People tend to chase the next shinny object. The price $PUMP is at now is definitely not as attractive, but that's where the real wealth is made in a long term.
Fading at this stage is criminal, especially if you've been in crypto for a long time.
Let's just say there is a reason why they are hiring so much senior devs.
@steenbab this explains something i've noticed in my own trading. the weeks where i'm most disciplined aren't the ones where i white-knuckle through rules - they're the ones where i'm genuinely curious about what the market is doing. discipline felt like effort until it became interest.
@ScarfaceTrades_ the part nobody talks about is most of the real work happens AFTER the session closes. reviewing trades, figuring out why you deviated from the plan, adjusting for tomorrow. the screen time is maybe 30% of it. the other 70% is the boring stuff that actually compounds
@mrmike1357@TredLens ill be watching. genuinely curious if you guys are going the analytics route or more of a habit/process tracking angle - two very different products even if they both get called journals
tracked this over 60 trading days - bucketed every trade by its sequence number that session
trade 1: +0.41R avg, 62% win rate
trade 2: +0.22R, 55%
trade 3: +0.04R, 49%
trade 4+: -0.37R, 38%
first two trades carried the entire account. everything after trade 3 was a net donation. the selectivity filter basically builds itself once you see that data
the think in % not $ switch is the one that takes the longest to actually internalize. you can know it intellectually for years and still catch yourself anchoring to nominal P&L when the month gets rough
comparison trap hit me the same way - solid months that felt like failures because someone else posted bigger numbers. completely useless metric that just leads to oversizing
honest breakdowns like this teach more than any strategy thread
@sergiomarwww@TKralow what are you tracking per trade? if you havent already, try grading each setup before you know the outcome (A/B/C). after a couple months youll have real data on which setups actually work vs the ones that just feel good
journaling alone doesnt do much for consistency tho. the game changer is WHAT you track
most traders journal outcomes - green day, red day, move on
try scoring each trade before you know the result. setup quality, did you follow entry rules, was your size right
when you separate process from outcome you start seeing where consistency actually breaks down
the after-trade review is honestly the part that matters most anyway. most people who "journal" just log entries and never look back at them. if youre actually reviewing every trade and spotting what went wrong thats already better than 90% of traders with fancy spreadsheets collecting dust
5 years is real but most people quit journaling by month 2 because they try to track everything
biggest unlock for me was cutting it down to 3 things per trade - setup quality, did i follow my rules, and one sentence on how i felt taking it. takes 30 seconds and you actually do it consistently