Never compare your trading results with anyone else’s and get depressed or elated.
Everyone have their own style of trading, risk appetite, capital size, diversification, goals etc.
Trading is a personal journey, measure against your past self and aim for constant improvement.
5 hours of waiting.
Waiting.
Watching charts.
Doing nothing.
Practicing.
Reading.
Waiting.
Then 1 hour of execution and you close a $1000 trade.
That's trading.
Day 1: Amateur trader
Year 5:
- Strategy
- Discipline
- Confidence
- Being alone
- Overcoming failures
- Taking calculated risks
- Compounding money like nothing else in the world.
Trading gives you powers that very few can handle.