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IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES YOU TO MAKE TRADING WORK.
The internet is full of people claiming they became millionaires in 2 years or telling you to quit if you’re not profitable after 1.
Most of the people saying that are either lying or unprofitable themselves.
Instead of believing strangers on the internet, put your head down and focus on your own journey.
1, 3, 5 or 10 years… who cares?
Most professions take years to master, yet somehow people expect to make money from the markets after a few months.
If trading was that easy, everyone and their grandma would be doing it.
Stay in your lane, be smart with your finances while learning and just keep going.
I’d rather make trading work after 10 years than quit after 2 because somebody else told me to.
Trading is fucking hard because
it slowly dismantles your ego.
At first, you think intelligence will save you.
Then you think effort will.
Then you think confidence will.
The market strips all of that away.
It doesn’t care how smart you are.
It doesn’t care how badly you want it.
It only respects discipline executed
consistently under pressure.
That realization hurts more than losses
because it means you can’t shortcut growth.
One thing you should know is that not everyone is good at business and not everyone will excel in business. 20% return in not small at all. The 1M Naira is not too big and that's why you think the 200K is a small amount.
There's a man who sold the land he inherited from his father at about 100 million naira. He locked up the money and gets 20M naira every year (December) as his return. That is approximately 1.67M naira every month.
He stopped working for over 5 years now and all he does is this: whenever the 20M naira drops, he spreads it across the year to receive about 1.8-2M naira every month because he gets added interest.
If you are not good in business, please drop your money in MMF. Don't jump into business because you see others doing it.
Above all, love God.
I once had a conversation with a trader.
A trader some people would call ''extremely aggressive''.
MF risks 5-6% per trade.
I'm dead serious.
Takes 3-4 trades a month.
Only takes what he calls ''A++++ setups''.
He made $5.6 million in 2025.
$5.6 MILLION, DUDE.
IN 1 YEEEAAR.
He looked at me and said something I’ll never forget:
''See this $8 million house? 1% risk per trade ain't gonna buy this shit.''
''Everyone wants to become a millionaire trader, then they risk 0.5% a trade.''
''Gain confidence in your setup; take less, but better trades; then bet the damn farm on them.''
''That's the only way you can make real money trading.''
Best advice I've ever received.
YouTubers be like “wake up at 4am and run, that’s alpha!” No, it’s not. Look at apex predators; they’re all lazy. Bears hibernate, lions sleep all day. You know who wakes up at 4am and runs? Squirrels.
One thing about the majors ( EU, GU, AU, etc) is that you won’t really make good money only by day trading them..
You must learn to hold your trades
Sometimes, you might need to hold for days.
And if you think you can close and enter again, that’s another problem.
Best way to trade them?
Trust your model
Hold if necessary
If you're coming from the ground, no inheritance, no stealing, no fraud, nothing at all, Investing alone will NOT take you out of the trenches. Even a 100% ROI on nothing is still nothing.
You need something that generates serious money first. A high-income skill, a business, a high-paying job, but even a business needs starting capital, and that's why school was meant to give you that first edge. A skill. A foundation.
If you're still in school focus. Become the best in your field. If you're not, pick a skill and master it.
Either way, you'll need an insane amount of work. You might even have to run multiple streams and juggle everything at the same time.
Then when the money comes, take risks. Calculated, intentional, aggressive risk. Take risks with small money to get up. When you're up, take small, guaranteed risk with big money to stay up.
But then, I think every married man should take a clue from it.
When you wife says that you're owing her, do not start shouting or cussing her out.
You may wish to audit what she says you're owing her, but she is not really expecting you to pay all if you cannot do it.
Acknowledge it, and pay what you can pay out of it.
It'll make your wife happy.
There are many things that your wife does without necessarily disturbing you for them.
This is why you should always give your wife money for nothing sometimes.
And if she's a housewife, pay her monthly stipends.
For those of you that are married to good wives, you'd notice that whenever you give her money to spoil herself or purchase something for herself, she may use more of that money to buy things for the kids or the house.
Never leave your wife's account or pocket empty.
Be conscious of it.
You may be too busy to notice what she does, and handles in your absence.
That's why she's your wife.
I don't regret marrying my wife, even if I may grumble because I am human.
But if you honestly assess why she says you're owing her, you'd see that the debt you're paying isn't mostly because she used the money on herself.
But for you and the kids that you both have.
End.