If your reasons for going hard trying to earn arenโt surrounded vanity and are bigger than yourself. The universe will conspire to help you reach your goals.
There are niggas that really think that if they have a negative opinion about you that it will bear influence on your life. Have the pleasure of knowing that this individual thinks very small. Thatโs their suffering.
โThe surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.โ
โ Friedrich Nietzsche
Withdrawals from live account. Been feeling like I been withdrawing almost at least 2-3x a week. This is excluding props and my option selling. Chop wood, carry water.
Lmaoo after losing a few thousand dollars in a trade and doing navy seal burpees at noon in the Houston heat. Giving a shit about anything has been very low on my list of important things.
@TheOneLanceB@tradesbysci lol you are never gonna get any proof from this guy unfortunately. Sadly heโs going to keep doing a huge disservice to his own people and benefit from it. The sword falls on the decieptful anyway.
49 today. Last year of my 40s ๐
My 20โs were about grinding to find my way, having some early success and thinking that was it, I made it. Reality was it was just the beginning. My 30s were about learning how to sustain that success, which turned out to be way harder than reaching it in the first place. My 40s have been about leveraging everything I built into the next level.
The market is always bigger than what you see on social media highlight reels. Reality: most traders, like most people, are in the middle. Grinding. Quietly building real lives. Nobody claps for that on a timeline, but itโs the whole game.
Iโm still just a blue collar trader from the western suburbs of Chicago who made more than I ever had a right to expect. Trading was a huge part of my life, but it wasnโt my life. It gave me a great living and the leverage to build and invest in other things.
Time has been the biggest lesson so far. Most people treat it like the enemy, rushing for quick money. Treat it like an ally. Stay long enough to let it work for you. Think beyond the day. Think about building a future.
Grateful for every year of this. I love this business and the people in it. Goals are still bigger than the milestones. Onward.
Cheers, DELI
The social hierarchy means very little to me. Because no matter what your economic or societal standing is. Humanity is always there to remind you that this is worldly.
The goal isnโt to portray a lifestyle to others that will lead to enough compliments to make you feel more important. Fuck them.
The goal is to be satisfied to get up everyday because you value where your life is at the present moment. Do it for you cause YOU like it.
In trading, but in Futures a bit more, you can build the skillset and become a "consistent" trader. I don't think that's the hard part.
It's the extreme tail event that wipes all.
The Revenge Trade
The 5 Minis instead of 5 Micros
Removing Stoploss / Doubling Down
etc..
Look at human nature objectively so you donโt spend wasted time obsessing over oneโs actions. Everyone is a bit fucked up and itโs okay. Taking everything personal
Is your Hell.