You don’t lack discipline.
You lack respect for your own word.
You’ll wake up at 7AM for a salary.
But sleep through the work that could change your life.
You’ll follow a boss’s rules.
But break your own trading plan in seconds.
The market doesn’t punish bad strategy.
It punishes weak character.
If you can’t keep promises to yourself,
you won’t keep them when money is bleeding.
And the market will expose that every time.
in trading,
you can work hard and still get nothing in return
because simply putting time in is not enough
your effort needs to be directed to the right places
hours of studying scattered concepts gets you nowhere,
but hours refining your own system gets you far
days in the market trading random setups gets you nowhere,
but days executing your defined plan gets you far
weeks of ignoring your own faults gets you nowhere,
but weeks of correcting your mistakes gets you far
months of trading without review gets you nowhere,
but months of consistent journaling gets you far
the time spent is the same,
while the outcome is completely different
one only makes you feel like progress should follow,
the other demands it
so consider how you spend the hours, days, weeks, and months
are you creating progress or only working to an end?
because your trading does not care solely about time spent,
it responds to the actual direction and intent of your effort
remember that
You see how many opportunities there are, when you reach a high level?
See why losses mean nothing?
Missing a trade means nothing?
Try to get as good as possible, it will fix your psychological problems.
Road to mastery….
Can you see it?
The lagging asset moves into consolidation, while the leading asset retraces.
This creates an SMT — a strength switch.
The lagging asset expands only when the retracement in the leading asset completes, notice both assets expand TOGETHER.
I have more to show.
This is the 2nd sequence,
Leading asset consolidating?
Trade the expansion lower on the lagging asset, only after confirming it with a SS.
We don't require both assets to be expanding together here.
More high probable when the leading asset has a reason not to reverse.
Can you see it?
The lagging asset moves into consolidation, while the leading asset retraces.
This creates an SMT — a strength switch.
The lagging asset expands only when the retracement in the leading asset completes, notice both assets expand TOGETHER.
I have more to show.