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RoiBoy's avatar

Love this article gives me perspective of where I am.

Im nearly 50 with a full time job and learning to trade in my spare time, aiming to make a better life for me and my kids. At it about 2 years now, made quite a bit of money while not knowing what I was doing , listening to "YouTube infulencers" pumping their bags and jumping on every narrative that was thrown my way. Emotionally trading and round tripped it completely. With two years experience I am starting to develop a process and aiming for steady consistent gains over time with risk and invalidation defined. Treating every coin as a scam has helped me with this. I really love learning perps trading and have learned a lot from you and this coarse. Thank you

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TraderTashi's avatar

Thank you XO. This is my 4th year since I started trading. I'm working towards my dream of becoming a professional trader.

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Wilson Borges's avatar

Thanks for being part of my(our) journey… 🙏🏿

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Spike's avatar

Great insight.. Thank you.

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Show's avatar

Such an amazing post. Thank you!

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phili's avatar

Bravo trader xo💪👍

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Justin Gibson's avatar

Wow you’ve definitely opened up my eyes with this read.

Thank you.

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Mikey's avatar

Absolutely phenomenal write up! Thank you

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Bullsie's avatar

This is pure gold for those of us really chasing that commitment you talk about so well, thank you for sharing these valuable insights.

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Richard's avatar

Lovely that XO. A thoughtfully executed piece as always. Thought provoking & encouraging. Appreciate you 🤝

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Zeus's avatar

You are truly a different Breed of trader Sir.

I can relate each word as is. Your insights are giving us a reality check and showing us the clear path forward.

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AS's avatar

I'm going to read this daily as a reminder of where I want to be as a trader, and how I can get there.

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Joe Polland's avatar

I am also trading part time out of working hours - aiming to one day trade as a living. Will focus on starting a playbook first - 3 or 4 solid strategies, back tested. Then will try each with little money (0.5% to 1% of account) and journal these trades for review and refine. Then hopefully scale up on the winners.

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FRANC€$CØ's avatar

Awesome read.

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Mr Roo's avatar

Awesome read XO.

I do think the emotions don't matter in stages 1 and 2, as the trading size tends to be small.

I believe the emotions take over as the trading size increases, especially in Stages 3 and 4.

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Moonover's avatar

Let's find that edge and put the hard work and discipline 💪🏼

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