Benjamin Baller

Political junkie turned trader, now Managing Director @trlm. Single malt drinker. Lego aficionado. Crowdfunding maximalist.

[Benjamin Baller @youngcapitalist]

@homerepaired @HansJen15917033 Not if you don’t sell!

[Benjamin Baller @youngcapitalist]

@LONGCONVEXITY Bring on the robots

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@SecScottBessent This is a day and a half of global supply - “quickly bring approximately 140 million barrels of oil to global markets”.

And this:

“the Trump Administration has been working to bring around 440 million additional barrels of oil to the global market”

…is 4.5 days of supply.

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@Rory_Johnston Global demand is over 100m barrels per day, so who cares?

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@Greiser @SUITandDFI Somethingsomethingsomething…past returns are not indicative of future

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@SayMane901 @BrysonWright3 Same song different dance. They don’t sell to end user and don’t have control where product goes after distributor sells it.

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@UConnTrademark Any idea where can I buy these on court warmups? Can’t find them anywhere.

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@HaYoMiDe_ Answer is 18.

5(5+5)=50
6(6+6)=72
3(3+3)=18

[Benjamin Baller @youngcapitalist]

Careers aren’t built on peaks. They’re built on plateaus.

Each plateau is a chance to lock in habits, normalize pressure, and prepare for the next climb.

Progress that lasts is quiet. And by the time it’s obvious to everyone else, it’s already been earned.

[Benjamin Baller @youngcapitalist]

Reducing size after progress feels backward.
It feels like doubt.

In reality, it’s confidence.

Shrinking size lets you prove consistency without pressure. It protects psychology while habits catch up to results.

The strongest traders aren’t afraid to get small when it matters.

[Benjamin Baller @youngcapitalist]

Most drawdowns after success aren’t bad luck. They’re impatience.

Traders confuse “I can” with “I should.”
They push before the new baseline is stable.

Giving money back isn’t a failure of skill.
It’s a failure of restraint.

Yesterday’s market is not today’s. Accepting the opportunities in front of you and not trying to do more is a skill that must be practiced and honed through time.

[Benjamin Baller @youngcapitalist]

When you move up — in confidence, size, or results — everything feels louder. Wins feel bigger. Losses feel sharper. Every trade feels important.

Your job is to make that new level boring.

Same routines. Same risk discipline. Same review process.

When the new level feels normal, you’re ready for the next one.

[Benjamin Baller @youngcapitalist]

Most traders think the skill is making money.
It’s not.

The real skill is keeping it once you do.

Anyone can have a hot stretch. Few can slow themselves down enough to stabilize afterward.

Stabilization doesn’t feel like progress — but it’s what turns progress into something real.

[Benjamin Baller @youngcapitalist]

@TRLM We have a great partnership with F&O and John and Kenth do a great job mentoring bright young students. Mentorship is embedded in Trillium’s DNA.

[Benjamin Baller @youngcapitalist]

@TRLM First stop of a many more! Chicago and DC are next up.

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@Wisdom_HQ 90. Move bottom of 4 to top to complete a square then walk to the other side of the table. You see 90

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Fed decision tomorrow, what’s your poison?

[Benjamin Baller @youngcapitalist]

In trading, progress isn’t how high you climb—it’s how well you reset.

The pros separate themselves by how quickly they return to baseline after a setback.

Not emotionally, not spiritually—mechanically. They shrink size, regain control, rebuild confidence, and then climb the curve again.

The second curve isn’t where traders fail.
It’s where traders are made. Because anyone can get hot once.

Only the ones who know how to reset can sustain it.

[Benjamin Baller @youngcapitalist]

No one escapes the humility cycle. You think you’ve leveled up… and the market exposes a weakness you didn’t know you still had.

That’s normal. Growth doesn’t erase your flaws—it reveals new ones.

The job isn’t to avoid being humbled. It’s to use each humbling as a map of what to improve next.

Being humbled is part of the progression.
Staying humbled is how you reach the next level.

[Benjamin Baller @youngcapitalist]

Most traders try to go from breakthrough → scaling immediately. That’s why they fall.

After progress, you need to stabilize:
Reduce size.
Re-center process.
Prove you can repeat the behavior that led to the jump.

Stabilization feels boring, but it’s the work that makes the breakthrough real instead of a fluke.

If you don’t anchor the new level, the market will knock you back to the old one.