Wins will make you feel like you’ve figured everything out.
Losses will make you feel like you know nothing.
Both feelings can deceive you.
A win doesn’t suddenly make every decision you make correct, and a loss doesn’t erase everything you’ve learnt along the way.
- Take confidence from your wins.
- Take lessons from your losses.
But never let either one change who you are too much.
The goal is to stay composed enough to keep thinking clearly through both.
Because in the long run, you’ll experience plenty of each.
GM💜
@thissdax Dax, I have this problem of taking almost all my trades. Some play out, others hit SL, and eventually I either get into profit or fall back into drawdown. The cycle keeps repeating, and every month I’m just moving out of drawdown, then back into drawdown. How do I fix this?
I had this same problem in June. The pressure to make money made me feel like I had to catch every move, and I ended up performing woefully.
What fixed it was simple: I stopped trying to make all the money at once. I started taking only the setups I considered high probability, the ones that met my rules so clearly that I didn’t have to convince myself.
If you already have a system, it should have a checklist. When one or two important confirmations are missing, consider the setup low probability and leave it alone.
It won’t be easy. Some of the trades you ignore will still play out, and that might tempt you to abandon your rules. But study them over a large sample and you’ll understand: maybe only 3 out of 10 low-probability setups work, while 7 out of 10 of your best setups do.
You don’t need to catch every move. You need to protect your capital and be ready when your setup appears.
Take the pressure off yourself. Trade less, but trade better.
I hope this helps ❤️
@thissdax Dax, I have this problem of taking almost all my trades. Some play out, others hit SL, and eventually I either get into profit or fall back into drawdown. The cycle keeps repeating, and every month I’m just moving out of drawdown, then back into drawdown. How do I fix this?
The plan is simple: wait patiently for a high-probability setup, then size up with calculated risk.
No, I don’t mean go all in. I mean have the conviction to capitalize when your best setup appears.
One high-probability setup is worth more than 10 random trades that slowly drain your account.
Trade less. Wait longer. Execute better.
Consistency sounds easy until you actually have to live it.
Showing up when you’re tired, when results aren’t coming, and when nobody is watching—that’s the hard part.
You don’t have to be perfect. Just keep showing up.
Big credit to @thissdax. It's not easy