGcy
37. VSA pt. 2:
https://t.co/5Bv0ERtGk8
38. Qualifying supply & demand based on MA:
https://t.co/ssdBnWaXPZ
39. Orders absorption at levels:
https://t.co/l7FHMQNVxQ
40. The importance of trading less assets + TAO example:
https://t.co/uNGBSK11fc
41. Mini price action + volume live mastercalss:
https://t.co/ZLTA9UPAqI
42. Isolating price action with FRVP:
https://t.co/n7gG5YevV2
43. Price discovery methodology:
https://t.co/InsBQs705v
44. Failed Auction:
https://t.co/mXBBiCGzJ1
45. How to survive to an economic downturn:
https://t.co/5jBLYXnjyX

[AnMangor @AnMangor]

@i_am_jackis @IamZeroIka It's a myth, no amount of alcohol is considered safe.
Most significant that ethanol destroys brain cells leading to lowering cognitive functions.

[Abundance | Capital Rotation @mr_abundance_]

$USO I was taking profit, a friend was taking his life...
Has been a challenging week personally for me.

2 loved ones with cancer,
supporting others emotions even when fine myself can still be quite draining emotionally.

A hedge fund trader, a mutual friend took his life after being on the wrong side of these oil trades.

I think a lot of men tie self worth to net worth.

It's often tied to wanting to provide a better quality of live for our family, community or causes we care for.

But then that positive intention to give becomes a toxic belief that...
'If I lose money, I lose my value as a person'

and hence feeling worthless
(shame, guilt, embarrassment, hopelessness)

This toxic belief is only amplified by a lot of low frequency culture on financial social media - people constantly trying to shame each other
"clown, loser etc".

I want to take this moment to encourage men out there to consider the fact that we are worth more than our PNL.

There's an incredibly ignored value in simply being present.

You know those moments where you put the phone completely away,

actually listening to your kids, friends, lover.

Those moments are priceless.

They feel it, you feel it.

Even if you print, but you're never present...

like when you make money but you stare at the screen or are thinking about trades during conversations

that's much more painful to loved ones than some temporary money challenges.

I also want to encourage men to be bold
not just with taking money risk but relationship risks.

Stop that 'lone wolf' ,
'can't talk to anyone because I'm locked in' bullsh**

Stop pretending like you're the only one who is looking to level up in all areas but going through challenges.

There's amazing people just like you waiting to meet you.

Stop waiting for someone else to be the change you're looking for

Stop pretending you're
"getting outside your comfort zone" by
- pushing yourself in the gym
- listening to a podcast in isolation
- starring at the charts for longer

That's comfortable for you,
do the actually uncomfortable actions.

Dare to reach out to people to start a friendship.

Dare to open up to people about needing help in any area of life - especially mental health.

Dare to work on your psychology and communication.

Dare to put your phone down,
completely off around people

be so present that they feel compelled to tell you how much they appreciate it.

Life is about people not printing.

People is about being present not giving presents.

The funny thing is the more present you become the more profitable you become.

Let's live more fully,
love more fully,
give more generously not just to others but ourselves,

keep stepping into the uncomfortable unknown you've been avoiding.

Whatever has happened has happened.
There's always a new moment
offering a new start,
a fresh opportunity to cast a vote for the kind of man you want to be.

Don't lose the moment by lingering in the past,
cease the moment by living in the present.

~ Mr. Abundance

[MaxO @_MaxO22_]

19 Reasons Most Aspiring Traders Never Make It

Depending on personality, every trader faces different pitfalls.

1. Overrisking:
Very common. Taking too much risk due to the urge to make it fast. Boom and bust cycles follow. Accounts get blown. Losses become oversized. Stress rises. Performance collapses. These traders rarely reach consistency. They sometimes grow accounts fast, but they lose them even faster.

Solution:

Develop patience and discipline. Use strict risk management. Treat trading as a marathon, not a sprint.

2. Underrisking:
Common. Better than blowing accounts, but it creates its own problems. It leads to hesitation, overmanagement, overanalysis, and missing optimal moments due to fear of the need of being perfect. Once consistency is reached, scaling up becomes difficult for these traders because their mindset resists size.

Solution:

Increase risk within your predefined system once you found consistency and accept the trade once you commit. Build tolerance by taking non-dangerous risks in daily life to train decisiveness.

3. Not sticking to a system:
Very common. The perpetual seeker. Never committing to one strategy. Jumping from system to system. Never collecting enough data to understand any method deeply. A few losses trigger abandonment and the search for the “holy grail” begins again. This mindset avoids the reality of uncertainty and falls for every shiny new or recycled system on the market.

Solution:

Commit to one strategy for a long enough period. It does not need to be perfect. Consistent execution builds the skills that make a strategy powerful. Without those skills, even the best system fails.

4. Never looking for other systems:
Common. Committing to one system is useful for skill building, but refusing to explore other approaches can stall progress or block consistency. The system might be weak. Even if it is solid, it may not fit your thinking style or personality. Traders who never look beyond their system often fear the unknown. Some become rigid believers in a single“truth” about the market and turn their strategy into a religion.

Solution:

First commit long enough to one system to build skill and gather clean data. After that, explore alternatives to find approaches that may offer better fit or performance. This also shows you that there are thousands of valid ways to make money. The right system is the one you can execute for years and that aligns with your mind and life.

5. Neglecting the investment approach completely:
Very common. Many people get destroyed early when trying to invest. Often through altcoins, but traditional assets can hurt too. As a result they abandon investing and assume trading is the only path. In reality most of them will not outperform major assets like SPX, Gold, or BTC on a year-to-date basis.

Solution:

Do not neglect investing. Zoom out. Major established assets trend up most of the time. Use your trading skill to time entries and exits on these assets. You can outperform most participants while spending a fraction of the effort. Allocate large portions of capital to these core plays. Use the rest to enhance returns or hedge downside.

6. Putting 100% of the attention on one market:
Very common. Many traders enter the game through a single asset class. If that market also gave them their first wins they build emotional attachment. This blocks their potential to extract opportunity elsewhere. They often stack multiple correlated positions in the same direction which amplifies losses.

Solution:

Explore other markets. You may find one that fits your timezone, your thinking style, or simply carries no emotional bias. Diversifying your focus reduces correlation risk and expands opportunity.

7. Only playing the market in one direction:
Very common. Similar to the trader fixated on a single market. Early wins, usually on the long side, create emotional bias. The trader becomes a permanent bull. He searches for longs even when the market is setup for a clean downswing. This blocks opportunity and limits the ability to hedge.

Solution:

Practice shorting. Once you master it, you remove directional bias. You no longer depend on rising prices to make money. It becomes a core tool that expands your freedom and improves your edge by adding hedging to the equation.

8. Thinking that leverage exists to build bigger position size:
Very common. Traders with small accounts see leverage as a shortcut to size. These traders often overlap with the over-risking group. They view leverage as a way to “go big", not as a tool to manage capital effectively. This mindset is dangerous. Without skill and discipline it leads to blown accounts or even total wipeout.

Solution:

Learn how leveraged products work before touching them. Use leverage to reduce margin, not to increase size. With the right understanding it becomes a risk-management tool that helps you deploy capital efficiently, not recklessly.

9. Falling for the wrong figures:
Very common. Where money flows, pretenders appear. Markets are complex and probabilistic. This makes it easy for shady figures to speak in vague riddles, use smart-sounding language, and package uncertainty as wisdom. Their statements are open enough to be “right” no matter what happens. Traders who fall for them are often insecure or unsure of their own judgment, so they seek someone who sounds certain.

Solution:

Research before trusting anyone. Study their statements over long periods. Save their claims and compare them with actual outcomes. A person who speaks in certainties is a clear red flag. These figures attract beginners by offering the illusion of clarity. But its easy to see through because certain statements are easy to disprove in markets.

On the other side are those who also lack skill but hide behind riddles or intellectual fog. They appear deep but deliver nothing testable. Not everyone who talks vaguely or confidently is a pretender, yet both styles are common tools for pretending. The safest filter is data. Observe the person behind the mask. Track their calls. Watch for proof of execution. Only then decide if they are worth learning from.

10. Doing things you are not ready for:
Very common. Trading is hard but it does not need to be exhausting every day. Many new traders watch experienced traders and assume they must match that performance immediately. They drop to lower timeframes because “something is happening” or to chase higher RR. They do this while they still lack the discipline to follow their plan on higher timeframes. These traders are driven by restlessness and the belief that doing more produces more profit. In trading the opposite is often true.

Solution:

Fix your dopamine patterns and increase difficulty slowly. Same logic as training. You do not walk into the gym and squat 160 kg without progressive load. Trading works the same. Build capacity first. Trade less and earn more is not just a slogan.

11. Becoming a professional studier instead of a trader:
Common. Studying is useful. Building knowledge before risking money is smart. Yet theory alone does not create trading skill. You cannot learn to drive by reading a manual. Many fall in love with studying because it is safe. No stops. No losses. No discomfort. Dreaming about being a trader becomes easier than being one.

Solution:

Execute. Execute Then execute again. Trade on nano size if needed. The goal is exposure and feedback. Execute as many trades as your schedule and mental health allow. Skill comes from doing, not from reading.

12. Never taking the time to integrate things:
Common. The opposite of the professional studier. This trader executes nonstop but never reflects or journals. The boring work is avoided. Without reflection or structured review the same mistakes repeat for far too long.

Solution:

Journal. Reflect. Integrate new lessons. Slow down enough to process what you learn. This shortens the feedback loop and accelerates consistency.

13. Chasing high RR:
Very common. Once traders learn about RR and position management they try to squeeze out the biggest R every time. This produces a low win rate in the early stages. Low win rate creates frustration and emotional baggage. That baggage slows progress and must be undone later.

Solution:

Prioritise a higher win rate early on. Increase RR with your skill and experience.

14. Having unrealistic goals:
Very common. Applies to monthly, yearly, and trade-by-trade expectations. Most beginners want to get rich fast. This creates unrealistic targets. Unrealistic targets create frustration and push traders toward over-risking.

Solution:

Learn to read charts so you can set realistic targets for each trade. Study traders with transparent track records and adjust your percentage goals to levels that align with reality.

15. Always aiming for best-case targets:
Very common. The RR of a trade is calculated from the best-case scenario, but expecting that scenario to hit with full size is a mistake. Traders with this trait often roundtrip winning trades or worse.

Solution:

Read market structure without bias. A best-case target is optional, not guaranteed. Markets are rarely perfect. Build layered ideas with gradual take-profits.

16. Not having a plan:
Very common. Trades get entered on emotion instead of logic. Many start this way due to unrealistic goals, influence from shady figures, and a lack of discipline.

Solution:
Create a plan and follow it. You will be wrong often, but each failed plan gives data about the market and about yourself. Proper plans reduce randomness and speed up learning.

17. Trading other people’s plans:
Very common. It comes from lack of understanding. These traders jump from opinion to opinion. When one plan fails they have no plan B. They open X and wait for their preferred teacher to post a new idea. If no idea appears they freeze and fall into analysis paralysis.

Solution:

Build your own plans and stick to them. Copying someone early to learn a strategy is fine, but real learning starts when you take your own trades with your own logic. Self-accountability is the teacher. It is more valuable to make your own mistakes than to win from someone else’s plan.

18. Not being intentional:
Very common. These traders are unclear about what they want from trading or from life. They trade for many vague reasons but lack a core purpose. Without direction they drift. Motivation fades. Hardship feels pointless.

Solution:

Be intentional. Form a clear picture of where you want to go and who you want to become. That north star carries you through difficulty and anchors your decisions. With a defined destination you move with purpose. Without it you drift like a ship with no course.

19. Overcomplicating instead of simplifying:
Common. Many aspiring traders try to prove something. Their intelligence. Their skill. Their superiority. This pushes them toward complexity. They build convoluted ideas instead of clean ones. Discussions with them reveal the core issue. They are not looking for the best solution. They are looking to be right.

Solution:

Simplify. Ask yourself why you are here. To make money and build the life you want. Or to prove a point. If your answer is money and freedom then direct all intention toward that. Let go of the need to be right and smart. Focus on what works and remove what doesn’t.

[ZERO IKA 🗡️ @IamZeroIka]

The majority should read this.

One of the hardest things in trading is finding the right strategy for your life.

On social media everything looks fast and easy.

“+15% in 3 hours.”
“Bro, I just scalped the 4H and closed with this superbalistic strategy and closed a 20RR trade.”

Maybe it's true, sometimes it is, but almost no one talks about the real cost behind it.

We live in a world obsessed with speed.

Fast results, instant gratification, quick money and LTF trading fits perfectly into that narrative.

It looks like the fastest way to make money.

But what is the real cost of that lifestyle?

We start trading for a very simple reason:
freedom.

More time.
More flexibility.
More presence for our family, our friends, and the things that actually matter.

But if we spend our days glued to charts, watching every tick, sitting in front of a screen for 7–8 hours a day…

We’re not buying freedom, we're just renamed another form of slavery.

And to be clear: there is nothing wrong with trading LTF, I do it too but for me, it will always remain a small part of the game.

The core will always be: HTF + Swing positions + Patience.

Because that approach allows me to do something more important than catching every move in the market.

It allows me to live my life.

Yes, it can be boring sometimes.
Yes, it requires patience.
Yes, sometimes the best decision is simply to wait.

But that’s exactly where clarity comes from.

And if you can develop that patience, if you can stay calm while others chase noise, if you can wait for the moments that truly matter…well, then trading stops being a screen you’re chained to.

It becomes a tool that works for your life, not against it.

The majority will never get it.

[MaxO @_MaxO22_]

What is your relationship with money?

Your relationship with money, will largely determine your success in trading and in any form of business.

Success in the money game is far more emotional and psychological than many want to admit. The beliefs you hold about it influence how you take risk, how you handle drawdowns, how you size positions, and how you react under pressure.

Far too few people question the narratives they carry about themselves. Yet those narratives quietly shape every major outcome in life.

Take an honest look at your own background and ask yourself:

· What kind of money environment did I grow up in?

· Was money scarce or abundant?

· Was debt normalised?

· Was overspending common?

· Was there any form of monetary intelligence or financial education present?

These early experiences shape your subconscious behaviour far more than most people realise. If left unexamined, they quietly run the show, often sabotaging your actions, decisions, and patterns of thought.

If you felt money was scarce as a child, you will most likely see the world through that lens. But money is not scarce: It is infinite, created out of nothing, with billions floating around every single day. You just need to find a way to put yourself into that flow.

Awareness is the first step. You cannot change a pattern you refuse to see.

Installing your own programs is the next step. Create your own narratives instead of becoming a victim of the ones shaped by people and past experiences. Become aware and conscious of your thoughts and behaviours. Thoughts are just thoughts. Your mind should serve you, not the other way around.

An untrained mind is like a dog without boundaries, or like someone constantly talking nonsense next to you, draining your focus and clarity.

A trained mind, on the other hand, is able to choose which thoughts to believe and which actions to take. It creates distance between impulse and decision, allowing you to move with intention instead of reaction. It understands that the narratives you tell yourself are just stories, and that those stories are not fixed, they shift and evolve over time.

Learn to create your own story. Become conscious.

Wake up.

[ZERO IKA 🗡️ @IamZeroIka]

- Educational content: intermarket analysis -

Pay attention because I'm gonna show you something really interesting that might help you to boost your profitability.

One of the most valuable ways to spot undervalued assets is through intermarket relationships, so understanding how capital flows between asset classes and how relative performance reveals mispricing.

As you know, markets do not move in isolation.

Stocks, bonds, commodities, and currencies are interconnected through liquidity, growth expectations, interest rates and, therefore, capital rotation.

When one market diverges from its typical relationship, it may signal a nice opportunity about to flourish.

Intermarket analysis helps you to answer key questions:

- "Is this asset cheap relative to macro conditions?"
- "Is this move confirmed or isolated?"
- "Is capital flowing into or out of this sector?"
- "Is the trend supported by the broader environment?"

"Can you make an example, mate?"

If equities are falling while bond yields are also falling, liquidity is probably improving and equities may thus be temporarily undervalued.

If the USD weakens while commodities are lagging, commodities may be underpriced relative to currency conditions.

But let's see a clean one on charts.

I discussed a few times about the entry on copper from a technical standpoint -> https://t.co/gJ0F92J32g but I also want to show you the counterpart on intermarket analysis.

At that time, several metals were performing well and I created a synthetic index by picking the most important ones: XAU, XPT, AL1! and XAG in order to have a reference for capital rotation.

As you can see, they were creating a strong bullish divergence in a 6D time window against copper

- Metals were rising
- Copper was lagging behind

There was misalignment with the rest of the sector meaning that the probabilities for seeing it catching up were quite high.

Price of copper in that divergence period exited from the fair value creating a clean ORB model and, after a clean test of the entry area, caught up "filling" the divergence.

This is exactly how intermarket analysis and structure execution complement each other.

Copper was not simply bought because price moved but because it was cheap relative to its sector.

So, for the future, build a simple composite of related assets:

- Metals → XAU + XAG + XPT + AL
- Tech → NQ + SOX + XLK
- Energy → Oil + XLE + NatGas
- Rates → Bonds + Gold
- Crypto -> BTC + Large caps

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Overlay target asset vs sector composite looking for:

- Sector ↑ while asset <-->
- Sector ↑ while asset ↓
- Sector breaks first

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Find the divergence, you bias and your entry model -> execute

In practice, intermarket analysis helps you to relative misalignment, moments when one market has not yet adjusted to the signal coming from another.

These are often the highest-quality HTF opportunities.

[ZERO IKA 🗡️ @IamZeroIka]

It took me 5 years to figure out what truly works in trading and that statistically increases the probability of success.

Mistake after mistake and dollar after dollar.

Probably I already covered this topic, but in this post, I'll show you what in my opinion has to be studied more deeply to be one step ahead of the curve.
(alpha in here, believe me)

“Trading? Nah, I’m an investor I don't care”

Before starting, I want to tell you that I was one of the most aggressive “TA deniers” because I thought fundamentals were dictating the price.

After plenty of economic sacrifices, I can tell you that those are lies and once you start understanding technical analysis you also start to figure out that “fundamentals” play 20% of the game while 80% is purely on price action.

So whenever someone tells you: “TA doesn't work, it's astrology for men” that is because he believes in fairytales (like me in the past) and learned the wrong way.

“Wrong way?”

Most people are taught by 90% of “gurus” to utilize MACD, RSI, Stochastic and overall indicators as the primary methods to base their strategies.

How many times did you hear: “Bro, RSI is overbought..time to sell!” ?

Congrats, this is the easiest way to go extra rekt.

What most individuals don't comprehend, along with the functioning of indicators, is that the majority of them are lagging ones.

This means that they trail price movements providing signals AFTER a trend has already begun.

They don’t forecast the future, they “help” to sustain your main thesis, eventually.

Your thesis HAS to be originated by the study of the price action together with the fundamental connotation BEFORE using a single indicator.

Fun fact: you can watch the charts without applying indicators and be one step ahead of most “traders”.

The most profitable guys I know use naked charts.. food for thought, right?

Fix it in your head: there’s no indicator that acts as a passe partout for easy money and those who sell “magic” one are making themselves rich draining your pockets.

What I learned after these 7 years in this jungle, is that this is a game of liquidity played by whales(smart money) that clearly know the behavior of retails.

How they operate from both “technical” and psychological aspects..that’s why they win.

Do you think it's a coincidence, for example, that a specific news is being released at HTF levels?

It's not, because it exploits retail mentality to “justify” the nuke or the surge so retails keep buying or selling like puppets.

Each fundamental news you see “deployed”acts as a catalyst to generate profits independently of its impact on human lives, like in the case of a war, for example.

You think “The Matrix” isn't real but it is, and that's only when you accept that everything is controlled and manipulated that you start to see what others cannot see.

That's also why you notice me talking about “Sharingan”, the innate ability that very few can conquer.

“How can I develop a Sharingan, mate? What are the concepts to master?”

• Market structure (classic HH/HL + LH/LL)

• Support and resistance levels, but most specifically supply and demand zones (more relevant) + order blocks

• Fibonacci levels, which help you to individuate premium and discount areas

• Volume profile (LVN, HVN, VAL, VAH, POC)

• Auction Market Theory and then moving to Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) and Imbalances

• Closures above/below key areas

•Candles size (bodies for gauging strength of the move, wicks for gauging manipulation)

• Statistically effective reversal patterns (H&S/IH&S/Double Top|Bottom/Engulfing)

• Open interest | spot premium | funding

All of these concepts applied to HTFs, because their validity has a bigger “weight” than LTFs.

Is this the only way to chart? No.

Is this the only way to make money? Neither.

Is there a lot to study? Yes, and it's also a constant improvement.

But if you ask me, that's what opened my eyes and grew my Sharingan after YEARS of operating wrongly.

[AnMangor @AnMangor]

@venture_charts Sorry - it was sarcasm, but not pretension. On the X's timeline your post looked confusing without actual ticker.

[AnMangor @AnMangor]

@venture_charts "Perfect" without a ticker - could be Matches or Moss spot either)

[Fed @lord_fed]

The results are in. Size does matter.

New post on the psychology of position sizing. Why it matters more than your entry, your thesis, or your stop. Free to read.

https://t.co/V99o36b0SO

[AnMangor @AnMangor]

Worst ICO/Airdrop outcome in terms of investment return. Simple calculations: burned 100$ for ALO - got 1.9 M points.
Airdrop way: from overall ~ 808,378M points my share is 705 CHIP from 300M. That's 21$ at 300M FDV - fantastic ROI!
ICO way is slightly better: overall 1,083,703M equals to 1162 CHIP and = 35$
Pendle+USDai win in this of course.

[ZERO IKA 🗡️ @IamZeroIka]

To be happy you must eliminate 2 things:
the fear of a bad future and the memory of a bad past.

- Seneca -

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

Скоро будет 24 февраля — 4 года полномасштабного вторжения в Украину.

Я считаю, что лучше оставить тот день для полной поддержки украинцев. Украине нужно много помощи — чтобы продолжать защищаться и чтобы минимизировать человеческие страдания от атак на жилые дома, энергосистему и т. д. Сегодня выскажу своё мнение с точки зрения будущего России.

Я смотрю на эту ситуацию частично с внутренней и частично с внешней перспективы. Я родился в России, моя семья вся русская, но вырос я в Канаде. Политическую ситуацию я всё время наблюдал. В 2017 году даже послал Навальному один биткоин, но сильно вовлечён не был. Я слежу за ситуацией через интернет, как все. И у меня есть свои политические инстинкты после 15 лет в крипте и всякой борьбы в Твиттере (Иксе?). У каждого есть право меня слушать или не слушать — как хотите.

Здесь напишу две части:

1. Почему я поддерживаю Украину и говорю, что эта война — преступная агрессия, а не «сложная ситуация, где обе стороны вели себя грязно», как говорят некоторые?
2. Про будущее: сегодняшний «тупик», идея «мира с народом России», и на основе каких идей может быть создано более положительное будущее России, и правильная роль идей «децентрализации», «цифровой демократии» и.т.д.