Some of your biggest CT heroes made an absolute killing in certain eras. The same trading that made them is what eventually broke them.
I won't name names. But some of the guys you assume have generational wealth and retired years ago were flat broke and miserable before they finally walked away.
Knowing when your edge has eroded is one of the hardest things in this game.
I had a serious edge from 2019 to 2021. A rockstar run. I haven't found anything close since. Fortunately, I didn't blow up chasing it.
But the ones who stubbornly keep fighting, keep clicking, when the data is screaming at them to stop, regroup, and go find new edges?
REKT
The market doesn't owe you the era that made you.
When I was 18 I lost $40,000 in one month and it was the best thing that ever happened to me.
> I had around $90K. I was on top of the world. Then one bad trade turned into revenge trading and I couldnโt stop.
> Every day I told myself โIโll make it back today.โ Every day I lost more.
> $90K became $80K. Then $70K. Then $60K. Then $50K. In 30 days.
> I wasnโt a trader anymore. I was an addict chasing a feeling.
> One night I looked at my screen and couldnโt explain why I was in any of my positions. Thatโs when I realized: I hadnโt been conscious for a single trade in weeks.
> I closed everything. Walked away, for two weeks. No charts. No coins. Just touching grass.
> When I came back I understood something that changed everything: trading isnโt about the market. Itโs about your state of mind when you look at the market. About consciousness.
> Same charts. Same setups. Same market. Different consciousness. Made it all back and much more in months.
My deepest learning: Consciousness is the edge nobody talks about because you canโt sell it as a course.