Create a plan, have logical reasoning, execute when triggers hit then WAIT. I spend too much time flip-flopping, especially during the wait after entering, so I psych myself out and miss moves that I was correct on. Pinning this so I remember. Losses happen, be confident.
Your lack of urgency is destroying the comeback of your lifetime. Not because you are not ambitious, but because you are not obsessed with actually changing. You are still the same miserable you and comfort is the reason why
i know it sounds kinda stupid. but regardless of how simple it is you have to embody being a delusional optimist. you’ll open unexpected new doors and effortlessly 10x your quality of life. there’s no reason to be a self sabotaging pessimist.
The only other trade from today (that I am still in)
German 10yr
HTF D1 Bias: SFP & bearish spike
H1: Entry via limit offer after close and acceptance below prior support (nearest naked level to the SFP low)
Execution: Limit hit, Stop trailed (red line). Will update when out.
I don't use time cycles.
I don't use Killzones.
I don't use COT data.
I don't use Seasonals.
I don't use 400 different types of SMT.
Somehow I'm more profitable than most.
See that there is no holy grail? Just your discipline and risk management.
Most traders have a system for entering trades. Hardly any have a system for what happens after a mistake.
One trader changed everything with a single rule.
Steven Dux.
He noticed a pattern that was silently destroying traders around him. A loss would hit and instead of stepping back, they would size up. Convince themselves the next setup was cleaner. More obvious. Go bigger to recover faster. And when that trade failed too the account was suddenly in serious danger.
He refused to let emotions make that decision.
So he built one rule. Every mistake cut the position size in half. Immediately. No thinking. No waiting to see how the next trade feels. Half the size. And if the next trade is a mistake again half again.
No negotiation. No exceptions.
Because the real damage was never the first loss. It was the emotional reaction that followed it. That desperate voice saying — just go bigger this time, the setup is obvious.
His rule silenced that voice before it could do anything.
Size went down automatically. Emotions had no say. And that one system stopped him from ever losing 50% of his account in a single session.
Not a new strategy. Not a better setup.
Just one rule — applied without question. Every single time.
What rule do you have that protects you from yourself?
6 months ago I was blowing challenges.
Today: FTMO Max Allocation. Verified. ✅
What changed?
- I stopped trading setups I wasn't 100% sure about.
- I built a strict risk framework.
- I tracked every single trade in a journal. I worked on my psychology as much as my strategy.
The market doesn't care about your emotions. Your process is everything.
RT if this hits different 👇
I'm so ashamed to say this but:
for years I tried to be the "sniper entry" trader.
Tight stop loss.
Tight TP.
Bottom ticking everything.
I lost a lot of money trying to look cool.
My mentor told me:
"Make your stops bigger. Be in the trade. Stop trying to be perfect."
Felt embarrassing at first.
Win rate doubled.
Cool doesn't pay.
Boring does.
I’ll be telling people all 2026:
Once you swap Deadlifts out for these….
- Your Lower Back will feel better than ever before
- Your Glutes/Hamstrings will be the most developed they’ve ever been
- It’ll be much easier for you to recover
It’s honestly a NO-BRAINER DECISION
Mike Tyson'ın prime dönemlerinde 500'e kadar yaptığı söylenen, 'Tyson şınavı'
Bu gerçekten tam vücut egzersizi. Bir seferde hem alt hem üst vücudu aynı anda çalıştırabilirsiniz.
I don't think it was anything original, it's the un-sexy stuff the seasoned people tell you to do, that I couldn't be bothered to do early on. Journal, note down your idea, where you're wrong, manage your size/risk so you're not scared to have a wider stop above meaningful levels.
I use notion and have a ton of tags to say what day it is, whether I went for a walk that morning, did I do exercise, sleep well, how my energy is etc. At the end of each month I do a raw export and ask AI to summarise what went well/badly, is there any pattern and so on - then I put sticky notes up to remind me of weaknesses to work on for the next month.