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THE RETURN OF CONGOLESE TUTSI REFUGEES - One of the
Most Preeminent ROOT CAUSES OF THE CONFLIT IN THE DRC
The return of Congolese Tutsi refugees to the DRC stands as one of the root causes of the conflict in the east because it touches the most sensitive fault lines of land ownership, citizenship, security, and historical grievances.
Decades of displacement created unresolved claims over territory and political belonging, and each wave of return trial has collided with Kinshasa unwillingness, local power structures, armed groups, and competing narratives of identity.
Felix Tshisekedi has politicized this important issue and has become a stumbling block to the process of return.
In the mix of the ongoing Washington Accords implementation, it is your responsibility to apply pressure and make sure that the current DRC president and his government comply and act on this issue of Tutsi refugee return to their mother land Congo.
When repatriation is unmanaged or politicized, it fuels fear, manipulation, and cycles of violence; when ignored, it entrenches exile and resentment.
Addressing this issue is therefore not only a humanitarian imperative but a political and security necessity, requiring clear guarantees of citizenship rights, land dispute mechanisms, community reconciliation, and regional cooperation to prevent the conflict from endlessly reproducing itself.
The return of Congolese Tutsi refugees to the DRC is a critical issue in the ongoing conflict in eastern DRC, and it holds political, security, humanitarian, and reconciliation significance.
IF IT REMAINS UNRESOLVED THIS ONGOING CRISIS IN EASTERN DRC WILL NEVER END.
RK
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MY TOP LESSONS FROM 2025 TO TAKE WITH YOU INTO 2026!
Last year had a lot of highs, a lot of lows, and with it 10 key lessons that I felt important to learn and carry forwardâŠ
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@madaznfootballr Put a broker max loss on bud, i'll avoid you all these headaches ... Took me too long to do too, ... ego... but ended up being the last best twik I needed to do. Amazing results last year ever...
15 YEARS OF TRADING ADVICE
I started trading in 2011, and my first lesson was brutal but simple: trust the process and focus on getting better every day.
My start was awful. Real-time trading was fast, chaotic, and unforgiving. I hesitated on entries, chased moves, and held losers far past my stop. I made the same mistakes over and over. Before long, I was at the back of my training class at @TRLM.
Progress didnât come from trading more â it came when I stepped back and built a framework for improvement: deliberate practice, structured review, and systemizing my work. I wasnât making money yet, but my win rate and consistency were improving. That mattered.
In 2012, I learned something that changed everything: most profits come from very few opportunities.
I coined the âBroken Slot Machineâ concept and drastically narrowed my focus to in-play stocks â names with exceptional volume, volatility, or fresh news. Cutting out noise was a turning point. I still trade this way today.
2013 was my breakthrough year.
I stopped chasing complexity and built a small playbook of âeasy moneyâ trades â simple, repeatable setups with defined risk. A few mean-reversion plays. Small, consistent wins. Fewer unforced errors. Thatâs when my PNL finally stabilized and my confidence started compounding.
In 2014, I nearly blew up my career.
A fat-tail after-hours loss wiped out over $100K in minutes. That drawdown forced me to build strict drawdown protocols â daily, weekly, and monthly loss limits with zero exceptions. Those rules didnât just save my career â theyâve saved countless others since.
By 2015, I shifted my mindset away from obsessing over PNL and toward improving expected value every day â what I now call the Bobblehead Concept. Red days became feedback. Growth became the metric. That mindset carried me through the emotional swings of trading.
In 2016, I learned how much environment matters.
Trading isnât purely an individual sport. Being surrounded by serious traders â sharing ideas, accountability, and lessons â accelerated growth faster than anything else.
In 2017, I adopted the Daily Report Card habit.
Daily reflection. One improvement at a time. Treating trading like a professional athlete reviewing game film. This single habit was foundational to everything that followed.
In 2018, I stopped trying to be early.
I learned to wait for the right side of the V â letting moves exhaust before entering. Risk dropped. Win rate rose. Size increased. Being right mattered more than being first.
From 2019 onward, it was about 1% improvements, adaptability, and pressing size only when edge was extreme.
2020 rewarded preparation. After almost 10 years of trading, COVID hit and it was a day trader's dream market. Most traders scale linearly, but the real outlier performance comes from identifying when you have an A+ setup and absolutely maximizing it. Doing so allowed me to have my first year making over $10m in PNL.
By 2021, my technical skills were dialed in. What mattered most was psychology and performance optimization. I realized that how I managed my mental game determined how consistently I could execute at the highest level.
Once you have edge, your mental state is what determines how consistently you stick to your system and capture the opportunities in front of you. Strong mental game allows you to avoid FOMO, ragetrading, and other bad habits that leech our PNL.
2022 the markets slowed down and punished many that didn't adapt. I realized that survival in trading isnât about always being aggressiveâitâs about trading based on what the market requires of you. The best traders donât try to force the market to fit them, they fit their trading to the market and evolve faster than everyone else.
2023 I started allocating more energy toward swing tradingâholding positions for days rather than seconds or minutes. This, coupled with selling options premium, gave me the space to step back, zoom out, and build a more sustainable lifestyle. I was no longer glued to the screen 10 hours a day. It reminded me that trading is a means to an end.
2024, I pushed myself to go beyond stocks. I dove deeper into options, futures, and overnight trading. Each new product came with its own quirks, nuances, and edge opportunities. Learning these instruments wasnât just about more toolsâit was about building a truly diversified and adaptable trading approach that maximizes your expected value based on the situation. At the elite level, the more markets and products you open yourself up to, the more opportunities you have to profit and the more mediums you have to express your trade in the most effective way possible.
Now at the end of 2025, after 15 years, the biggest lesson is this:
Thereâs no finish line in this game. The best traders stay curious. They stay hungry. And no matter how good you get, if youâre going to stay relevant in markets, you need to always be learning.
I'm excited to see what 2026 will bring and I wish you all nothing but health, happiness, and the success you all are looking for.
@TradeZeroCanada TRADEZERO CANADA
â ïžâ ïžâ ïžExperiencing HUGE OPTIONS DELAYS in orders executions. And its been like this for the whole month of November: MANIPULATIONS??? FRAUD
A CRITICAL MESSAGE TO ALL TRADERS
I would be remiss not to speak about the carnage that went on in the crypto markets yesterday. To those who just lost everything in the liquidation - this message is for you. And to those who had no exposure whatsoever - this message is also for you.
As awful as this moment feels, there is no undo button. But life does go on. I know that feeling. That pit in your stomach, that internal prayer that all of this is a bad dream. That desire that you could just go back in time and make those small changes you were so close to making. I feel you. Iâve been there multiple times.
No matter how many times it happens, it feels like your world collapses. You try to control your thoughts but your mind goes right back to what happened. It all seems hopeless. But if youâve ever built anything once, youâve already proven you can build again. Whether you lost $1,000, $1 million, or $100 million, the pain is real. Nobodyâs pain should be minimized.
No matter how rich you are, you still feel those same primal emotions. We are programmed to feel that way. In fact, the more you lose, the heavier it often feels because the more your wealth has become your identity.
But recognize this: what you are feeling is our primal programming. Our evolutionary psychology to preserve and protect resources. That programming is flawed though.
We always have one ability: to take control over our thoughts and feelings. To recognize that we donât need to keep reliving the same pain. As they say in Buddhism, being struck by the first arrow hurts. But we donât need to keep forcing ourselves to get hit by the 2nd and 3rd and 4th. Even if it feels impossible, we can focus on the breathe and find control over our thoughts and emotions.
Money isnât the most important thing in life. The things that truly matter canât be bought, and they canât be taken away by a liquidation - your health, your loved ones, your integrity, your ability to start again. The biggest gift we have is life itself and the freedom to carve a new future. That agency is what defines us as humans.
Get outside. Spend time with friends and family. Seek help if you need it. There is always room for a brighter tomorrow as long as you remember that you still have agency.
What you are feeling isnât new. For millenia humans have felt this. Elon Musk and some of the greatest smartest wealthiest humans to ever have lived have also been on the precipice of losing it all. Multiple times. Every success story comes from those who persevered when it seemed darkest.
One of the most dangerous traps of wealth is how easily it fuses with our ego. Nobody is immune. Even when we are aware of it. Not me, not you, not any human. Itâs part of our condition. The larger the number, the easier it is to confuse your net worth with your self-worth. Buddhism teaches that suffering comes from attachment. You are not your account balance. You are not your status as a trader. You are much more than that.
The hard truth is that the biggest lessons in life are usually learned through the rearview mirror. Whatâs done is done. The only way forward is to accept responsibility and move on.
Many peg their worth to the wealth of others. We see people around us make insane wealth. People we view as dumber or less deserving. So we ourselves increasingly move out on the risk spectrum to try to keep up. We must always play our own game.
The people we end up chasing might themselves one day lose it all. Never ever try to keep up with what others are doing. That is part of the toxicity of social media and the pnl porn that occurs on this platform. Play your own long game.
I speak out against the cherry-picked bs gain porn. It was everywhere the last few weeks. So many people try to justify the pnl sharing. How many people were wiped out from simply trying to keep up w the that selective pnl porn posted on social? How many of those posters will quietly fade away after this event?
The best thing you can do? Get away from the screens. Get off social. Stop looking at charts and prices. Spend the weekend outdoors. Appreciate the beauty of the sunset. Of nature. Notice that the world still goes on. As massive as this feels, it will pass with time and you will be better for this. The same way every awful thing in your life also came to pass and you came through stronger.
But make sure if you are learning this lesson, you only learn it once.
It is a brutal but necessary reminder: leverage kills. Markets will always surprise you. Never keep all your eggs in one basket. Segregate accounts. Keep a rainy-day fund in safe assets. Protect your downside before you chase the upside.
Over the long run, everyone will face fat tail events that can bankrupt you with leverage.
If you werenât caught in this wipeout, count yourself lucky⊠and take this as a free lesson learned without paying the tuition. Reflect deeply on your own exposure and the risks you might not even see, especially the hidden leverage that comes from overconfidence in bull markets.
You only need to get rich once. Donât let the market teach you that lesson the hard way.
Much love. Be safe. Try to find gratitude. You always have agency. No matter how bad anything gets.
-(The One) Lance B
@hrw You guys are a joke.
I hope African leaders can see thru your lies and manipulations and get rid of you once and for all...
You will be jobless soon. Shame.
@madaznfootballr ... there is a shares size treshold that an ai counter trader system is observing and subsequently acting on... do some experimental tests and see.