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@NinjaTrader I still can’t login on Mobil app

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@itsm_hope 8

[Andrew Menaker PhD @Andrew_Menaker]

Most traders try to change their behavior by trying to increase willpower.

Push harder.
Focus more.
Be more disciplined.

But it often doesn't work.

If you look at Ohm's Law from electrical engineering, behavior doesn’t come from force alone.
(thanks to a client w this background who used the analogy).

It comes from the interaction between force and resistance.

Ohm's law says voltage drives current.
And it also says resistance determines how much actually flows.

Translated into trading:

Your willpower is the voltage.
Your execution is the current.
Your internal conditioning is the resistance.

So...if resistance is high, increasing willpower doesn’t create smooth execution.

It creates internal pressure.

That pressure can show up in many ways:

> Overtrading
> Hesitation
> Forcing trades
> Deviating from your plan
> Emotional exhaustion

You feel like you’re trying harder… but getting worse results.

Why?

Because resistance isn’t simply a mindset problem. It’s also a nervous system problem.

It’s built from:

** Fear of loss or not enough
** Need to prove something
** Past emotional experiences around money
** Dopamine-driven habit loops
** Stress physiology (cortisol, adrenaline)

When those are active, your system is not optimized for execution.

It’s optimized for protection.
So you push harder.

And the nervous system pushes back.
That’s why willpower alone doesn’t create sustainable change.

It increases voltage in a system full of resistance.

The real work is different, and this where skilled coaching comes in:

You don’t force better behavior. You reduce resistance.
That means:

- Building awareness of your Inner Market in real time
- Regulating your nervous system under pressure
- Unwinding unconscious emotional drivers
- Creating structural risk management so you’re not relying on discipline in the moment

When resistance drops, something shifts.
Execution starts to flow.

Not because you’re trying harder… but because there’s less in the way.

That’s the paradox...

Sustainable discipline isn’t about pushing more. It’s about removing what’s blocking you.

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@DougKass Just ignore them all. You bring outsider and contrarian views, which I appreciate.

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@DougKass curious why you didn't go for future instead? I should have but missed the trade. great stuff as always. thank you!

[emini tic @TicTocTick]

What’s the lesson to learn from today?

Learn to take a loss.

Even if you take a 5, 10, 15 dollar loss, you can make it all back up.

But if you don’t, account is dead ☠️

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@AdamMancini4 Subscriber here but unless you had the
order in, how could one be long? Thanks.

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@RedDogT3 Kudos to your constant message of balance approach and life. Seldom you see someone preach and practice. You do both.

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@AdamMancini4 Great work Adam w/ NL. Would this look above yesterday's high and fall considered failed breakout and actionable?

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@IronbeamFutures I can’t find fees and commissions

[James DePorre @RevShark]

If you want to protect the money you already have, then be a pessimist. If you want to build your wealth, then be an optimist.

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@DougKass well said!

[Scott Redler @RedDogT3]

Some rules and notes.
Trading in the zone and Zanger’s Rules

[Scott Redler @RedDogT3]

Love this - another Cheat Sheet!

[Mark Minervini @markminervini]

The rules I built a 41-year career and a personal fortune on.
1. always use a stop loss
2. define your stop before you enter a trade
3. never risk more than you expect to gain
4. nail down decent profits
5. never let a good size gain turn into a loss
6. never average down
7. never get bold when running cold
8. Have a system that trades the largest when you're trading your best and the smallest when you are trading your worst.
9. As a trade progresses and improves, so does your worst-case scenario
10. Avoid style drift
https://t.co/JXzFFTmMtn

[The Factor Report @PeterLBrandt]

Fear of a losing trade is the worst fear a trader can have. By proper sizing and risk management a trader can look the markets in the eyes and say, “Bring it on. Give me your best shot.”

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@SJosephBurns This is one of the best tweet in putting things in prospective. I am winning like day traders and losing like swing traders. I know it yet can’t figure out how to get out of that mindset.

[Steve Burns @SJosephBurns]

Scalpers fight for dimes.

Day traders fight for dollars.

Swing traders fight for $10 bills.

Trend traders fight for $100 bills.

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@CordovaTrades @jameshancockb3 @TradeStation they are back on