Hey fam ππ½, I know I havenβt been as consistent lately with updating on how the setups/biases I share play out. School has me tied up right now ππ. I still do my best to drop free predictions, but sometimes I canβt follow up as quickly as Iβd like. Appreciate your patience.
One of the toughest challenges in trading is knowing exactly what you need to do to become profitable but still struggling to do it.
How to overcome it :
1. Learn detachment.
Stop seeing trading as a way to make money quickly. Instead, view it as a slow, long-term process. You don't need to double your account overnight. Even 1% a week can compound into something significant over time.
2. Don't let social media pressure you.
Imagine you're patiently waiting for your setup, then you open social media and see someone posting a winning trade. That can trigger FOMO and tempt you to take impulsive trades that weren't part of your plan. Stay focused on your strategy, not someone else's results.
3. Never trade what you didn't plan.
If you identify a potential setup, write it down first. Define your entry, risk, SL, TP and trade management before placing the trade. If it wasn't planned, don't trade it.
4. Don't rely on trading as your only source of income especially if you're not yet consistent.
Having other sources of income reduces financial pressure, making it easier to stay detached and follow your trading plan instead of forcing trades.
Trading psychology is not only about controlling emotions. It's about building habits and creating an environment where making the right decision becomes easier.
The Law of Detachment is one of the most underrated skills in trading.
Most traders are attached to the outcome of every single trade.
They need this trade to win.
They need to recover a loss.
They need to make money today.
That attachment creates fear, hesitation, revenge trading, and overtrading.
Professional traders think differently.
They are detached from the outcome of any one trade because they know one trade means nothing.
Their focus is simple:
β’ Follow the plan.
β’ Manage risk.
β’ Let probabilities play out.
A losing trade doesn't make you a bad trader.
A winning trade doesn't make you a genius.
Your job is not to predict every move.
Your job is to execute your edge consistently.
The moment you stop trading for money and start trading your process, your psychology changes completely.
Detach from the result.
Attach to the process.
That's where consistency begins.
Iβll tell you something most people still donβt realize:
Figuring out where the market is likely headed usually is NOT the hard part. Most of the time, bias is NOT the real problem.
The hardest part is finding the right entry and having the discipline to stick to your model when the market starts moving in your direction without you.
Thatβs where most traders abandon their process and end up chasing.
Executions and model >> bias and prediction.
I genuinely don't understand the Fabrizio Romano hate.
Different journalists have different ways of reporting news, and at such a young age (33), he has worked so hard to become arguably the biggest football reporter in the world.
I have massive and equal respect for him and David Ornstein, and it doesn't make sense pulling one down while trying to appreciate the other.
Asides his transfer news, I have come to enjoy his general football updates.
The thing is, a lot of people have absolutely no idea the level of hard work required to do what Fabrizio is doing.
If you don't like how he works, simply unfollow him instead of rubbishing his sleepless nights of hard work.