When a family member tells me they want to learn trading, I tell them, Watch these videos first, then come back and we'll go over what you learned. After that, we'll do a one-on-one session.
To this day, I haven't heard back from a single one of them.
you get a small window of opportunity at the beginning of bull markets to position while everyone else is asleep at the wheel before the herd comes in with volume
right now is that time
I don’t think people understand what “chasing internet money” really means.
You’re not just risking money.
You’re risking time, reputation, sanity, relationships, sleep.
The win looks lucky because nobody watched the times you looked insane and lost your mind.
Once you get funded after all the struggles through challenge phase, CALM DOWN
Trading a funded account is beyond knowing your entries and exits.
Two major things you must do:
- First, strip off all the responsibilities you want to use your payout to solve from your mind, constantly remind yourself "the problems/ responsibilities will be solved with or without the funded account anyways". Life will definitely go on whether you have the funded account or not.
A constant reminder will condition your mind to be patient and trade better.
- Secondly, remove set target for your payout from your mind, don't condition your mind to a particular figure that you must get to before you can request for payout, many have lost their funded accounts from huge profits back to drawdown because they want to make all their profits in one payout.
Take what you see and start again, once you withdraw into your account you'll appreciate the money more. As you are looking for $10K, if you see $1K grab it, if you're looking for $1K, if you see $100 take it out, don't postpone your payout because it's not "enough" you may cryyy at the end.
One mistake I see traders make is sticking to just one timeframe. You basically need at least 3 timeframes to run a top down analysis
You could combine Either of these 3 depending on the type of trader you are (scalper, Day trader, Swing Trader)
1️⃣ Your higher timeframe could be any of this ➡️ Weekly, Daily, H4
- Answers one question, is the market bullish or bearish?
- You also get to identify the overall direction, key swing points, and S&R levels.
2️⃣ The intermediate timeframe (H4, H1, M30)
- Mostly used to analyze and identify the market Structure.
- It helps you identify premium and discount zones, potential entry zones, and logical targets.
3️⃣ The lower timeframe (M30, M15, M5)
For confirmation entries, refined entries and targets.
❕A bullish bias alone doesn’t tell you where to enter.
❕A clean entry model without bias doesn’t tell you if you’re trading with or against the market.
The best traders combine all.
Master this, and you’ll stop taking setups blindly and start executing with context🥂
I lost most of my friends becoming a trader.
Not because they left.
Because I was somewhere else mentally for years.
The price of focus nobody talks about.
If you ever make life-changing money — whether from betting, crypto, forex, or anywhere else — actually change your life with it. Don’t get comfortable thinking the same wave that lifted you can’t pull you back under. The market that made you can unmake you just as fast. Lock in your wins, protect what you’ve built and never mistake a good run for invincibility.
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If you’re a trader trying to level up, stay motivated, or understand what it truly takes to win in the markets, this episode is for you.
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