One of the best paragraph I ever read and that is still printed in my mind:
"Trading is an art that is learned not by adding something to one’s knowledge, but by removing something from one’s nature.
Waiting, for a trader, is the most refined and difficult form of action to master.
To wait and to do nothing are two very different things, within waiting lies opportunity.
In the time “wasted” waiting, the mindset of a true trader is forged.
Waiting is not for everyone, only those who have understood that trading is also a patient hunt, waiting for the prey to stick its nose out of the den, are capable of “wasting” time wisely.
Boredom is a treacherous sidekick of the ego, an apparently harmless ally, yet one that ensnares the minds of many traders.
Lurking, like a cat, scanning for opportunities: it’s a concept universally accepted in theory, but practically ignored by a vast number of aspiring traders.
Doing nothing and waiting are two very different things.
Observing patiently, awaiting the right moment, is boring, very boring.
Opportunities will be missed.
But that is the price to pay to avoid unexpected setbacks, ones that often stem from a small trade made to escape boredom or to chase the latest “trend” everyone is talking about."
Achieving financial freedom is a must for survival. It's not just about accumulating wealth, but gaining the ability to bypass certain limitations and risks. Financial independence allows you to avoid being tied to a job that forces you to be in close quarters with others, where health risks are heightened. It gives you the freedom to avoid crowded buses or trains, where personal space is nonexistent, and instead affords you the option of a safe, remote location until things settle down.
Procrastinating is essentially choosing to trade your time, and ultimately your life, for the comfort of laziness.
If you believe the attacks to people’s health and finances are over, you may be new to the world of money. Financial freedom is not a luxury. It's a necessity for survival in uncertain times. The elites want you poor and enslaved. They also profit if you die.
The slaughterhouse is real.
📖 25 "Cheat-codes" to achieve Success in Life
1) If you want to flourish, you take care of the soil rather than the seed. Upgrade your environment, because your environment upgrades you.
2) A flower doesn't go after the bee. The flower flourishes, and then the bee will come. Stop chasing butterflies. Plant a garden (build) so they will come to you (results)
3) Stop hanging out with losers unless you want to be one yourself. Hanging out online included - The sources you choose to receive content from, are one very big reason for your future decisions and outcomes. Choose carefully what you fill your mind it, and what you spend your most valuable asset (time) on. Don't worry about following too many sources or having too many friends. Quality over Quantity.
4) Try to never be the smartest person in all rooms you're in. Be somewhere where you can consistently learn, and be somewhere where you can consistently teach - Teaching is learning twice and can build trustworthy networks.
5) Define one Big goal for your life. Make it explicit. It will serve as your north star. Write it down in detail on a piece of paper and look at it every once in a while to remind yourself why you're doing all of this. People who write down goals are much more likely to achieve them Vs who doesn't.
6) Once you know where you're going, stay in your lane and let the nay-sayers be. They'll try to distract you and discourage you, because deep inside they actually fear you achieve more than they ever did. Remember that you're not competing with them. You're competing with poverty and who you were yesterday. Seek progress rather than perfection.
7) The worst position to find yourself in: No money + No time. Barely anyone on the planet is victim of both combined. The person who has time can always choose to trade it for money. Once you have money, you can begin choosing to trade it for time. Learn this arbitrage and you're sorted for life.
8) There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. Focus on doing what you do, and do it consistently better. It takes thousands of hours to master anything life-changing.
9) For as long as you live remember that the only free cheese is in the mousetrap.
10) Every day, do one thing that gets you closer to your big goal. Venture out into the unknown. Get out of your comfort zone. Remember, boats are safe in the harbor, but that's not what boats are for.
11) Do not quit. Everyone who won at life, simply did not give up. It might take a while, it might be hard, it might be scary at times, but as long as you keep putting one foot in front of the other, you will eventually get to a life most can only dream of. Hardships are life's way of seeing if you're ready to level up.
12) Never assume the answer is No before you ask. Let them be the ones to tell you No. More often than not you'll be surprised by how wrong you were to assume the worst. A "No" doesn't change your reality much. A "Yes" might do. Even if you get a "No", then you can ask what would've made them say "Yes". Their feedback will help you grow. You need the right mindset to understand the value on this.
13) Let them hate. Nobody throws stones at a tree that doesn't have ripe fruit on it. If you begin having haters, you're growing.
14) Stop expecting them to see what you see. Stop expecting them to act the way you would act. Stop expecting YOU from other people. They won't be able to see the world the way you see it. When you talk growth and achievements with people who don't want to grow, to them it sounds like bragging. They'll resent you from trying to move up from where they are, because your progress makes them realize that they are less in comparison. A man with no aspirations sees dreams as arrogance.
15) Others will only see the outcome, not the effort. "Overnight success" usually takes years to accomplish.
16) Stop chasing people. Yes, sex is fun, but making your dreams come true is the ultimate climax. You can't even imagine what it's like to wake up without the stress of having to survive/follow boss's rules.
17) The only real test of intelligence is if you actually get what you want out of life. Ask yourself: "If i'm so smart why am i not rich? Why have i been so many years selling my time for cheap money to make other people rich?"
Smart people are able to figure these things out. Maybe you're just smarter than your inner circle and that makes you feel smart enough, but are you?...Self-reflect and you might find the answers to change your life moving forward.
18) Learn to use leverage (and this is not about futures...) Those who use the tools at their disposal outperform the rest. Most people's lives are cheap because they think investing in themselves is expensive.
19) Rise up early. The world is lazy and unmotivated. It's easy to compete with them if you're up before them. An extra hour awake is worth more when you're 30 than when you're 80. It pays off to cut on sleep when you're younger.
20) In life you have to choose one of two pains: The pain of Discipline, or the pain of Regret.
21) You feel bad because deep down you know you could be doing better. The gap between reality and expectations creates stress. Either bring your reality to the level of your expectations, or bring your expectations to the level of your reality. Make a choice.
22) People want you to do well in life, but not better than them. Pay attention to those who don't cheer when you win. They're always ready to give you "advice" or even laugh if you fail, because they never win.
23) You can get rich by taking large amounts of risk with low amounts of money. You stay rich by taking low amounts of risk with large amounts of money.
24) Cost of public failure is the ticket to the life you dream about. Most people live with the fear of public embarassment, so they settle for whatever society tells them to settle for. You don't need others to believe in you if you believe in yourself. You get to decide whether to be your greatest obstacle, or your biggest fan.
25) The world where you were born, no longer exists, so open up your mind and get ready for the future.
Lastly, it's not the recipe that you're missing. You're smart enough to know what needs to be done, but you have to do it rather than thinking of doing it later. What you need is 6 months of focus, productive routine. In 3 years from now your life can be so much better if for the next 6 months you put in the work on your mindset and skills.
If you're trading, your #1 mistake when going long or short will be constantly looking @ your open position P&L. Have a plan and stick to it.
If your targets for profit arrive, respect them instead of "just a little bit more**", or do a large TP and move your SL into profit level. If you get stopped (on profit or on loss), let it do so and find new opportunities. You need to accept the loss and learn from it. If the play isn't going as you expected, your analysis was wrong. If you will be trying to avoid losing trades you will never become successful. N-E-V-E-R.
**You had an initial plan, with TPs and your stop-loss***, but because price is aggressively going on your direction, you want more, and you begin disrespecting your plan. It could even go well here and there, but you're destroying your Discipline and you will ultimately lose.
***If you had an initial stop-loss set, why are you adding size/increasing your SL when price is about to kick you out of the play? Look at CAPO with a rookie mistake, always adding size because price is going against him. That's how you get absolutely REKT. It doesn't matter if sometimes you can get out of this "underwater" position doing this. You're relying on hope more than anything else, and the most likely outcome is: REKT.
On the other hand, if you're on winning positions, you can increase size on pullbacks/retracements into 🗝️ levels where you do not see an MTF/HTF BOS. This isn't what he's done as he was adding to shorts to avoid getting stopped. The whole play was a disgrace and you don't need to be a Pro-trader to realize this to be true.
No 2 trades are the same. There's no 1-strategy-fits-all either. You need to learn how to identify how optimal certain levels are, and risk more on the most optimal levels rather than just random LTF levels or trying to make $ fast. You can, but on those plays you risk less. You don't choose when to make $. Not at beginner to intermediate level of skill. At least you shouldn't. You should find the levels, set alerts, and wait for those notifications (and you should write a note on the alerts because sometimes they can take a while to hit and you will not remember the reasons why you had your alerts on). If your goal is to make a lot of $ every year, you should do it this way. If your goal is to play the game, have fun, gamble often, then you can just fuc* around.
Have a "plan B" for every single trade. Think 3+ moves ahead. The greatest players on whatever sport are the greatest because they're thinking 3+ moves ahead, such as in Snooker, Golf, Tennis, Chess, and many others. If you don't have a plan and if you're not thinking 3+ moves ahead and price starts going against your expectation, you will most likely enter "analysis-paralysis" and begin taking stupid decisions that will be costly.
When you're planning a trade, think about what you will do if you get stopped or if you get front-ran into the next level of liquidity.
Journal your plays, accumulate 100+ trades, and then assess performance. If bad, then you need to change your strategies as they're not working, but without a track-record you will be no more than running after your own tail and losing consistently, until you eventually give up, but this is the most life-changing opportunity you've ever bumped into, so i would focus on doing it right if i was you.
Winning is easy. Losing is hard. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a Champion someday.
You can study my theory.
You can learn my technical analysis.
But you can’t replicate my critical thinking, my pattern recognition, or my ability to cut through noise as those are products of my own journey. They’re earned, not taught.
However, you can commit to self-mastery. And with enough time, discipline, and clarity, your mind might evolve to see what i see. Only a microscopic fraction can operate at this level, but it’s not unreachable.
If you feel that potential inside you, don’t ignore it. Pursue it. Because even if you never fully match my vision, you’ll still end up sharper, wiser, and wealthier a decade from now.
Because when you choose to level up, you can’t lose. The only ceiling is the one you set, so raise it higher than you think is possible.
That���s the beauty of life: Your limits are negotiable. The boundaries you believe in are often illusions shaped by fear, past failures, or other people’s opinions.
You can renegotiate them.
You can rewrite the contract.
The ceiling you’re living under was likely never real. It was just a mental agreement you made without knowing it.
Question it. Push it. Break it.
I’ve lived both sides. I know what it’s like to be broke and i know what it’s like to be wealthy. And trust me, the difference isn’t just financial.
So take the message.
Absorb the truth.
And go level up.