Michael Ploch

How many discords have traders posting that actually know how to trade? AND post what their ideas are BEFORE the entry fully develops? Why not just post a chart with your TP allmost hit and be like “oh look at me, isn’t this amazing!”Lol Something I’m working on is the “before it hits” idea so others can see what I see. Here’s a few posts from our Victory Unit discord tonight. @JDadastra @AnyaAlis discord.gg/victoryroom

@AnyaAlis I sum it up integrity, without it you are nothing. 🙏 Namaste 🙏

Money comes and goes. Sometimes very unexpectedly. Money is, of course, something important… but I don’t like putting it in one like with word value. To me, the word “value” belongs to something higher. Honesty is a value. Loyalty is a value. Strength and resilience are values. The ability to keep your word - and to stand behind it - is a value. And no, don’t get me wrong… I do love money. But even the word “love” doesn’t sit right here. Because love - that’s a value. And next to it, money holds no weight. Just some reflections. About the foundation. Money comes and goes. Real values stay. And no one can ever take them away from you. Lay the right values into your foundation- because your walls will stand on them. 🫶

@ericjaxgumby67 @SH_Lowlight @lamps_apple @MalcolmNance 78’ thru 82’ maybe, I was transferred when they moved the ship permanently from St Pete Fl. Whatever year that was.

@Plochman @SH_Lowlight @lamps_apple @MalcolmNance The Engage was my first MSO in late 87. It was parked at A pier at Mayport across from the airport tower and Desron. They were just sanding all the new guys there, then moving them to other sweeps. Imagine going to an old MSO from a brand-new Ohio class dub. F'ing brutal.

Posted this morning in our free discord. @KinglineCapital “Teach a man to fish and you feed him for life.” We fishin daily!

Here’s my boat, back in 79 as a reservist I was ready to be called up to go over there in our wooden ship. The USS Engage never got the order but we were ready brother! I’m 65 now and wouldn’t hesitate to get on a plane tomorrow to serve on another boat if they needed hands. ET4 USNR

@lamps_apple @MalcolmNance @gbrew24 Here is one from the 80s when it was sweeping with us

@AnyaAlis Namaste 🙏🕉️

Twenty hours on the road were absolutely worth this vibe ✨ but the bigger reason I’m here, I’ll meet in a couple of hours 🥰 Hope NQ is treating you good our there 🙂

Blowing accounts is rarely about ignorance. Most traders who repeatedly lose know exactly what they should be doing. The problem is not knowledge. It’s what the nervous system has learned to call normal. The brain does not seek profit. It seeks predictability. If a trader has lived through repeated losses, liquidations, and emotional collapses, the nervous system adapts. Stress becomes familiar. Urgency becomes the baseline. Chaos becomes home. After enough exposure, the brain stops treating loss as danger - and starts treating it as known territory. This is why many traders feel strangely calm while destroying an account, and deeply uncomfortable while protecting one. Account blowing often follows the same neurological pattern. It usually begins when things are already damaged. The account is down. Confidence is fractured. Cortisol is elevated. The brain shifts into survival mode. At this point, precision disappears. The prefrontal cortex loses control, and the limbic system takes over. Now the goal is no longer trading well. The goal is ending uncertainty. A slow bleed is psychologically unbearable. It keeps the brain in constant threat detection. A full blow-up, on the other hand, creates certainty. The pain is intense - but it’s final. The nervous system can finally relax. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ From the brain’s perspective, blowing the account is not failure. It is resolution. This is why traders add size after drawdown, revenge trade after a loss, ignore stops, or take random setups. Not because they believe it will work - but because the nervous system is trying to escape prolonged stress. Loss becomes a habit loop. Stress ▶️ impulsive trade ▶️ larger loss ▶️ emotional overload ▶️ destructive behavior ▶️ collapse ▶️ relief ▶️ reset. Over time, this loop becomes neurologically efficient. The brain learns the sequence. The body recognizes the ending. The account dies, and tension releases. That relief is dangerous. Because it teaches the nervous system that destruction brings peace. So when a trader later builds a new account and things start going well, the brain resists. Consistency feels unfamiliar. Small gains feel pointless. Patience feels unsafe. There is no emotional payoff. And eventually, without conscious intention, the trader recreates the same ending. Not because they want to lose. But because their nervous system has learned how the story “ends.” Breaking this cycle isn’t about discipline or motivation. Those operate too high in the brain. It requires retraining the nervous system to tolerate not losing. That means: ✅ fixed, boring risk ✅ stopping trading while still green ✅ allowing accounts to survive without adrenaline ✅ sitting with the discomfort of nothing happening Only when the body learns that safety exists without destruction does the urge to blow accounts dissolve. Consistency is not a mindset. It’s a new baseline for the nervous system. Until that baseline changes, the market will always find a way to trigger the same ending.

@MarciSilfrain lol yep.

So the whole X is bearish on the SPX and NDX charts for January???? …. Ok…. Seen this before…. To the moon we go.

@MarciSilfrain Truth! Hehe. Here’s an example of what I mean. Sometimes they do fake out break outs to the upside and then rug pull right out of the bottom. Good stuff. Keep drawing those lines. :)

@Plochman We’re either going up or down! 😭🤷🏻‍♀️

Thank you everyone for all the support. I promised to start sharing charts so here is QQQ... My NQ chart has too much going on to share right now. I need to figure out and work on a way to share these. What program do you like to use for making and sharing charts? On my @Wordsofrizdom interview that will be out soon, I told him I can't teach, but everyone keeps asking me to help, so I will start to share some macro views of mine. A pattern is a pattern until it breaks to me. As long as we stay in the blue channel I am bullish for now. I think both rectangles represent a consolidation period. I believe this consolidation period will bring QQQ to $694ish on an upside breakout. That's what I see for now. Happy Trading!

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@KinglineCapital Merry Christmas @Plochman @tradingswag24 @KaizenTrading33, may my luck by with you guys!

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@JDadastra Yes! @LiveMicTrader1 inspired me in one of his talks to mash the gas when I have momentum going with me and still keep my risk plan intact. Lots of BE’s but the ones that take off really can hit big. Let’s do this bro!

Going into 2026 one thing I would say is worth focusing on and adding to your toolbox is adding to winners more Its not every trade. As not every trade will present the opportunity. (I look for speeds and low resistance delivery windows when I do this) And even when I think I caught momentum a lot of times it will still come back break even on me (Anytime I add leverage to a winner I close BE if it comes back) But all you have to do is catch a couple a day that don't come back break even and your winning trades balloon over the papercuts and BE 📈Just a thought. See you on the charts again in 2026

@JDadastra Yep!

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Great read, my thoughts exactly.

Posted earlier on @KinglineCapital chat.

@ChrisLo33208422 @KinglineCapital @JDadastra

Milestone I guess. 😁 Balance on each Topstep XFA & I have 5. 3 wks of work, not bad. This could not be possible had I not joined @KinglineCapital and learn trading from mods like @JDadastra +all & the awesome traders in the community generously sharing knowledge. Grateful 🙏.

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