Paul

Sr Cybersecurity Architect -- Cloud & AI / Bug Bounty Hunter / Hacker / Gamer / Husband / Father

[Paul @pling3r]

@HackingDave @PyroTek3 You going to HackSpaceCon this year??

Also — so much of this is happening in prod these days I wonder if there will be some new kind of AI Insurance coverage for rogue AI destructive actions.

[UCF Jaguar @UCF_Jaguar]

Oh my god

[Paul @pling3r]

@Youkhna What I'd love to see as part of this, is the success rate / correlation of how often a better than average pull is tied to the reporting data above the 1.0 EV (even if you're not buying them, someone is). Can that be a reporting feature?

[Pamphlets @PamphletsY]

🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING — Another Angle Showing Alex Pretti Never Pulled a Gun.

[Paul @pling3r]

@btjismyking @troutbratten @Schultz_Report Of course they do. Look at how the refs fumbled the ball an threw an interception and missed 2/3 4th down conversions! All the refs.

[L2WTrades @L2WTrades]

sat next to a 20 year old guy on a plane who casually mentioned he made $4.5 million last year

didn't look rich

t-shirt

jeans

beat up backpack

i asked what he did

"i trade futures"

"full time?"

"yeah, about 3 hours a day"

"$4.5 million in 3 hours a day?"

"well, it's not really about hours, it's about decisions. i probably make 10-15 decisions per month that matter. the rest is just waiting"

"what do you mean?"

"most people think trading is constant action. it's not. it's 99% waiting for your setup, 1% executing. that's why most people fail. they can't handle doing nothing"

he pulled out his laptop

showed me his calendar

90% of trading days marked: "NO TRADE"

"this is march, see? 31 days. i traded 7 times. made $380k that month"

"7 trades made $380k?"

"yeah, because they were the RIGHT 7 trades. everyone else took 200 trades that month and lost money because they were WRONG trades. quality over quantity"

"how do you know which 7 to take?"

"i don't trade unless i'd bet my house on it"

"what?"

"every trade, i ask myself: would i bet my house on this setup? if the answer is no, i don't trade. most setups? the answer is no. but 7 times this month, the answer was YES"

he kept talking:

"the biggest mistake retail traders make is thinking they need to trade every day. you don't. you need to trade WHEN YOUR SETUP APPEARS. some months that's 15 times. some months that's 3 times"

"what about consistency?"

"consistency isn't daily trading. consistency is ONLY taking your setup. if your setup appears once a week, you trade once a week. if it appears 5 times in a day, you trade 5 times that day. the market doesn't care about your need for action"

"but i feel like i'm wasting time if i'm not trading"

"that's employee mindset. you think time = money. it doesn't. correct decisions = money. i make more doing nothing 24 days a month than you make forcing trades every single day"

he was right

i was trading out of BOREDOM

not opportunity

i tested this for 90 days:

BEFORE "house bet" filter:
- 156 trades
- 41% win rate
- -$3,800

AFTER "house bet" filter:
- 11 trades
- 73% win rate
- +$14,200

11 trades in 90 days

because i stopped trading

and started WAITING

the plane guy was right:

"most traders are addicted to action. they need to DO something. that's why they lose. the real money is in doing NOTHING until the perfect setup appears. but doing nothing feels like you're not working, so people force trades"

"how do you handle the boredom?"

"i have a life outside trading. i go to the gym. i read. i travel. trading is 3 hours a day MAX. the other 21 hours i'm living. you guys are staring at charts 12 hours a day hoping something happens. that's not trading. that's gambling addiction"

he closed his laptop

"here's the secret: the less you trade, the more you make. i know guys trading 500 times a month making $0. i trade 15 times a month making $400k. the difference? i'm SELECTIVE. they're ACTIVE. market rewards selectivity, punishes activity"

flight landed

he gave me his card

"if you want to make real money trading, stop trying to trade every day. start waiting for YOUR setup only. 90% of trading is waiting. 10% is executing. master the waiting and you'll make more money doing nothing than everyone else makes doing everything"

i never saw him again

but i think about that conversation every single day

the math is simple:

you're not paid by the trade

you're paid by the CORRECT trade

taking 200 trades with 40% accuracy = -$5k

taking 20 trades with 70% accuracy = +$50k

same account

different approach

completely different outcome

most of you are over-trading

thinking activity = profit

it doesn't

selectivity = profit

the traders making $500k+/year

they trade LESS than you

not more

they're better at WAITING

not better at TRADING

master the wait

make the money

[Paul @pling3r]

@RSherman_25 I know you're out there in your secret tape watching room, watching the jags, no need to hide it :p

[Paul @pling3r]

@Jhaddix @commander_levi_ Is this entirely new or covered under retakes?

[Paul @pling3r]

@Robinson_jamess maaaaaaan I miss watching you run for the jags. Hope you’re doing well man.

[JS0N Haddix @Jhaddix]

Reviewing final edits of the new course:

"Bug Chaining, Escalations, and Advanced Client-Side Hacking"

It's now over 8 hours with labs and extra resources!

@xssdoctor KILLED it with this one.

Sign up!

https://t.co/8VTCHCDLhM

[Paul @pling3r]

@nwkgang @MoldyNacho3532 @CodyBrownBets I modified the overall a little. $25 was gonna go for $2600 if maye hit… took the $1600 cash out.

I got no faith lol

[Paul @pling3r]

@CodyBrownBets @NFTFollower6 I modified a little and my $25 was going for $2600… cashed out $1600!! LFG!!!

[Paul @pling3r]

@Jhaddix Shoooot let’s quit and do this dude!!

[JS0N Haddix @Jhaddix]

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[Paul @pling3r]

@Jhaddix How is it??

[Paul @pling3r]

@Cthulhu_Answers @defcon Is he perma-banned?

[Paul @pling3r]

@S1n1st3rSecuri1 @SwiftSecur1 @_JohnHammond Haha this is the best

[Paul @pling3r]

@Jhaddix Did I remember seeing somewhere that you were updating one of your AI courses at some point this year?

[Matt Johansen @mattjay]

🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.

He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords

Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:

[Paul @pling3r]

@realDonaldTrump You should watch the first part of this video again and apply context to today. You didn’t even realize the self own here.