If you want to succeed in life, you need to learn to think and act independently of the good opinion of others.
No one cares about your future as much as you do. No one is coming to make you successful. No one is going to make you rich. That’s your responsibility.
You have to make decisions based on your own passions, your own dreams, your own goals, and your own tolerance for risk—not based on what someone else thinks you should do.
And yes, that includes your parents, your kids, your spouse, your friends—and society.
Listen to advice. Consider opinions. Learn from people you respect. But ultimately, you have to live your life—not the life other people have chosen for you.
If you want uncommon results, you have to be willing to make decisions that other people may not understand, approve of, or agree with.
Your life. Your decisions. Your consequences. Your future.
Absolutely
In fact, this is true of a lot of trading.
It's not hard to learn what we *should/shouldn't* do... But it's quite difficult to consistently put it into practice
Like anything, it takes awareness and intentional repetition.
$ES $SPX $SPY 4H
An EXAMPLE of what the change in control could look like (rough sketch, not a specific time/price prediction)
Bears need
- Impulsive trend shift
- Corrective retrace
AKA a reversal structure/1-2/displacement/etc
If this happens, I'll be hunting for the lows
Incredibly accurate.
I'll add: Without confidence and self-belief as a trader, you will not make it. You're done. Market will press on that hard.
Technical analysis? Easiest part of trading, that can be learnt in weeks.
Mindset is what takes years, and pain, to really control. (for me anyway).
“If you are depressed, you are living in the past.
If you are anxious, you are living in the future.
If you are at peace, you are living in the present.”
― Lao Tzu