Elmer

Attempting to master trading so i can do it for a living. Taking it one day at a time.

[Elmer @Mer_417]

@johnscharts 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[Elmer @Mer_417]

@SteveUrkelDude Sorry for your loss 🙏🏼

[Elmer @Mer_417]

@bluechipdaily Thank you for sharing . Sorry for your lost Larry, my deepest condolences. 🙏🏼

[Brian Shannon, CMT @alphatrends]

A lot of good feedback on this article

[Elmer @Mer_417]

@alphatrends I’m so sorry for your loss Brian 🙏🏼

[Linda Raschke @LindaRaschke]

Process is everything. It adds structure, consistency, helps to keep emotions in check, prevents unforced errors and marginal trades, and it's what allows one to increase size. Setups and indicators are 2% of the pie....

[AB @ABTradess]

I will keep my word.
You showed me love, now I will return the favor to 3 people.

LIFETIME GIVEAWAY to ADEXTRADES!

You must follow me, like, and retweet this and I will do a random selection and announce the winners by FRIDAY!

Hakuna Matata

[Elmer @Mer_417]

@livetradepro That’s incredible to hear!!! Thank God!!!🙏🏼

[Elmer @Mer_417]

@livetradepro Sending prayers for a speedy recovery 🙏🏼

[Elmer @Mer_417]

@alphatrends @Stocktwits @howardlinzon Congratulations Brian!

[Steve Burns @SJosephBurns]

Gambling = taking trading positions with the odds against you.

Trading = following a strategy that puts the odds in your favor.

[Elmer @Mer_417]

@1ChartMaster 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[Anthony Crudele @AnthonyCrudele]

1/
There’s a reason I don’t post big wins on here.
It’s not because they don’t happen—it’s because they don’t matter as much as people think.

2/
I’ve never been the guy making the most money.
But I’ve been a full-time, independent trader for 25+ years. That’s the flex.

3/
I’ve seen people make millions and lose it all.
Why?
Because they got too high, too low, and forgot to manage themselves.

4/
I’m not the best trader.
I don’t care to be.
I just want to do what I love, on my own terms—and I’ve done that for decades.

5/
Comparison is a killer.
The market doesn’t care who you’re trying to outdo.
It’ll erase years of gains in a moment.

6/
You haven’t “made it” as a trader until you can leave the game on your own terms.
Not because you blew up.
Not because you chased one trade too many.

7/
Discipline > dopamine.
I stay in check so I can stay in the game.
Do the same.

[Nick Schmidt @NickSchmidt]

I asked ChatGPT if you had to make sure the majority of participants in the stock market lose money, what would you do?

[Mr Chart Norris @kholov23]

Keep moving my friend

[Jake Wujastyk @Jake__Wujastyk]

$AMZN

If this goes red/green today, I will give 5 people $100 each.

Like/retweet to be eligible.

[Talk Church @churchtalkative]

Bring it on messy trials. ❤️

[Larry Tentarelli, Blue Chip Daily @bluechipdaily]

If you want to preserve your mental capital and get better long-term results - find a repeatable (not random) process that works best for you and your timeframe, and once you have it, stay focused on it every day.

- There are dozens of ways to make money in markets, you only need to excel at one.

- If you are most successful buying breakouts, stick with that.

- If you are better with reversals, focus on that.

- Once you find the best chart setup, signal or indicator that gives you the best results, stay with that.

- If you spend all day scanning random charts to try to game if they will go up or not, it is going to lead you down a difficult trail of overtrading and burnout.

- Look for charts that fit your process and stick with that. If they don't fit the process, move on.

- Set stops, if they hit, they hit. They are there for a reason.

- As others have said here, you will buy stocks that go down, you will sell stocks that go up, you will get stopped out and reversed.

- If you keep trying to change your process to match each outcome, you will have no process.

- Set the foundation and then operate from that daily.

[Ross Haber @RossHaber]

I’ll say this: The market rewards preparation, not prediction. The times I’ve tried to outsmart it, I’ve paid the price. The wins came when I stuck to the process, waited for the right moment, and acted decisively.