THE TRUTH YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ⬇️
“Win or lose, everyone gets what they want from the markets.” ~ Ed Seykota > Original Market Wizard
Read that again.
It’s not poetic.
It’s psychological.
It’s brutal. it's the uncomfortable truth.
Most traders say they’re here to make money.
But if money were truly the primary driver…
you wouldn’t keep violating your plan in the same predictable ways.
So what’s really happening?
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Money is the conscious goal.
But beneath that are unconscious drivers that are often stronger.
Some traders want certainty more than profits.
So they overtrade to escape the discomfort of waiting.
Some want to feel smart.
So they argue with price instead of cutting losses.
Some want excitement.
So they chase volatility and call it “opportunity.”
Some want to avoid the pain of future regret.
So they FOMO into trades that weren’t theirs to take.
Some want to confirm a hidden belief:
“I’m not quite good enough.”
So they sabotage good systems at the worst possible moment.
And the market will gladly accommodate.
Because the market is the ultimate projector screen.
It doesn’t respond to what you say you want.
It responds to what your nervous system is organized around.
If your system is wired for:
• Avoiding regret
• Proving yourself
• Seeking validation
• Replaying old shame
• Chasing dopamine
You will unconsciously trade in ways that produce those emotional outcomes.
Even if it costs you money.
Especially if it costs you money.
This is why more strategy rarely fixes repeated mistakes.
And why willpower collapses under pressure.
And why 'accountability' rarely works.
Trading is a psychological amplifier.
It exposes:
– Your tolerance for uncertainty
– Your relationship with authority
– Your attachment to being right
– Your self-worth
– Your identity around success
You don’t get what you deserve from the markets.
You get what you’re organized to experience.
That’s why some traders repeatedly:
• Exit early
• Add to losers
• Skip A+ setups
• Give back big months
• Recreate the same P&L pattern year after year
It’s not lack of intelligence.
It’s unconscious reinforcement.
The ego says:
“I want consistent profitability.”
The nervous system says:
“I want what’s familiar.”
And the familiar wins… until you make it conscious.
Real growth begins when you ask:
👉 What emotional payoff am I getting from this?
👉 What identity am I protecting?
👉 What discomfort am I avoiding?
👉 If I were consistently profitable, what would that force me to confront?
That’s the deeper work.
And it's where 1:1 coaching is the most effective.
Because when you shift what you actually want at the unconscious level…
Your behavior changes.
And when behavior changes consistently…
Results follow.
The market isn’t punishing you.
It’s revealing you.
So the real question is:
✅What are you actually coming to the markets to get?
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End-of-day trading can really save your trading account.
When I swing trade momentum breakouts, I don’t wrestle with intraday noise.
I simply wait for setups to confirm near the close. Of course, you can still make great (and better) returns than I entering the traditional way early in the morning for sure.
But most don't know that means having a smaller success rate %, which brings:
- 10-15 losers in a row
- Big TIME in drawdown
- Big % drawdown if not careful
All these things make trading difficult psychologically for 90% of people out there trying to trade stocks.
Since Jan 2020, this end-of-day approach has consistently produced triple-digit % returns for me, all while trading for just 20–30 minutes a day.
If you:
• spend the first 1–3 hours battling the market
• get stopped out repeatedly before noon, only to watch the stock rally into the close
• struggle to “read” the market or adjust confidently
• want to free yourself and finish your trading in under 30 minutes daily
End-of-day trading can be a game-changer. It transformed my own results, and it’s done the same for traders in my community.
Some benefits of a mid-SR% system as EOD trading is:
• only 6-7 losers in a row 1-2 times/year
• small drawdowns (max 10% DD for me)
• small TIME in drawdowns (no hitting new EC highs every 6 months)
Simplify your workflow, reclaim your time, and challenge the old assumptions.
I’m exhausted hearing people say that entering near the end-of-day is “wrong.”
Both data and real experience tell a different story.
Trade based on hard DATA, not opinions.
And most importantly, there are many ways to trade...
Just find the one that works best for you.
That's the end of it.
Lesson learned from recent mistakes
IONQ Entered 5/20 stopped out same day
RGTI Entered 5/20 stopped out next day
CEP Entered 5/19 stopped out same day
Re-enter when it retakes your pivot!