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The market will provide

[jasmine @callingjasmine]

As we grow older, breakups seem to hit women harder, while men appear to find it easier to move on.

[EliteOptionsTrader @EliteOptions2]

Life cycle of a profitable trader:

Year 1 - studying 47 indicators, taking 30 trades a day, wondering why nothing works.

Year 2 - strips it back, picks 3 tickers, still losing but starting to see patterns.

Year 3 - first consistent month. Tells everyone. Sizes up. Gives it all back.

Year 4 - shuts up, goes quiet, does the work alone.

Year 5 - withdrawing every week, routine locked in, boring as hell.

Year 6 - people start asking what you do for a living.

Year 7 - retires his parents.

Year 8 - lives life on his terms. Nobody saw it coming except him.

[Z @smtsid]

First 2 payouts bagged. Now we scale…

[Amas @AmasPFT]

“To be a trader you must eliminate two things: The fear of a bad future and The memory of a bad past.”

[Words of Wise | Mindset Coach @Wordofwise_]

It’s you vs you.

[Z @smtsid]

Only real trades today. Not on the tilted acc which is blown. THIRD time I’ve blown an account close to payout…

Goes to show I’m rushing trying to get a payout.

I wouldn’t take even half of those trades on my other accounts bc they’re far from payout.

I NEED BETTER COMPOSURE

[Z @smtsid]

Losses put me in fight mode. I feel pain and it hurts my conviction.

I take too much ownership of wins and losses. Not my behavior.

I’m so pressured by not working a job and it leads to unnecessary pressure.

I need to slow down and not neglect my life off the charts.

[Z @smtsid]

Tilted again

Woke up not wanting to trade. I took a loss & kept saying “fuck me I knew I shouldn’t have touched anything”. Then it becomes “fuck it I already made a mistake so let me just keep going and fix it”.

None of that has anything to do with the model.

[J trader @jtrader]

Just take it slow bro…

I guarantee that’s the fastest path.

[Tai Lopez @tailopez]

Six months can fix ten years.

[Usman Ashraf @usmanashraff]

Every blown account I've analyzed starts the same way.

Overtrading.

Not the day you overtrade - but what you do after.

Here's the pattern that destroys accounts (and how I finally broke it):

[Z @smtsid]

Getting close to the payout target is where I tweak out. Too focused on the outcome.

There’s no reason to adjust size, try to always finish green, capture “early” entries for higher RR, or push my edge.

The good trades are so easy… they just respect framework. Focus on easy.

[Z @smtsid]

Need to increase risk to make more… not try to be green everyday to make more.

I need to be more accepting of losing days… stopping is always the best choice.

Yes sometimes my second trade can recover a loss… but having the mindset the next one will pay off is gambling.

[Z @smtsid]

New rule is walk away after 2 trades no matter if they’re break even or losses.

Every decision I make spends mental capital even if I’m break even in the end.

So my decisions will continue getting poorer if I don’t log off.

If I do any more than this I’m pushing too hard.

[Z @smtsid]

Tilted. I had a feeling I should’ve stopped trading after 2 BE and a loss.

Fought for the payout. Too obsessed with outcomes.

I was focused on the money and not my process.

Executing on the 1 min, which I don’t usually do. Just for the sake of RR.

Traded with a poor mental.

[Z @smtsid]

@tradertheory It’s hard to recognize how much you went through, and realize you truly deserve the reward.

Money is made so fast it doesn’t feel real. It felt more real when I was blowing up accounts. Crazy paradox.

[Z @smtsid]

Calling it a month here.

Record month 🥂

[Z @smtsid]

No trades. Visiting family.

Just not in the right headspace to trade.

Likely skip Friday too, but still wake up to check framework.