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Vol traders have had a great run since March. But markets change. Easy trades disappear. Small losers start showing up first. That’s usually the signal. I’ve slowed down and gone back to grind mode. Some are still swinging hard. Are you adjusting, or fighting the tape?

From recent conversations with traders I’m mentoring: Simulation is an amazing tool. It costs you nothing but time. The mistake? Going live too early. You can never go live too late—but rushing early? That’s when people overestimate their edge. Build consistency first. No rush.

I still sometimes pay the high or sell the low in a move. Sometimes my stop is exactly where the market turns. That happens to everybody. The goal is not perfecion, its survival. Keep losses small. Stay in the game. Long career.

I remember when I “made it” with trading I was making good money and was living in a nice apartment with my wife We went on holiday to Malaysia and went to a big food market that was famous over there Everyone around me was having fun, yet I felt nothing I thought that my life would be great after succeeding at trading - yet I had no emotions, it was almost like I was depressed All of those hours I had put in to learning trading, and when I had finally done it, it didn’t make me happy at all I realised that trading is a great vehicle to make money, but at the end of the day: •You’re not working / collaborating with other people •You’re not having a positive impact on other people’s lives •It’s the same boring process every single day Figuring out the markets was the fun part, but now that I had done that I became extremely bored in life and didn’t know what to do So I started doing other things on the side - teaching trading, building softwares businesses, investing in other businesses This is when I got my passion back for life I realised that I didn’t enjoy trading - I enjoyed CREATING But I was lucky enough that trading providing both money and time, which allowed me to pursue what I was actually passionate about Just be warned - becoming a profitable trader isn’t going to make your life much better In fact, if trading is all that you have, it’s easy to become bored and depressed Use trading as a vehicle to pursue hard / creative things that you’re passionate about THIS is how trading should be done, not just used as something where you work for 1-3 hours a day and spend the rest of it gaming, watching netflix and scrolling on your phone