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Many people do not realize that days, weeks go by and you haven't made any progress, or you haven't won any trade and it's completely normal.

I've personally made around 50k past few months documenting everything, simply tap my profile you'll get what I'm saying.

Boring days/weeks and even months are going to happen in trading and It's normal, last two weeks in April I didn't take a single trade. Knowing when to stop trading and forcing trades is where the biggest thing in trading shifts.

There are periods in trading where your setups are going to happen really frequently but there are periods where you can't find your setup for 1/2 weeks and that's where most people lose their discipline.

Make trading a business be very selective and try to say NO to bad trades or those that doesn't feel right.

the main thing that plays the biggest role is only staying inside the barriers.

I'm not saying follow me, I'm just asking you to grab a paper and you WRITE DOWN YOUR WHOLE STRATEGY from A to Z.

Once you've done that you also write down the things that ruins profitability which is: fomo, revenge trading, holding more into losing trades than winning trades, dragging your stoploss even further hoping it will turn around, adding massively in winning position etc.

By Monday I want you to look at tradingview (or at any platform you watch the charts at) and say,

1. there is a trade and it looks valid it fits my strategy, I'm taking it.
2. there is a trade and it looks valid it fits my strategy but somehow it feels weird and my intuition says that It might result into a loss, I'm not taking it.
3. there is no trades at the moment I'm setting the alerts, I'm going for walk/gym. I'm not taking any trades today.
4. there is no trades but I'M SURE I CAN FIND SOMETHING, be aware of fomo and stay away from the screen until a trade presents itself.

Trading is not about screen time, everybody can stay infront of the screen for 12 hours and generate 10k a month but that's not the reality market doesn't really care.

Everyone's showing you the highlight reel, the cars, the lifestyle, the money. And I get it, it looks appealing. But what you're not seeing is the years behind it, or half the time whether it's even real.

I spent two years in trading barely breaking even, two years of staring at charts, second guessing every decision, watching losses add up and wondering if I was just wasting my time. No one was clapping for me then. No one was watching.

Then something shifted. The last year and a half I've been consistently profitable and in the past 5 months alone I've pulled in around 90k. Not bragging, just being honest because I think people need to hear the full story not just the end result.

Because here's what I know now. The people who actually make it aren't the ones who found a shortcut. They're the ones who stayed when it stopped feeling exciting. When progress was invisible. When it made more sense to quit than to keep going.

That middle period is where most people tap out. Not because they lack talent, but because slow progress doesn't feel like progress at all.

If you're somewhere in that grind right now, behind closed doors, no results yet, questioning everything, that's not a sign to stop. That's just what the process actually looks like before it pays off.

Stay with it.

Sorry

Everyone's showing you the highlight reel, the cars, the lifestyle, the money. And I get it, it looks appealing. But what you're not seeing is the years behind it, or half the time whether it's even real.

I spent two years in trading barely breaking even, two years of staring at charts, second guessing every decision, watching losses add up and wondering if I was just wasting my time. No one was clapping for me then. No one was watching.

Then something shifted. The last year and a half I've been consistently profitable and in the past 5 months alone I've pulled in around 90k. Not bragging, just being honest because I think people need to hear the full story not just the end result.

Because here's what I know now. The people who actually make it aren't the ones who found a shortcut. They're the ones who stayed when it stopped feeling exciting. When progress was invisible. When it made more sense to quit than to keep going.

That middle period is where most people tap out. Not because they lack talent, but because slow progress doesn't feel like progress at all.

If you're somewhere in that grind right now, behind closed doors, no results yet, questioning everything, that's not a sign to stop. That's just what the process actually looks like before it pays off.

Stay with it.

the main thing that plays the biggest role is only staying inside the barriers.

I'm not saying follow me, I'm just asking you to grab a paper and you WRITE DOWN YOUR WHOLE STRATEGY from A to Z.

Once you've done that you also write down the things that ruins profitability which is: fomo, revenge trading, holding more into losing trades than winning trades, dragging your stoploss even further hoping it will turn around, adding massively in winning position etc.

By Monday I want you to look at tradingview (or at any platform you watch the charts at) and say,

1. there is a trade and it looks valid it fits my strategy, I'm taking it.

2. there is a trade and it looks valid it fits my strategy but somehow it feels weird and my intuition says that It might result into a loss, I'm not taking it.

3. there is no trades at the moment I'm setting the alerts, I'm going for walk/gym. I'm not taking any trades today.

4. there is no trades but I'M SURE I CAN FIND SOMETHING, be aware of fomo and stay away from the screen until a trade presents itself.

Trading is not about screen time, everybody can stay infront of the screen for 12 hours and generate 10k a month but that's not the reality market doesn't really care.

Many people do not realize that days, weeks go by and you haven't made any progress, or you haven't won any trade and it's completely normal.

I've personally made around 50k past few months documenting everything, simply tap my profile you'll get what I'm saying.

Boring days/weeks and even months are going to happen in trading and It's normal, last two weeks in April I didn't take a single trade. Knowing when to stop trading and forcing trades is where the biggest thing in trading shifts.

There are periods in trading where your setups are going to happen really frequently but there are periods where you can't find your setup for 1/2 weeks and that's where most people lose their discipline.

Make trading a business be very selective and try to say NO to bad trades or those that doesn't feel right.

Everyone's showing you the highlight reel, the cars, the lifestyle, the money. And I get it, it looks appealing. But what you're not seeing is the years behind it, or half the time whether it's even real.

I spent two years in trading barely breaking even, two years of staring at charts, second guessing every decision, watching losses add up and wondering if I was just wasting my time. No one was clapping for me then. No one was watching.

Then something shifted. The last year and a half I've been consistently profitable and in the past 5 months alone I've pulled in around 90k. Not bragging, just being honest because I think people need to hear the full story not just the end result.

Because here's what I know now. The people who actually make it aren't the ones who found a shortcut. They're the ones who stayed when it stopped feeling exciting. When progress was invisible. When it made more sense to quit than to keep going.

That middle period is where most people tap out. Not because they lack talent, but because slow progress doesn't feel like progress at all.

If you're somewhere in that grind right now, behind closed doors, no results yet, questioning everything, that's not a sign to stop. That's just what the process actually looks like before it pays off.

Stay with it.

Currently sitting in a net profit of 10% this month, but every breakout is failing every zone is breaking without any hesitation. It suddenly became harder to trade these days with all the wars going on, I personally going to step out and be extremely selective on setups.

This is just my personal thoughts, drop a comment below what's your next move?

I trade forex only and I'm a swing trader, I avoid the screentime and trading most of the time.

Throughout the day I scroll in Tradingview and see what's up in the market, let's say I identify 3 setups that are ready and worth a shot, I jump on lower timeframes watch everything closely and most of the time I leave without taking any trade, by tomorrow morning I see that they would have been invalidated or hit SL. And in rare cases I take a trade here and there and they work just fine or If they don't I manage the trades and try to get out earlier to manage risk.

Trading less is far more effective than trading more, I'm very very careful on picking trades, and this is just my opinion love to hear yours, drop it below.

6 months alone I've made around 45k in forex alone, all the trades are documented and timestamped in my journal group, if you want to be part of the group simply tap my profile. But not all these months were perfect, within 3 months I've doubled an account last 3 months were not that good, maybe with all the wars and stuff going on I might have slipped somewhere, trading isn't the get rich quick scheme, trading is business, you should expect down weeks, down months.

Trade less my friends.

Two things can happen to you, you either win from waiting for your best setup, or you win from a setup that you FOMO in and you ignored all your rules.

The second case is the worst thing that can happen to you in trading journey, the market has taught you a habit that will drain your account.

Because a loss you understand is better than a win you don't.

It has been 8 days and I haven't taken a single trade and I'm still waiting for my setup to play out, and I mainly focus on controlling risk that's it. I've been documenting everything past few months if you want to join my journey simple tap my profile.