the market doesn't owe you a trade
some days you watch
some days you wait
some days you walk away with nothing
that's not failure that's the job
the ones who last
aren't the ones who trade the most
they're the ones who know when to stay out
The market is not random; it is an algorithm seeking efficiency. Look for the porous gaps, track the delivery of liquidity, and execute at the exact point of perfect delivery. #ICT
- Sleepless nights.
- Deep thoughts.
- Sad, frustrated.
- Low-key depressed.
- Secretly losing his mind.
And still hoping it’ll click one day.
Still hoping that it’ll finally make sense.
That’s a trader.
DON’T give up.
I pray it all works out for you soon.
Trading is HARD.
There are difficult times no one talks about.
Dark nights no one talks about.
Those days you feel like you’ve only wasted time, money and energy.
Those days you sit alone and that question hits your head; “will trading ever work for me?”
Those days you show up but still don’t get the results you desire.
Those days you remember all the sacrifices you’ve made for this path.
Those days you question your strategy, your system.
Those days you question even yourself.
These days are real.
You would go through them.
And if you’ve gone through them or still going through them, I just have one word to say to you.
Persist. Push.
Don’t stop. Don’t give up.
You have come far already and you’re close to your potential.
Those struggles are there to build you.
You’re closer than you can imagine.
Don’t give up.
It will pay off. ❤️
The magic of trading is patience—the quiet satisfaction of waiting and taking your rightful share, earned, not granted by luck.
Do not rush; do not trade in haste.
Keep your life’s cadence on time—sleep, wake, routine.
Live in haste, trade in haste—and the market will erase you.
Trading Times
Most of my London trades are taken between 4:00am and 4:30…ideally.
Pre-New York trades are consistently between 6:30am and 8am
New York is usually 9:50 or 10:50 macro’s.
Asian trades are between 18:00 and 20:30.
Algorithm is coded:
-To raid on stops.
-To fill inefficiencies. (Price doesn't need to fill it, yet it delievers there for raiding initial stops)
-To reach standard deviations. (For creating new price range)
Understanding this will change your way of anticipating price.
Ed.