Shōgun Capital | Performance Coach

1/5 I’ve spent the past year coaching traders one-on-one. It's changed everything I thought I knew about why traders fail. Most think it's lack of discipline or strategy. But, interestingly, I discovered something much deeper. It begins with what they "think" they want... 🧵

@SellingRips Put ICT in the tagline. You'll instantly 10x your viewers

Can any talented thumbnail artists out there make me a better, more viral version of this? I want the most engaging thumbnail ever. If it's incredible, I may have future paid work for you!

micro1 experts <3

Does Money buy happiness? (no wrong answer) If so, how much specifically = happiness? If not, what are you trading for?

Most emotional trading issues that lead to blow ups begin with bad position sizing.

@karaoke_andi when all goes wrong.... youtu.be/VUjn8u-hRH8?si…

Two shitty US sessions in a row. I had a 5% drawdown just today. I deal with it my way. After a ruthless analysis and applying the largest amount of scrutiny, I do what I always do on a Wednesday: smoking a cigar in the city. Tomorrow is a new day and I will act upon my edge without fear or hesitation. That's the name of the game.

@jadecap_ Dry fast or it never happened :P

Starting another 72hr fasting cycle tonight. Drop a comment below if you’re buying in. Make sure you have electrolytes!

My journal and screen recordings

@SellingRips People need to stop giving their money to educators teaching strategies. Legit high level professional traders are already sharing for free. They should Invest instead in their behavioural and mental frameworks , so they can act properly with risk in the markets.

This is my 11th year trading, and what you’re seeing is the result of years of setbacks, learning, and relentless growth. I’ve been consistently profitable for a long time now, but that does not mean I never lose. I absolutely take losses and I share them here with full transparency. The biggest difference between me now and me 11 years ago is simple. I’ve learned how to manage myself and my emotions. I know when I’m locked in and when I’m not 💡 I know when I’ve got more to give and when it’s time to pack it up and protect my peace 🧘‍♂️ That kind of self awareness is one of the most underrated skills in trading. It’s not just about knowing the charts: It’s about knowing yourself 🫵 Way too many people waste years chasing the perfect setup or some magic strategy 📈📉 The truth is, almost any strategy can work if you learn how to actually trade it! At the end of the day, it is never about a high win rate or forcing green days. It is about protecting your mental energy and approaching this like something you plan to do for A LIFETIME. You do not win this game by trying to fight every battle. You win by choosing the right ones and knowing where your focus and mental capital are best spent.

If your edge only works in demo, it’s not an edge. It’s a fantasy.

@karaoke_andi Situational Analysis would be better ;)

Don't fix the strategy. Fix the trader. Tom Hougaard was looking at a million transactions in the EURUSD, one of the most liquid instruments. He found this: Retail traders were right 60% of the time! That's not bad at all. They should make money. But instead, we all know from the fine print of any broker that 90% of retail traders lose money. Do we really need more technical analysis?

There are 2 types of trader: Those who have had devastating losses, and those who will.

This: - Journal the process, not the trade. - Map the pattern of your compulsive behaviours (by recording screen) - to identify triggers (heat behind ears) - Rehearse pattern interrupts (visualisation) in advance. - Shift your perspective: Focus on YOU not the market.

If someone posts more payouts than lessons, you’re not being mentored — you’re being marketed to.

If you crave validation, you’ll trade for approval — not results.

Confidence is loud. Composure is silent.

Most traders aren’t undercapitalized. They’re underprepared.

Here's one approach (definitely not the only way..) Budget for a few attempts. The normal variance of winning and losing streaks will inevitably mean you may breach drawdown limits So if you can only afford a single 200k account, better to work on 50k accounts first and know you have budget for 4 attempts. (first payout at 2% profit would cover all your investment) risk 1% or less until you get a 2% or more buffer. then risk the 2% to make it over the line. Worst case you're back to break even. Best case you get funded quick and then you can dial down risk and trade normally. Or if you don't care about how long it takes, just take your Max losing streak for your system, divide it into the draw down limit, and that gives you your position size.

If you asked me how to pass a prop firm challenge, I couldn't give you expert advice on it, since I never passed one. You know I prefer trading with a broker. But if you insisted, this would be my approach: I believe it boils down to picking the right firm. I would make a short-list of prop firms that reportedly cause no problems with payouts. This is crucial since the financial viability hinges on that. You put in your time and money into that endeavor and you at least deserve a fair chance that it pays off. And then I would go down the list of rules to further narrow down my choice. Obviously, the closer it gets to trading with a broker, the better. For example, an “intraday” trailing drawdown rule would be a red flag. Ideally, there is just a maximum drawdown rule. Maybe I would be content with additional rules that wouldn't bother me because my trading style and frequency wouldn't interfere with them. I could imagine FTMO to be an OK fit for me. And then I would adjust my risk management to the max DD. I would not risk more than 1% or 2% per trade of the max drawdown. I would consider the max DD to be my actual account size. So if the account is nominally 100k, but the max DD is 10K, then I wouldn't risk more than 200 Euros per trade. And then I would trade and hope for the best. I hope, that I am making sense. What would the experts suggest?

@SellingRips Gotta have fun while you can 🤣

Dude these are great 🤣🤣🤣

Now his latest excuse for getting absolutely demolished by my real trading results is to call me a gambler. If that’s the case, I must be the luckiest gambler alive because I’ve taken a $100k account and run it up to over $700k in profits in just six months. Not in a week. Not off some fluke. But through consistent, disciplined execution. Every single day. Every single month. Luck doesn’t carry you for half a year. Skill does. If ICT could show even two consecutive months of verified profitability, we’d all go quiet. But he can’t. And the reason is simple. He can’t manage himself. He tilts, revenge trades, and lacks the emotional control required to win long term. This is what I focus on teaching during my FREE live trading streams every morning here on X, YouTube and Kick. Managing your emotions. Showing up with consistency. Executing with precision. You could be given a strategy that wins 90 percent of the time, and still blow your account if you don’t have the mental game. Michael proves that. He isn’t a trader. He’s a cautionary tale. He’s ruled by his emotions and can’t produce months of consistent, verified results because of it. Alpha traders don’t just master charts. They master themselves. That’s what separates winners from the ones who keep making excuses. Maybe one day, Michael will figure that out. Until then, he’s just another loud voice with nothing to back it up.

@SellingRips x.com/Shogun4X/statu…

There you have it folks. Backs down like the little sissy paper trader he is. Can’t produce the past two months of broker statements. This is your mentor? Yikes.