One thing I have learned from this journey:
Trading is one of the few professions where there is almost zero appreciation while you are building yourself.
Every mistake is magnified.
Every loss is discussed.
Every drawdown is noticed.
But very few people see the discipline, patience, and resilience required to stay in the game.
When you are down and searching for motivation, don't look outside.
Rewind your own journey.
Remember the obstacles you have already overcome.
Remember the battles you have already won.
Remember the person you were a few years ago.
Sometimes your own history is the biggest source of confidence.
And if you are going through a drawdown, don't hide from it.
Accept it. Learn from it. Work through it.
When the cycle turns, the results will speak louder than any explanation.
Please feel free to skip this and focus on your own trading journey.
#Srinivega #OptionsTrading
एक फ्रांसीसी मोटरसाइकिल व्लॉगर "Frenchy" अपनी बाइक से भारत की यात्रा कर रहा था। उसके गले पर एक गांठ थी। उसने जिज्ञासावश स्थानीय लोगों से पूछा कि इसे हटाने में कितना खर्च आएगा और प्रक्रिया कैसी होगी। उसे बताया गया कि पूरा इलाज लगभग 500 डॉलर में हो जाएगा।
कम लागत और बेहद कम इंतज़ार का समय देखकर वह हैरान रह गया और उसने सर्जरी करवाने का फैसला कर लिया। सिर्फ एक हफ्ते के भीतर गांठ हटा दी गई। उसने इस पूरे अनुभव को कैमरे में रिकॉर्ड भी किया।
बाद में उसने बताया कि ऑस्ट्रेलिया में एक दुर्घटना के बाद इसी तरह की सर्जरी के लिए उसे लगभग 12,000 डॉलर खर्च करने पड़े थे।
अगर सोशल मीडिया और इंटरनेट पर भारत के बारे में फैलाई जाने वाली नकारात्मक धारणाएं और छवि खराब करने वाले अभियान न हों, तो भारत केवल मेडिकल टूरिज्म से ही हर साल सैकड़ों करोड़ डॉलर की कमाई कर सकता है।
यही वजह है कि भारत को अपनी सकारात्मक छवि को दुनिया के सामने मजबूती से रखना होगा और गलत धारणाओं तथा दुष्प्रचार को रोकना होगा!
DURING A MATHEMATICS LECTURE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY A STUDENT ACCIDENTALLY FELL ASLEEP IN CLASS.
When he woke up, he noticed two challenging problems written on the board.
He thought they were homework. They weren't.
-THREAD 🧵
I have a friend who's insanely rich.
Made $3.2 million in 2025.
He only takes 4 trades a month.
Hasn't had a losing year since 2018.
He told me something I'll never forget.
He said:
''I take 4 trades a month.''
''I'm a short-term trader, and I still take only 4 trades a month.''
''All I want is to make my 3% every single month.''
''If I make 3%, even within the first 5 days of the month, I stop trading for the remainder of the month.''
''I don't want anything more than that.''
''This strategy keeps my DD extremely low.''
''And... because my DD is so low, investors literally throw money at me.''
''I am close to $70 million in AUM.''
That's mind-blowing.
It beats me why every trader on the planet isn't doing this.
No stress.
Lower DD.
Very little work.
Insane amounts of money.
This is truly a hack.
my trading mentor cleared $4M in 2022 and taught me something that broke my brain
wasn't some soft "follow your plan" bullshit
it was INVERTED THINKING (keep reading this is real sauce)
this man runs 8 funded accounts simultaneously. takes maybe 2-3 trades per day across ALL of them. same setup. over and over.
"why do you think most traders fail?"
"bad strategy? psychology? risk management?"
"wrong. they're trying to WIN."
"what the fuck does that mean?"
"winning is the wrong goal. NOT LOSING is the right goal."
he showed me his journal. 340 trades last quarter. 186 losses.
"wait you lost more than you won?"
"yeah and cleared $340k. most traders would've blown up with this win rate."
"how?"
"because I don't MANAGE winners. I MURDER losers."
he explained:
the average trader cuts winners early because they're scared of giving back profit.
the average trader lets losers run because they're scared of being wrong.
he does the OPPOSITE.
"when I'm wrong, I'm out IMMEDIATELY. no hoping. no praying. no 'let me give it room.' I was wrong. I'm out. done."
"when I'm right, I literally forget the trade exists. I set my alert and I go play golf."
his stats:
- average loser: 0.7R (cuts even tighter than 1R)
- average winner: 3.4R
- win rate: 44%
"you're profitable with 44% win rate?"
"bro I'd be profitable at 35% with these R multiples. win rate is for people who need to feel smart. I need to feel PAID."
meanwhile you're celebrating your 68% win rate while your account goes nowhere because:
- you're cutting winners at 1.2R "to lock in profit"
- you're letting losers hit full stop because "it might come back"
- you're optimizing for your EGO not your P&L
this is why you're easy to kill
he showed me his losing trades like trophies. -$3k. -$4k. -$2k. small. clean. surgical.
then showed me winners. +$9k. +$15k. +$7k.
"same setup. same entry. the only difference is what the market did after."
most traders try to PREDICT which trades will win.
he doesn't give a fuck which ones win.
"I take the setup. if it works, I ride it. if it doesn't, I cut it. I'm not a fortune teller. I'm a probability executor."
your mentor wants you to FEEL like a good trader
I want you to BE a rich trader
those are different goals
the INVERTED THINKING principle:
- don't try to pick winners → try to eliminate losers fast
- don't try to be right → try to be cheap when you're wrong
- don't try to predict → try to react
- don't manage trades → murder bad ones, ignore good ones
one of those mindsets makes $4.7M
one of those mindsets blows accounts
pick yours
(if you want to stop optimizing for your ego and start optimizing for your P&L - DM "SYSTEM" - this is a high ticket offer, 1-on-1 only - i'm taking on my last client and closing the 1-on-1 for good after this)
Overtrading
Revenge trading
Lack of patience
Cutting losses too late
Cutting winners too early
Fear of pulling the trigger
Confusion & lack of clarity
Guilt, frustration, anxiety...
Why you're stuck on the emotional rollercoaster. 👇
There’s intellectual understanding.
And then, there’s experiential understanding.
Intellectual understanding = head knowledge.
Experiential understanding = knowledge integrated into your nervous system.
Most traders have sufficient intellectual understanding but insufficient experiential understanding.
That’s why they know their rules but can’t stick with them under pressure.
Reading about discipline doesn’t make you disciplined.
Just like reading about swimming doesn’t teach you how to actually swim.
What’s missing is experiential understanding.
In other words, nervous system training/rewiring.
I created a free training to explain this further.
It’ll connect a few dots most traders never see.
Watch it here:
https://t.co/laGfgNntvX