Sterling

Building financial freedom, one day at a time.
📈 Trading Journey | 🤖 AI Experiments
🎯 Real journey. Real progress.

[Sterling @Detmarsternoe]

Let’s goooooo Spain 🇪🇸 to the finals LFG!!!! @FIFAWorldCup @spain #spain #FIFAWordlCup2026

[AK47 - Prime Trading Investments @JoshSmithTrades]

3 tells the stock was going to reverse....

Here they are!

[Sterling @Detmarsternoe]

@enter_liquidity I can say that staring at the $$ amount plays more with my emotions

[Sterling @Detmarsternoe]

@MichaelPatak want another 25k static ones

[Sterling @Detmarsternoe]

Project Freedom Day 2

Today wasn't my best trading day.

I woke up feeling sick, still went to work 10 hours and honestly, I probably shouldn't have traded.

Out of my three evaluations:
✅ One finished green.
🛑 On one evaluation, I respected my own daily loss limit and stopped trading.
🛑 On another, I hit the prop $1,000 daily loss limit.
The screenshots tell the story.

The easy thing would be to only post the winning days.
That's not what Project Freedom is about.
I'm documenting the real journey, the wins, the losses, and the lessons.

Today's lesson:
Your physical and mental state can affect your decisions just as much as your strategy.
Tomorrow is another opportunity to execute better.

Execution over emotion.

Question for other traders: Have you ever noticed your trading change when you're tired, stressed, or sick?

Project Freedom continues...

[Sterling @Detmarsternoe]

@bkfcorp I appreciate it! Thanks for the support. This is just the beginning of Project Freedom. 💪

[Sterling @Detmarsternoe]

A few days ago, I lost my funded $25,000 account.
It was frustrating because I realized the problem wasn't my strategy...
It was me.
Instead of quitting, I started over.

These are my 3 new evaluations.
The first two evaluations were deep in the red.
The easy thing would've been to revenge trade and blow them.
Instead, I slowed down, followed my plan, and worked my way back.
Today, all 3 are back in green, but the bigger win is that I followed my plan.
But that's not the biggest lesson.

I've realized something about my trading...
I know how to pass prop firm evaluations. I've done it multiple times.
The problem starts once I get funded.
I stop focusing on executing my plan and start focusing on making money.
That's when I break my own rules.

So today I'm starting Project Freedom.

I'll document everything:
· The wins
· The losses
· The lessons
· AI experiments
· Building financial freedom while working a full-time job

If you've struggled with the same thing or you're on a similar journey, I’d love to hear your story too.
Let's grow together.
Project Freedom Day 1

[Sterling @Detmarsternoe]

@enter_liquidity Keep it up

[Sterling @Detmarsternoe]

@Praeenz Never quit I’m on the a
Same boat

[Sterling @Detmarsternoe]

@stefanydavla @kyle_maring @Topstep @alwayzl84ad8 Love those pivots helping me a lot and adding some levels I use daily now need to keep my mentality good always

[Sterling @Detmarsternoe]

@stefanydavla @Topstep @alwayzl84ad8 Let’s go that is awesome today was actually one of the best Asia session I caught

[AK47 - Prime Trading Investments @JoshSmithTrades]

Struggling in premarket or at the bell? Watch this!

[AK47 - Prime Trading Investments @JoshSmithTrades]

Need a premarket routine for trading small caps? Check this out!!

[Sterling @Detmarsternoe]

@jakepaul Hope you never get injured

[Sterling @Detmarsternoe]

@barstoolsports Crazy 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

The most disappointing fight in the history of the sport

Looks like Conor McGregor immediately blew out his knee vs Max Holloway

[Sterling @Detmarsternoe]

@stefanydavla @alwayzl84ad8 @Topstep Fire