Dave

[Dave @daveblack247]

@TradingStr34987 This is great! Thanks Relja and Vincent 👍️

[Dave @daveblack247]

@TradingStr34987 Nice one! I was just thinking you'd have orders there 👍

[iain @ohiain]

Mark Douglas said that a huge portion of trading errors comes from our attitude toward losing money.

This hit home because in my first few years, I didn’t just "hate losing money," but I feared it.

Every red trade felt like I wasn’t good enough, that I was regressing, or that all the work I had put in didn’t matter. So I tried to avoid losses at all costs.

I’d cut winners too early to “lock something in.”
I’d hesitate on valid entries because I didn’t want another red day.

and ironically, I’d sometimes let losses grow larger than planned because admitting defeat felt worse than the money itself.

This mindset was sabotaging my own process.

The uncomfortable truth is that losing money is not the problem (they are unavoidable).

... but uncontrolled losses are.

and when you’re wired to see any loss as failure, you start making decisions to protect your ego instead of surviving another day.

It wasn't until I accepted that losses are simply the cost of doing business that my behavior towards them changed. A loss stopped being something to avoid and became something to manage, and that distinction is subtle, but it’s everything.

Unprofitable traders often obsess over avoiding red trades instead of building a system where losses are expected, predefined, and emotionally neutral. When I wasn't consistent, I wanted certainty in an environment that offered none.

and they think consistency comes from being right more often, when in reality it comes from losing the right way over and over again.

I still don’t enjoy losing money (no one does), but I no longer fear it. If my risk is defined and my process is followed, a loss is simply a feedback loop.

It tells me nothing about my worth, my intelligence, or my future results. It’s just one data point in a long series of trades.

and I’ll be honest, I don’t have this all figured out. Some days are harder than others -- there are still moments when I feel the urge to protect myself instead of executing my plan. But awareness has given me leverage, and I know now that every time I hesitate because I’m afraid to lose, I’m training myself to distrust my edge.

Trading forces you to go against how humans are naturally wired, because we want comfort, we want validation, and we want to avoid pain...

The market demands the opposite:
discipline, acceptance, and delayed gratification.

That’s why this is a never ending journey, and it's more about refining yourself, because my progress started when I stopped trying to eliminate losses and began learning how to coexist with them.

because that’s when consistency becomes possible.

[Everton @Everton]

We kept receipts. 🤫 🔵

[iain @ohiain]

Every millionaire trader I've studied understands this one concept, most never will:

Look for coiled price action.

Think of price like a spring.

When it compresses, tight range, low volume, higher lows; it’s storing energy.

The tighter the coil, the bigger the potential release.

Your job isn’t to predict, it’s to recognize pressure building.

Then position yourself before the spring explodes, @jfsrev said it best.

Apply this mindset when analyzing charts… and you’ll start spotting opportunities most traders miss.

[Dave @daveblack247]

@TradingStr34987 Thanks Relja, enjoy your day off!

[Dave @daveblack247]

@StrayDogTrading Have a good one! 👍

[StrayDog @StrayDogTrading]

The Patience of Fishing, the Discipline of Trading https://t.co/lIJwDOsDRJ

[Scalping using Multi Time Frame (MTF) Momentum @BestForexMethod]

Thinking of doing a live Q and A stream on a weekend

Cost of a beer or two per session 🍻

A few of you have watched my "rambling videos"

I could talk for hours abt #2b & #3cr

Rainy season soon here so it could be a god fit

RT and LMK please

Cheers all🍻🍻

[J @letsplayftse]

My Twitter was hacked last night, I have disconnected all sessions and changed my password.. DONT CLICK ON ANY LINKS IN THE DM, I can’t even see the post so don’t even know what it is about.. I can’t reply to all the dms as the hacker maxed out my limit

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

Life suddenly gets better once you stop daydreaming about how your life is supposed to look like and start paying the price of what it takes to become who you want to be.

[Gorte @Mo_Hassan_]

@joglmeister @StrayDogTrading We’re incredibly lucky to have Relja openly share such a high quality process.

…. There’s simply nothing like this anywhere on the platform…

… no fluff, just deep real-time logic, structure, and edge.

Thank you for continuing to raise the bar Relja ❤️

[Scalping using Multi Time Frame (MTF) Momentum @BestForexMethod]

I noticed @x spam bots seem to have slowed down

More real looking followers UP too

Gimme a RT please, if you are real. I almost always follow back

#RealPeopleHelpingRealPeople

TIA

[Dave @daveblack247]

@BestForexMethod I like that! All the best mate, I really appreciate your posts 🙂

[Scalping using Multi Time Frame (MTF) Momentum @BestForexMethod]

A serious message to any of you who feel lost, rudderless, out of sorts, in despair

YOU can change your life

TALK ,reach out, you do have options

There are good people that want to help you

ONE word or phrase can change lives

Kindness to strangers

I see daily #PayItForward

[Classic EFC Matches @ClassicEFCGames]

Every goal we've ever scored in the Premier League at Goodison Park.... X will block this, and we probably will end up being suspended, but whatever. Enjoy. UTFT.

#EFC

[Dave @daveblack247]

@TradingStr34987 Have a good one mate, its been an interesting week!

[Scalping using Multi Time Frame (MTF) Momentum @BestForexMethod]

My VN plan was to come to a tropical climate, chill and enjoy cloudy days as much as sunny days. My plan worked

I work when it's coudy, I do the beach when the sun comes out, it's like a british summer every week instead of every year

I also planned to spend my work time..

[Everton @Everton]

Happy St David's Day to all Welsh Toffees! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! 💙 #StDavidsDay

[Dave @daveblack247]

@TradingStr34987 Yep I do