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[Trading Composure @TradingComposur]

Trading can become a strange prison.

You're skilled enough that quitting feels ridiculous.

But inconsistent enough that continuing feels painful.

So you stay stuck between:

"I know I can do this."

and

"Why am I still doing this to myself?"

[Jav @javpixel_art]

Almost 200 mints, just 1 (one) listed.

Real ones know.

/Screenz

[Premium @premtheceo]

@brendanrlee10 @I_Am_The_ICT here it is

[Kitt @ICT_Concepts]

The reminder is that no one is going to save you. No one is going to solve your personal problems.

You are the reason.
You are the answer.
You are the decider.

Take responsibility.
Take the blame.
Take the drawdown.

Now what are you gonna do IN it?

Man the fuck up.

[The Inner Circle Trader @I_Am_The_ICT]

I have learned in this life, the more people try to talk you out of doing it, the more they try to explain how it can't happen like you envisioned it... the more you need to dig your heels in and remove their influence over you.

Everyone else retired broke, or still works.

Remember this.

[Kitt @ICT_Concepts]

New week starts now.

No one cares about your struggles.

Not a single soul is here to save you.
Save yourself.

Stop self sabotaging.
Take control. Take responsibility.

Make better decisions.

[Kitt @ICT_Concepts]

Overtrading and Over leveraging

are self defeating, self destructive, self sabotaging habits.

This has nothing to do with your skillset or ability to trade.

This has to do with how you talk to and treat YOURSELF and those around you.

Can you keep a promise?
To yourself?

[Kitt @ICT_Concepts]

Consistency is the only thing that matters in trading.

[Mr. 9:30 @Mr930nq]

You know who doesn't post random trades, p&l's and other ego driven fuck boy shit? Big Dogs who make a CEO's salary in a day and don't need any affirmation from a bunch of kids and broken men. Be better be the fucking example.

[The Inner Circle Trader @I_Am_The_ICT]

In the Financial world, there are movers and shakers. Deep pockets and street money.

All around the world, lights burn all night, in high rise buildings. Each of which, paying individuals huge salaries to try and determine supply and demand factors for investing in these markets.

Then there is me... a simple.guy, of modest upbringing, sharing with an online community, the precision of price delivery;that none of these high rise bankers know about.

History will tell a fascinating tale about what each of you are witnessing and are hands-on too.

[Josef @joseftrades]

There was a time where one red day ruined my whole mood.

One losing trade could affect my confidence for days.
One missed move felt like everyone else was getting ahead except me.
One bad week made me question if I was even built for this.

I would carry trades into the gym, into dinner, into conversations, into sleep.

Even when the charts were closed, the market was still in my head.

Now I know it was never really about trading.

It was about attaching my self-worth to every result.

When I won, I felt valuable.
When I lost, I felt embarrassed.
When I missed a move, I felt behind.
When others posted wins, I felt like I was failing.

That is a dangerous way to live.

Because then you don’t trade to execute anymore.

You trade to feel okay.
You trade to fix your mood.
You trade to prove something.
You trade to feel worthy again.

And that mindset will destroy you faster than any bad strategy ever could.

A lot of traders don’t lose because they lack skill.

They lose because they let the market decide how they feel about themselves.

The day I separated my identity from my PnL was the day I started becoming a better trader and a happier person.

[The Inner Circle Trader @I_Am_The_ICT]

For the two Goobers...

I am teaching more details around the concepts I have taught thus far. If you have been on this journey, you will notice that. It called continued learning, while I have much more to teach.

I could have left the FVG\IFVG Logic as I initially talk it... and never included the application of Wicks as Gaps and how they take precedence over SIBI\BISI; but you would cry the FVGs aren't working. lol

Some of these children are so bent, you can't help them.

[The Inner Circle Trader @I_Am_The_ICT]

Here is the actual Truth about Buying and Selling Pressure...

Selling Pressure is the effect that many feel to Sell their wares and BS to pay for groceries and rental payments.

Buying Pressure is the effect I have on would be Buyers of said Sellers of wares... while I do it better for free.

I supply the Demand and you Demand more Supply.

In a nutshell, the only pressure that exists, is the pressure of my boot on peddlers selling myths.

[Dom Trades @_Dom_Trades]

@I_Am_The_ICT Contract rollover week isn't fun to trade

[Kage @kagemarkets]

Spot on, Kitt.

This hits deep because I've lived exactly those cycles for many years.

Eveything I was reading was "just be more disciplined", "love yourself more", "affirmations", etc. I was disciplined like a pro athlete in every area of life, routine, diet, gym, schedule, you name it. Still blew up accounts repeatedly.

For me it wasn't lack of discipline or self-love at surface level.

It was the crushing isolation: nobody in my real life had any clue what I was doing or what I was going through emotionally day after day. Trading completely alone, no sounding board, no one who gets the mental warfare.

Combined with hardcore perfectionism, hunting only the "perfect" setup, forcing trades when price wasn't confirming, refusing to accept when the market simply said "not today".

Then the addict phase kicked in hard: numb mode where money started meaning nothing. Big win? Whatever. Big loss? Whatever. It became this ego game of "I've figured you out market, I can print whenever I want".

Documented the exact mistakes I swore never to repeat again… and then repeated them anyway, sometimes the very next session.

Winning streaks ->overconfidence ->revenge->blow-up->despair ->rebuild ->repeat. For years.

The post is 100% correct, no amount of books, courses, or motivational BS touches it until that deeper self-sabotage programming gets seen and addressed.

(And for anyone reading this who's in it right now: you're not broken or weak. The game is designed to expose every unresolved part of you. Seeing it clearly is already the beginning of breaking the loop.)

[JadeCap @jadecap_]

Moving to a 12-acre farm and honestly the biggest thing I’m looking forward to is a separated office where I can blast deep house and lock in on work.

The “fast” lifestyle as a real trader is overrated.

Give me a place with zero distractions and that’s what I call a life worth living.

[The Inner Circle Trader @I_Am_The_ICT]

Mastery is beyond reach to those who avoid the deep things of the subject matter.

There is Mastery and then there is Temu.

[Premium @premtheceo]

0.125/0.5/0.875

[The Inner Circle Trader @I_Am_The_ICT]

You don't need much to do very well over time.

[The Inner Circle Trader @I_Am_The_ICT]

A simple reminder...

Get your own opinion and experience.

Everyone else has a monetized reason to share theirs or they lost money and want to place the blame of their poor performance on something outside and apart from their own actions or inactions.

Nothing gives me more disgust than irresponsibility or laziness.