Sanjeev S

I made no meaningful progress for the first 6 years of my trading. What did I finally do that started my upward trajectory? This is the ONLY shortcut you need 👇🧵

I get a lot of DMs asking me to teach people how to trade. I don't have a course. I don't run a mentorship. I don't spend much time talking about strategy. Not because it doesn't matter, but because there are hundreds of ways to make money in the market. In my opinion, this is not where most people get stuck. The part that people don't talk about is whether a strategy actually fits you as a person. What works well for you depends on your personality. Your lifestyle. Your tolerance for risk. The way you make decisions under pressure. You can have someone else's strategy laid out in front of you and still struggle to get the same results. Not because there is anything wrong with the plan, but because it doesn't match you. Most traders don't lack information. They are simply trying to force something that wasn't made for them. The edge is you. I don't believe that can be copy and pasted.

@dwtradesldn 100% That for me is a truer sign of success!

@TradingInTheNow A losing streak for a day or two most can handle, but can you handle it for a week or two, or a month? If you can, then you're onto something...

A losing streak is not a problem. What you do during that time is.

@InsideICTtrader Social media in its purest form!

@TradingInTheNow People only see the results, not the struggle behind them

Everyone is jealous of the results. Nobody is jealous of the process it took you to get there.

This is so common. I think the reframe most traders need is to understand there is a big difference between 'doing nothing' and 'waiting'. The moment you internalize that being on the sidelines is a valid position and part of your job, the friction will start to disappear.

I've lost count of the number of times I've had traders tell me they can't stop taking trades outside their plan. In many cases, it's not a strategy problem. It's often based on an internal belief that you need to trade to feel like you're working. Most traders resort to discipline and self-control to fix this, but these are just short-term solutions. Lasting change only happens when you shift your mind to start thinking differently. Different thoughts produce different actions. A change in actions creates new outcomes. This week I shared a simple reframe to get you to focus on executing your plan instead of chasing action. You can read it for FREE in my Mind Over Markets Newsletter 👇

@EdwardXLreal Personally a mixture of enough pain from not finding it as well as finally collecting enough data to show it doesn’t ever exist - regardless of how ‘good’ a strategy is.

@TradingInTheNow True, results only come when you stop chasing perfection What made you realize that certainty doesn’t exist in the market?

Traders fail in the long run because they are seeking certainty. The problem is that the market offers none of it. It only delivers probability. Until this mindset is changed, the need to 'learn more' will always exist. That's what will keep most people inconsistent with their approach. And an inconsistent approach will never yield consistent results.

@Mazifx_ Exactly this!

@TradingInTheNow This is the trap so many fall into. The search for certainty becomes a never-ending loop of consuming, not executing.

😂 To a degree, yes. But our belief about the world outside trading is often a lot more linear. If we work hard and do everything right, we will be rewarded. If we are a good person, good things will happen. Etc etc The markets don’t provide this linear relationship in any form which is what makes certainty impossible.

@TradingInTheNow Sir....everything is a probability. You are making it sound as if it is akin to only markets. There is a probability that you are just making stuff up as you go. There is also a probability that the above ain't true.

@simo_vanov I think it was gradual for me - it was a mixture of as you said having enough data and eventually the pain of staying in my existing path breaking me down.

This is the gap that kept me stuck for a long time. I "knew" losses were part of the game, but every time one hit, I'd start tweaking parameters or second-guessing entries. The logical acceptance was real, but the belief underneath was still "if I just find the right setup, I can avoid losing." What actually shifted it for me was tracking enough data that the uncertainty stopped being abstract. When you can pull up 200+ sessions and see that your edge plays out over time despite individual losses, uncertainty stops feeling like a threat. It becomes the thing your entire strategy depends on. Did you find that shift happened gradually or was there a specific moment where the deeper belief actually caught up to the logic?

@callistofx0 The whole journey is about growth and evolution - neither of which can occur without learning more. But for me it’s about the intent of what and why you’re seeking the new information. I find most do it because they’re looking to find certainty..

@TradingInTheNow I get the point, but learning more is still important. You just need to apply it, not chase it forever.

I’ve always found humans act in alignment with their deepest beliefs. You can logically accept the markets are uncertain, but if that’s not what you truly believe - and you think there’s a missing piece of the puzzle that’ll help you overcome that, your actions will never consistently align. The tracked data is one effective way to help question the limiting belief and open the door to a new one.

I'd push back a little — most traders I talk to already *know* the market is probabilistic. That's not the missing piece. The gap is between understanding probability as a concept and actually having your own numbers to lean on. You can accept uncertainty intellectually and still panic on trade five of a drawdown because you don't know if this is normal variance or a broken edge. The learning loop doesn't stop because people are chasing certainty — it stops when you have enough tracked data on your own method to know what "normal" looks like for you. That's not a mindset shift, it's a measurement problem.

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@Bobbirthsin Sorry - no you're right! Have flagged this with my editor and will remove shortly. Appreciate the heads up!

@TradingInTheNow No sound or is it just me?

@nexusxict Probably a mixture of both to be honest. Depends on the person..

@TradingInTheNow Do you think traders break rules because of greed, or because they don’t fully trust their data yet?

Most traders break their rules because they 'feel like' they minimise their potential upside. I stick with my rules because statistically, they cap my potential downside. Risk management is everything.