Typically in a bull market you are safer buying the Daily 21 EMA pullback or reclaim than you are trying to short every pullback hoping for more than a mean reversion, like a correction (2026 Iran War) or bear market (2025 Tariffs)
Let the market tell you things are different. Then you can adjust.
Don't take my word for it. Go backtest trending markets yourself. Most of us aren't smarter than the 21 EMA.
If you equal-sized each of these pullback/reclaims with SPY 30dte+ ATM/ITM options, you'd be a profitable trader. Your win rate would be 19/24 = 79%. And your winners would pay for your losers.
Don't worry about being right about every move. Just focus on keeping things simple and manageable.
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@MarciSilfrain I love how in your interview you say be prepared to lose 20 trades. It gave me a different way of thinking because I struggle taking any losses.
This summer I’ll do a free bootcamp and put you on the share game. You’ll make more with less stress and quit your job.
I’ll actually drop real sauce too not generic stuff you can find on google
@HayleyTrading I set a small daily goal instead of trying to rush to a big payout. Check out Sean Solano on YT. He has some great futures videos. Honestly, the 8/20 ema works well, just do the same as options, no trading in chop.
As a swing trader, I always find myself coming back to these 3 @Qullamaggie quotes:
1) “The second you think you’re smarter than the 10- and 20-day moving average, that’s when you’re doomed for mediocrity. Trust me. I talk from experience.”
2) “If you sell stuff too early in a hot market, then you retire 10 years later. You’re never smarter than the 10- and 20-day moving average.”
3) “When you’re in a trending market, and you get these leading stocks, the moving averages work like magic. They’re literally magic lines.”
Some lessons don’t change… they just get more expensive if you ignore them.
This is a good bookmark.
@JohnLoc18 At least you were able to pay the hospital bill, still have some money left, and became known on X. There are people who lose everything, including their family. Start a discord and do a $1000 challenge or run it on X to pump up your ad revenue. You have choices.
If I had to start over: my 30 day plan to make $1,000,000 day trading ASAP:
- Pick 3 tickers. SPX, QQQ, META. Nothing else.
- Mark every key support and resistance level on the weekly and daily charts.
- Watch price. Don't touch anything. Just observe.
- Study how price reacts at your marked levels. No trades yet.
- Build your morning routine. 4:30am. Meditation. Pre-market prep. Non-negotiable.
- Trade your levels with insignificant capital. See if price respects them.
- Review every move you watched this week. Write it all down.
- Identify your one setup. The one that makes the most sense to you.
- Start trading small. Assume every position could go to zero.
- Take one trade only. Execute the plan. Close the charts.
- Review yesterday's trade. Why did you get in? Why did you get out?
- Sit on your hands if the level isn't there. Miss the move. That's fine.
- Size down the moment you feel emotional. Come back tomorrow.
- End of week 2. Review every trade. Find the pattern in your mistakes.
- Meditate before the open. Every single morning from here.
- If you're up, withdraw something. Start building the habit now.
- One setup. One ticker today. Maximum focus.
- Study the 5 consecutive red days pattern. Learn mean reversion.
- No trades today if the level isn't perfect. Patience is the strategy.
- Review your journal. You should have 10+ trades logged by now.
- End of week 3. If you're consistent, size up slightly. Only slightly.
- Identify your worst habit. Revenge trading. Chasing. Averaging down. Fix one.
- Pre-market plan written before 9am. Know exactly what you're waiting for.
- Let a winner run today. Don't close it early.
- Close the charts after your trade. Stop watching PnL all day.
- Review your best trade this month. Understand exactly why it worked.
- Review your worst trade this month. Understand exactly why it didn't.
- End of week 4. Calculate your R. Are you consistent?
- Write down the 3 rules you broke this month. Don't break them in month 2.
The million isn't made in 30 days.
But the foundation is.
Keep going.
Trading is simple.
But having an ego makes it impossible.
I've definitely fallen into this trap, and I'm teaching others not to do the same...
Most believe that trading is all about money.
Yes, trading can give you financial freedom.
But your discipline determines whether you keep it.
You may look at trading and think about income straight away.
But that's an eventual outcome, not something that happens instantly.
And without discipline, it's impossible.
After 10+ years in the markets and working with 1000s of traders, one truth became clear...
The ones who last aren’t chasing profits; they're focused on what they can manage:
✅ Their risk.
✅ Their rules.
✅ Their reactions.
✅ Their time.
When you treat trading like a profession, it changes how you think:
👉 You learn to define risk before you enter a trade.
↳ This allows you to stay realistic while still making bets.
👉 You learn to accept losses without spiraling.
↳ By accepting the bad with the good, you'll move ahead more easily and earn more.
👉 You learn that not trading is sometimes the right decision.
↳ Knowing when to step back is just as important as knowing how to trade.
👉 You learn that excuses don’t improve results.
↳ Stop making excuses, and instead, learn from your mistakes.
These lessons shape how you handle pressure, how you make decisions, and how you respond when things don’t go your way.
Money doesn’t create discipline.
Discipline creates money.
That’s why people who enter trading for quick income usually struggle.
They want the reward without building the foundation.
Trading holds up a mirror.
It shows you where you hesitate, where you overreact, and where you lack patience.
If you’re willing to face that honestly, growth follows.
Not just financially, but personally.
Trading helps you become someone who can remain calm in uncertainty and take responsibility for outcomes.
The money reflects that.
What do you think trading really gives people, beyond money?
Let me know in the comments.
20 Lessons from Think and Grow Rich.
Anyone serious about success should read these.
Think and Grow Rich has influenced how millions approach success.
Not just in money.
But in mindset, discipline, and direction.
Napoleon Hill’s core idea is simple:
What you consistently think about shapes what you become.
Most people don’t struggle because they lack opportunity.
They struggle because their focus, habits, and beliefs work against them.
Goals stay vague.
Doubt creeps in.
Momentum fades before results appear.
This book is about fixing that from the inside out.
Here are 20 lessons from Think and Grow Rich that still matter today:
1. Thoughts shape results. What you focus on grows.
2. A clear goal is the starting point of success.
3. Desire must be specific and backed by commitment.
4. Faith is belief reinforced through action.
5. Autosuggestion programs, habits, and decisions.
6. Specialized knowledge beats general knowledge.
7. Imagination turns ideas into opportunity.
8. Organized planning turns goals into reality.
9. Persistence separates winners from quitters.
10. The subconscious mind drives behaviour.
11. Fear is learned and can be unlearned.
12. The brain receives and transmits ideas.
13. Decisions create momentum. Indecision creates delay.
14. Emotional control is essential for progress.
15. Time and patience compound effort.
16. Failure is feedback, not defeat.
17. The mastermind principle accelerates growth.
18. Self-discipline directs energy toward results.
19. Habits determine long-term outcomes.
20. Success begins in the mind before it shows up in reality.
This book isn’t about shortcuts or overnight wins.
It’s about aligning thoughts, actions, and discipline long enough for results to show up.
Progress starts internally.
Outcomes follow.
Which lesson stands out to you?