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trader | 9+ years in the trenches

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Joined September 2012
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Here's what I learned after my first year of profitable trading... 🧵
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The hard part about trading is not taking good trades. It’s avoiding all the bullshit between the good trades.
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Account rotation can help you manage risk. But it can’t turn a losing strategy into a winning one. Before you focus on managing 5-10 accounts, prove you can trade ONE consistently.
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October been a great month for me. Let’s make November even better💪🏼 Q4 about to be huge.
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At this rate all the data centres will be empty and turned into padel courts
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Sometimes the correct analysis is simply: I don't have a clear directional read here. That's not poor technical analysis. That's a legitimate conclusion.
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You’re not supposed to understand every price movement. You’re supposed to recognise the conditions in which you have an advantage.
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Lovely EU shorts closed this week. Totalling just over +3.5R ✅
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you wouldn’t get on a bus without knowing where your destination is so why do you enter a trade without having a clear draw on liquidity? figure out the destination THEN find your entry.
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When I first got multiple funded accounts I made the mistake of copy trading them all together. I was blinded by the lights of what a 2% payout would be. And I neglected the risks that trading all the accounts together would cause. Always protect your downside first.
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I guess it’s time to fullport futures
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Your whole life can literally change in 6 months. Keep going.
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"If I can just find the perfect strategy, I won't have to feel uncertain." That's the trap. No strategy removes uncertainty. It only resets your hope until the next losing streak. Your real edge is changing your relationship with uncertainty.
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Alright it’s time to lock back in
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You don't have a strategy problem. You have a self-concept problem. And until you change who you believe you are, you will keep sabotaging every system you touch.
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Out of office ✈️
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People will find every excuse under the sun not to buy strength, but only need one to sell
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People treat buying a prop firm challenge like a one-time event. When in reality buying a challenge should be an ongoing portfolio decision.
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