Finance is the best industry ever because you don't have to care what someone thinks about you.
There's no Machiavellian politics. There's little bureaucracy.
The only thing that matters are returns. Is your PnL higher than it was at the start of the year or not.
You don't have to like me but you must respect my performance. I don't care if you think I'm a good person, or an asshole. My returns speak for themselves.
If you held through:
- October 10th crash
- US and Iran war
- February dump
- Saylor FUD
- Quantum FUD
- Exchanges shutting down
- Clarity Act delays
- Hardware wallets getting hacked
You fucking deserve this pump.
Everyone knows what retail FOMO looks like.
Buying the top, panic-selling the bottom, wondering why the universe hates them.
But there’s a more advanced version I'm going to call: Intermediate FOMO. This one hits traders who actually know a decent amount about what they’re doing.
Earlier today I walked through a setup live. Almost everything to confirm the position was aligned...yet the final confirmation never arrived. And that’s exactly where intermediate FOMO shows up.
It’s not “I’m scared of missing the entire move...”
It’s “I can see the direction. I can feel the bias. And I’m tired of waiting for the market to give me permission”
I’ve said it to friends before:
“...But I don’t want to lose 20% of the move just waiting for confirmation!"
That sentence has probably cost me more money over time than I would like to admit. Either from being directionally wrong or from having horrible entries. That is, until I changed my approach.
Missing the first 10-20% of a move is not failure. It’s the cost of filtering noise from signal.
It’s the price you pay to avoid being one of the victims of market manipulation or Apex Games.
The real skill isn’t spotting direction.
You must have the discipline to let the market prove it before you commit capital.
Intermediate FOMO is the ego whispering,
“You’re smart enough to front-run confirmation”
Mastery is recognizing that confirmation isn’t a loss as much as it is insurance.
Insurance against chop, traps, and beautifully-structured setups that never actually ignite.
Overcoming it isn’t about eliminating the urge.
It’s about reframing the psychology:
You’re not losing anything by waiting.
You’re only earning the right to enter a real move, not a fantasy one.
And on the moves that do run without you?
Good. Let them.
A missed opportunity costs $0.
A premature entry can cost your entire day.
True patience is an Apex Predator trait.
Let the river come to you so that you may drink. Don't try to force the water to flow in your direction.
🫡 From the depths —
The White Whale