Alessio

I’m back. New Alessio. I took the Summer off to think. Why? I didn’t feel satisfied. I ‘thought’ I was doing well. People where telling me I did. But there was something inside… It didn’t feel right: “Is this it?” “Will this be what I do for the rest of my life?” I’ve worked towards this point for 4 years. “Writing is my passion.” “I love ghostwriting.” “I love helping people with their personal brand.” I kept repeating those sentences. I was living life on autopilot. But deep down I knew this wasn’t what I wanted. I was lying to myself. So I put a halt to everything. Full stop. This can’t go on anymore. I’m glad I did. Because now I’m back. More motivated than ever. I had time to think. Time to analyze my life. What do I love to do? What are my core beliefs? What am I naturally better in than others? That last one stuck with me the most. I never was a good writer. I always hated writing. I dreaded it in school. And sure… I’ve said it myself. You can learn writing. You can master writing. You can become a great writer. And I even started loving it. But that’s not what I’m naturally good at. What I’ve always been great at is: • Maths • Logical thinking • Pattern recognition Nothing to do with: • Writing • Speaking • Teaching Sure those are great skills to master. But they don’t align with my core skills. But what skill does? Trading Before you get all skeptical. Because I was too. It’s a skill that can be learned. A skill that can be profitable. A skill I’ve spent this summer learning. I haven’t mastered it yet. I’m gonna be honest… I’m not even profitable yet. But I will be. I can tell that for a fact. How? Because for 3 months it’s the only thought that’s been crossing my mind. And that I haven’t had for a long time anymore. I know you haven’t followed me for that. I know you probably won’t be interested in my content anymore. So no hard feelings. If you wanna unfollow me I wish you all the best. But if you wanna see how my journey goes… Glad to have you a board. And even more glad to be back

@TheH0n3stTrader Really gotta create again… Thanks for the reminder

Traders who don’t create content are missing out on some of the most powerful opportunities available today.

@Sholly_Pee1 I’m there now but close to being out of it. Passed the first phase of a challenge this week for a first time.

Listen. There’s a trading phase nobody talks about. Not beginner phase. Not profitable phase. The middle phase - where you understand the charts, do the work, follow risk… but the money isn’t showing up yet. This is where most people quit. Not because they can’t trade, but because they stop trusting themselves. This phase is required. It builds discipline, patience, and belief without validation. If you pass this phase, you don’t just make money… you’ll be on an entirely different level.

@LayahHeilpern Thanks. Logging off now

The real flex is not spending that much time online. People who have actually "made it" spend less time online and more in the real world. They post and then they bounce. Lesson in there.

@Jacobtradesz The dopamine hits in the beginning are just so extreme from winning a trade. Had to get used to it. Now I have multiple accounts but only trading on one until I pass that one. Passed the first phase for the first time now. So almost there.

If you start in trading DONT BUY MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS Start with 1 and that it Once you get a payout and prove to yourself you can get payouts Okay then go and invest the first payouts into more accounts But you should not invest a lot of your own money at the start imo

@andrew_nfx Great struggle to have tho haha

Once you become a profitable trader for a few years, you have a constant battle in your head: Should I scale up and get a ton of investor capital? Or do I want to make less money but also keep my peace and not have to deal with clients It’s a hard decision to make lol

School taught you the wrong game. Memorize the words. Pass the test. Forget everything by summer. Now you're an adult doing the same thing… bookmarking 47 articles, highlighting entire paragraphs, collecting information like it's Pokémon. And still feeling behind. Here's what nobody told you: Information is not understanding. Memorizing is not learning. Consuming is not thinking. You could read 100 books this year and stay exactly the same person. Or read 5 slowly, painfully, repeatedly and actually rewire how you see the world. Stop asking "what should I read next?" Start asking "what haven't I understood yet?"

You don't need more discipline. You need fewer options. Think about it…. When where your most productive seasons? Let me tell you: When you had no other choice. Back against the wall. No plan B. No distractions because you couldn't afford them. Then you got comfortable. More money. More options. More "opportunities." And suddenly you need podcasts about discipline. The monk isn't disciplined. He just lives in a place without Netflix. The prisoner gets in shape because the yard has nothing but a pull-up bar. You're not lazy. You're surrounded by too many exits. Burn a few. Watch what happens.

@Mach_Tactics But but what if I fail in those 17 years and so they’re wasted????

Spending age 18 - 35 working hard to make as much money as possible, and then having the option to relax from age 36 - 80, is a GOOD DECISION. Far better than working at a moderate pace age 18 - 60, and being poor forever.

The market doesn't reward the smartest trader. It rewards the most boring one. Same setup. Same rules. Same response. Every. Single. Time. While everyone's chasing the next secret indicator… the profitable trader is just repeating Tuesday.

Most people never become a playable character in the world. They spend their whole life as an NPC… Following scripted paths, giving the same responses, waiting to be interacted with. The difference? NPCs react. Playable characters initiate. NPCs have dialogue trees. Playable characters write the story. NPCs stay in their zone. Playable characters unlock new maps. You don't need permission to pick up the controller. The game was always yours.

@_claudiarea I started doing before and after too. It indeed is way better. You can add how you feel in real time when the time is happening. What you think. What you’ll do. Your emotions. Much better

Journaling your trades in real time is 100x more beneficial than documenting them after the fact If you sit down on Friday to journal the trades you took on Monday You’ll likely have no idea how you were feeling in the moment What your impulses were telling you to do Which emotions you were feeling at the time Why exactly you entered the trade (if it was based on data or emotions) You’ll only be able to document the technical aspect Therefore you’re missing out on one of the most valuable takeaways from journaling Which is understanding your emotions on a deeper level, learning how you operate and figuring out which parts of your brain need reprogramming Technical edge is only a part of the puzzle, psychology plays a huge role too So document your trades in real time to speed up your learning curve

@andrew_nfx What would you suggest are great activities to do as a trader? Reading, exercising, other sports? What else?

By far the best trading advice someone ever gave me is: “Your trading and your personal life need to be balanced, If your personal life is chaotic, your trading will become chaotic. If your trading is chaotic, your personal life will become chaotic.” Your trading and your personal life need to be in sync - you need to be calm, consistent and disciplined in both of them If you’re partying at the club 3 nights a week and doing drugs, your trading results will reflect that I’m guessing a lot of people won’t want to hear this, but it’s the truth

@TradingComposur What would you suggest a trader does next to trading?

Hot take: Trading gets easier when your life gets fuller. Less desperation = more selectivity, higher quality trades.

@tradertheory I wish I started journalling way easier. I always thought: “How hard can it be to remember?” And now I realize it’s not even only the remembering part. Journalling is so much more.

No journaling means no learning. Same mistakes. Same losses. Forever. You wonder why your account never grows. This is why.

@EliteOptions2 So my hope strategy isn’t a strategy???

Most people lose money because they ignore this: They trade what they want to happen. Not what's actually happening. Your bias doesn't move price. Reality does. Trade reality not wishes… that's the game.

@jordanfogel Well… I hope I don’t blow up a lot more though haha But you’re right

Blowing up accounts is a part of the process I was pissed about it when it happened Looking back it was the best thing to happen to me

@prrobbins Shiny object syndrome. A problem for a lot of people.

Most traders don’t need a new strategy. They need to start actually following the one they already have.

@TradingComposur Took a long time before I became ok with this. I took the ‘right’ trade. That’s all it takes. It goes to profit. Awesome. It goes to stop loss. Also ok.

A “good day” isn’t necessarily green. A good day is: I executed my process.

@xbtsnow @BonesawMD yes. That’s it.

@BonesawMD @ItsAlessi0 People are afraid of success OR they are afraid if they try 100% and still don’t get it, that means they were never good enough (in their minds)

All self improvement is a waste of time until you figure out why you don't truly believe you deserve the life you dream about

@naval Imitation is the first act. But compression is the real magic. It doesn't just copy us — it distills patterns we couldn't see in ourselves. That's not imitation anymore. That's a mirror with opinions.

AI is the great automator, and to automate, it must first imitate. The imitation fools people into thinking it’s alive.