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Normally, market tends to take the opposite directions of people mindset. Expecting too much downside (12K) might keep you waiting forever. One more shakeout (15K) before bouncing? 🤔 #WAGBOO

NEVER sacrifice your passions, your goals, or your ambition just to keep someone in your life. At first, you may think that many sacrifices look like love. You postpone a dream. You silence a part of yourself. You make yourself smaller to make the relationship work. But what I understood over time is there is a huge difference between compromise and self-abandonment. A healthy relationship should never require you to dim your light to comfort someone else. It should never make you feel guilty for growing, evolving, or chasing the things that make you feel alive. Someone who truly loves you will not see your growth as a threat. Boundaries exist for this exact reason: to protect who you are while building something with another person. Saying: “My goals matter.” “I need time for my personal growth.” “I don’t want to give up the things that fulfill me.” is not selfish, it is emotional maturity. Remember that real love does not demand the sacrifice of your identity, it demands mutual respect. A person who genuinely cares about you will not ask you to shrink yourself will not belittle your ambitions and most importantly will not make you choose between love and your future. Instead, they will support you, encourage you, and feel proud watching you grow. People who get uncomfortable with your boundaries often benefited from you having none. That is why boundaries matter. They reveal who wants to walk beside you… and who only wanted you to stop walking altogether.

You are not serious about trading if you are not willing to invest in yourself as a trader. You can't coast your way to the top. Prepare to work harder then you ever have in your life. 95% of people fail, its true.. but most of those barely even try

Most people are not stuck because they take too much risk, but because they never take any risk at all. Look around. At least 80% of people are stuck in life situations they dislike, yet almost nobody takes the risks necessary to escape. We are obsessed with security, comfort, and certainty. The system provides a streamlined, but ultimately illusory, path to meet these needs. In reality, it is opportunity cost that holds most people back. Everyone is playing it safe, therefore, there is no edge in doing so. "You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take." Of the remaining 20% who do venture out, the majority fail because they are poor risk managers. They take risks, but they have no idea how to limit their downside or think through the variables. In high-risk, high-reward environments, you must be calculated and in control. To do this, you should constantly ask: ▸ What is the worst-case scenario? ▸ What is the potential reward? ▸ How can I minimise the risks involved? ▸ What is the worst case if I don’t take this risk? The opportunity cost of never pushing beyond your comfort zone is real. Take the stock market: Participating puts you, statistically speaking, in the highest probability bracket for becoming a millionaire. Not participating immediately puts you behind everyone who does. Yet, 90% of participants still lose money, not because they showed up, but because they didn’t understand the rules or the risks involved. Entering the market is the first step, it moves you into the 20% of people with a genuine chance of realising their material goals. If you then become a master of risk management, by understanding statistics, learning the rules of compounding, and gaining control over your emotions, you move into that tiny fraction of people who actually "make it." It takes time and dedication, but it is one of the best shots available today. Understanding the market doesn't mean you will live off small funds immediately, but it provides the leverage for all the cash flow you create. If you are disciplined enough, you may eventually earn a living solely from that skillset. Fulfilling your wildest dreams does not only happen by getting rich: ▸ Finding your soulmate involves significant emotional risk, the risk of rejection, for example. ▸ Building your dream physique involves the risk of social friction. Missing gatherings to stay on track or confronting the temporary unhappiness of your current state. ▸ Even traveling the world, which many claim is a top priority, involves the risk of uncertainty, leaving comfort behind, and the "fear of missing out" on what is happening back home. In every pillar of life, the price of admission is the willingness to be uncomfortable. If you aren't willing to risk the ego bruise of a "no," the social pressure of a lifestyle change, or the anxiety of the unknown, you remain stuck by default. True growth requires you to trade the certainty of the present for the possibility of a better future. Life does not reward those who always take the easiest path. If you are smart, you don't make it harder than necessary, but ultimately, it is the calculated risk-takers who shape their own lives instead of following the rules and dreams of others.

@vee_anibe the moment you need the market to pay your rent, you start seeing setups that aren't there survival trading is overtrading with better justification

If you can't self reflect on the psychological traps you've fallen into before, you are doomed to repeat the same mistakes over and over again

When a man starts to fix his life, isolation is the price he pays.

Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution.

🔖50 Traders’ Mistakes to save and not repeat: 1. Hesitate to cut losses because you think the market “owes” you. 2. Overtrade out of boredom or excitement (bro, it's not a video game) 3. Revenge trade after a loss, hoping the market feels sorry for you 4. Ignore risk management because “YOLO” sounds cooler than stop-loss. 5. Chase trades impulsively (you're not on Tinder) 6. Let ego dictate decisions because being right feels better than being profitable. 7. Get overconfident after a win (welcome back Warren Buffett of TikTok) 8. Fall for FOMO because everyone else is making money, right..right? 9. Trade without a clear plan like driving blindfolded at 100 mph. 10. Take losses personally 11. Force trades in bad market conditions 12. Make decisions under stress or fatigue (hint: sleep is not for losers) 13. Blame the market or external people..it’s never you, always them. 14. Over-leverage and amplify risk 15. Lack patience for proper setups (please don't microwave a steak) 16. Double down to “prove” you’re right aka the quickest way to your next heart attack. 17. Ignore small mistakes until they compound 18. Hesitate on entries and exits (paralyzed by indecision while money evaporates) 19. Get emotionally attached to profits ("Look at my sweetie trade") 20. Confuse activity with productivity (chart scrolling ≠ trading edge) 21. Trade based on hope rather than analysis 22. Ignore market context (do you like to wear flip-flops at -10°?) 23. Fail to journal or review trades (your memory isn't perfect, trust me) 24. Let losses snowball without adjusting 25. Trade impulsively after news (because Twitter told you so) 26. Overcomplicate strategy unnecessarily (adding 17 indicators because “more is better.”) 27. Ignore position sizing rules (Monopoly money syndrome) 28. Fail to adapt to changing market condition 29. Hold onto losing trades hoping they’ll come back (like waiting for an ex to text you back..won't work) 30. Chase overnight trends without validation 31. Let greed override risk management 32. Refuse to admit mistakes because pride > survival. 33. Switch strategies constantly without mastery aka the musical chairs of trading. 34. Follow others’ advice blindly 35. Obsess over small gains and ignore large risks 36. Let confirmation bias cloud judgment 37. Overanalyze every LTF move and miss high-probability setups. 38. Ignore drawdowns pretending losing 30% is “just a phase.” 39. Believe you are immune to losses (Yo Superman, calm down) 40. Take too many trades at once 41. Let winning streaks inflate risk 42. Trade emotionally after personal events..because breakups and charts mix well, right? 43. Ignore stop-loss discipline because “maybe it’ll come back.” 44. Mismanage multiple positions 45. Overreact to volatility 46. Trade when tired, sick, or distracted 47. Expect consistency without self-discipline 48. Compare yourself to others instead of your own performance (social media envy kills more accounts than markets, trust me) 49. Forget the market is neutral..it doesn’t care about you, your feelings, or ..even your memes 50. Obsess over “secret indicators”thinking there’s a magical button that will solve your life

The best weight you'll ever lose, is the weight of other people's opinions of you. #Bitcoin & 🧘‍♂️

Ran Neuner, just delete your account and go bag fries.

@hoodstock_80 @Moneytaur_ 🙏❤️

I’ve been studying the gold @Moneytaur_ left for us for the past 8 months. At first it was overwhelming, so I broke it down into portions. That simple act changed how I learn, how I think, and even who I am becoming. These notes are from a few months back, lightly edited for sharing. Writing puts structure to thought, and thinking in public sharpens the edge. I’m deeply grateful for what I’ve learned, and aware of how much time it takes. Maybe this helps a few of you starting out, maybe even some of those further along. My hopes are these notes can free up some extra time. Spend the extra time decoding his charts. They’re a literal cheat code, but only if you’re willing to put in the work and stay curious. ---------------- MTM - PRICE ACTION - Price Action is King - Liquidity is what moves markets. Higher timeframes hold more liquidity and paint a clearer path for us to follow. If liquidity is the destination, then Price Action is the journey. PA leaves behind "footprints" that give us clues as to where the market will move toward. Once these destinations are reached, markets start to move toward the next most profitable or tactical stop. These footprints reveal the intentions of market makers. Learn to read them like a native language. Many retail traders rely on indicators, tools that lag behind price. Price Action anticipates. Price Action is King. "It's crucial to recognize that price action is king. Before applying any indicators to the chart, you need to master the skill of reading PA and market makers/whales 'footprints'. This will benefit you in the long run, even if you ultimately decide to use an indicator-based strategy." "PA leaves traces of what whales do and show the levels of interest where they will buy or sell again." - Bodies vs Wicks - Bodies We rely on candle bodies because they hold the majority of liquidity. Unlike wicks, candle bodies are concentrations of price action and volume. The higher the timeframe, the more powerful the body becomes. HTF bodies are where institutional trading volume is located. These are the areas that smart money target. Since we want to win this game, we align ourselves with the whales who dictate the moves. Often, a high timeframe body consists of many lower timeframe bodies. Refining these levels can offer us precise entries and exits, helping maximize R:R for the trades we take. Refined levels are also powerful because the lower we can refine a hidden level, the less mitigation has happened. Reduced mitigation = more remaining liquidity. - Bodies = Liquidity - HTF Bodies = Institutional liquidity Wicks Wicks, on the other hand, can easily be manipulated. A wick can be formed in a split second and show up on a 6-month candle. Some wicks hold next to no liquidity, and offer little incentive for price to revisit. Some wicks do hold liquidity, the way to know is to move to lower timeframes and check. If the wick holds real liquidity, the likelihood of price revisiting it increases, especially if it coincides with HTF key levels. "I only use "wicks" if they represent untapped bodies on lower TFs." The size of wicks is irrelevant. Only whether they hold liquidity matters. 🔺Important: Flash wicks and large wicks on lower timeframes are best avoided when drawing fibs. "Don’t Use Wicks for Entries/Stops: Set stops based on bodies, not wicks, to avoid being caught in SL hunting. 'Flash-wicks are useless, both for fibs and to consider entries/SLs.'" "Trading based on wicks will increase your likelihood of being stopped out and increase your risk dramatically." - Wicks & Manipulation - Wicks often reveal the hidden hand of market makers. They’re not random, they’re a tool used to manipulate liquidity and herd behaviour. "Flash Wicks" are engineered moves designed to grab liquidity sitting above or below supply and demand. These sudden moves trigger stop-losses, liquidate traders, and induce participants into emotional reactions. This is commonly referred to as stop loss hunting or a liquidity grab. Flash Moves & Engineered Liquidity Market makers carefully engineer the environment before striking. It usually unfolds in three stages: 1. Priming: - Price Action is shaped to trap retail into predictable positions. - When exact dates are known, and general sentiment is bullish or bearish, liquidity will often be engineered to confirm that bias, priming participants to overcommit. 2. Triggering: - A news event or headline is released at the perfect moment into key levels. - PA usually crescendos up to a known date, reinforcing the herd’s bias. 3. Executing: - Break of a key level to trigger breakout traders and Fear/FOMO. - Followed by a sharp reversal, trapping late entries. "Flash moves will happen when data is released. Before that it will be engineering liquidity." 🔺 Market makers do not trade the news. They make the news and trade predictable reactions. 🔺The lower the trading volume, the easier it is to manipulate. Flash wicks will be more exaggerated, and emotional reactions even stronger. Be especially cautious when trading micro caps. "Often these coins on lower volume will wick into MTF/HTF liquidity, stopping/liquidating newbie traders, finally reverse, and they will enter 'revenge trading' mode." "Wicks can indeed be many times 'SL hunting', thus holding no liquidity on them on LTFs as there wasn't any PA going on there (many times), thus price not having any reason to go for such wicks. It can go for it if there's 'hidden' liquidity on an HTF wick (on LTFs), and this is something most retail cannot see or understand." - Confirmations & Signs - Reading Wicks Wicks can reveal market makers' intent, but only when read in relation to Market Structure (MS), Premium & Discount (P&D), Supply & Demand (S&D), and general sentiment. Combining this with an understanding of how PA is weaponized to create buyers and sellers at tops and bottoms, you gain another powerful form of confluence. Key Signals: - Long wicks into HTF levels without a body close above/below: Sign of reversal, "fuel" was taken. - Long wicks stabbing through random levels without HTF relevant body closes: Likely pure stop loss hunting, especially if it happens quickly. Wicks are often used in combination with well-known retail patterns like Head & Shoulders formations. The clearer the structure and the more obvious it is to retail, the more prone to manipulation. "The true powerful H&S or Three Drives is on the Daily. Those are where MMs intentions are clear, or what I call their 'footprints'. It's where your success rate when identifying it can be extremely high." Using Wicks to Predict Liquidity Grabs As mentioned, a wick can sometimes hold hidden liquidity. By checking lower timeframes, you can spot these hidden areas that sit above/under key HTF zones. These areas offer opportunities for precise, high R:R entries and can help protect you from being stopped out. "Watch for Market Patterns: Study wicks as they indicate where MMs may push prices for liquidity grabs. But remember: it’s the HTF bodies that show real intent and order flow." Confirmations of Intent A long wick breaking structure and key liquidity levels is often designed to scare retail into selling/buying the bottom/top. Violent moves evoke irrational reactions. How do we filter out this noise? We wait for candle body closes. Candle bodies give us a stronger confirmation of market makers' true intent. Again, volume is concentrated in bodies, not wicks. For reliable signals, wait for 4H+ candle body closes above or below liquidity levels. "Wait for 4H+ candle body closures above or below liquidity levels. If they don’t close the body and just a wick, it’s a false move." "This is a good example of what i've explained several times before, with only wicks and no bodies closing past the BB, signaling a reversal." 📝 Remember, these are guides, not rigid rules. True mastery involves knowing when to bend the rules based on context. Example: Moneytaur scrapped an entry when LTF signs of weakness (SOW) appeared before price reached his marked levels. The level was above a "no liquidity" zone, increasing risk. x.com/Moneytaur_/sta… "If entering 'NO LIQUIDITY' area with a 2H+ body, it can ⚡️ up to -10%" As you can see, his approach is fluid and intuitive, he reads and adapts to what the market is telling him.

Life advice to save and tattoo on your mind: (because this what I learned) How many chances have slipped through your fingers because you stayed quiet? Because you feared looking foolish, being “too much,” daring to want more than what seemed safe or acceptable? Just stop one second and think about it. Silence feels safe, but it is a thief in disguise. It robs us not only of opportunities but of growth, of courage, of the raw, unpolished pieces of ourselves that are meant to shine in the world. Every quiet moment where you shrink, every “what if” you let die unspoken, carves small hollows inside your soul, hollows that whisper of what could have been, what should have been. I'm speaking from my experience. Every time you speak up, ask, or try, you are not merely reaching for something outside of yourself, you are claiming a part of your own being. You are saying: “I exist, I matter and I am worthy.” That declaration is electric as it shakes the foundations of fear. Courage is not the absence of fear, courage is the choice to move forward while fear thrums in your veins, while doubt claws at your mind, while the world silently judges. Mistakes will come and failure will find you, that's normal, but no fall is as heavy, as corrosive, as the weight of what you never dared to attempt. Regret is silent but brutal. It seeps into the cracks of your mind, haunting your quiet moments, whispering reminders of what you denied yourself. Every “I could have” or “I should have” is a shadow left by your silence. Action, even flawed, even rejected, leaves nothing but clarity and growth, trust me. Speak the thing that trembles on your lips, ask the question that scares your heart or take the risk that terrifies your mind. Do not allow fear to shrink your desires, silence your dreams, or convince you that what you want is “too much.” Each word spoken, each step taken, each act of courage is a stitch in the fabric of a life truly lived. Each moment of daring is proof that you are awake, present, and unafraid to exist fully. Life is built incrementally: one choice, one word, one courageous act at a time. The life you dream of is not waiting for permission, it is waiting for you to take it and in the end, what defines you is the silences and the opportunities left unclaimed that haunt your memory, not the mistakes. Do not let fear dictate your desires. Speak, ask try, move risk, live. You might get truly surprised by what you can achieve if you simply take action.

@nineinchtrails 🙏

for those that don't know this docu it's worth watching imo to get a better understanding of the "why" elites are doing what they are doing and why they want to "tokenize everything" and put assets into ETFs rumble.com/v2jgev4-monopo…

Talk less. Show results instead.

The cost of never taking a risk is spending the rest of your life wishing that you had.

10,000 hours, to begin with.

Seeing DaVinciJ15 pop up again on my feed, so just a quick reminder: he’s one of the biggest scammers this space has ever seen. If you still think he’s legit, you’ve either never made real money or you’re dangerously gullible. The biggest cash cows in this space

If you're going through hell, if life is swallowing you whole, if everything feels unfair and shattered beyond repair, then this is for you. Because I’ve been there and I need you to know that it doesn’t have to stay that way. The truth is that life is never fair. It never was and I learned that far too early. I watched everything around me collapse while I was still trying to figure out how to hold myself together. I had to carry a weight that no one should have to carry. I lived through a painful separation that tore apart the illusion of what a family is supposed to be. I watched my mother, the one who was supposed to protect me, lose herself to mental illness, and I was the one giving her the pills when I was 12. I had to be the strong one thinking of everyone else and growing up before I even had the chance to be a child. All while silently falling apart inside. I also wasn’t the confident one. Overweight, insecure, filled with self-hate and when I was looking in the mirror, I didn’t even recognize who I was. Had no money, no guidance on what I should have "chased", no self-worth but somewhere, deep inside, something was still burning and it was a desire for a better life. I got tired of watching the world spit in my face. I started building myself from nothing brick by brick and let me tell you that it wasn’t poetic but brutal sinceI was doubting every single move, but doing it anyway. I stopped waiting for help that wasn’t coming and I became my own damn rescue. I started chasing freedom like it was the only thing that mattered and I realized that to be truly free, I had to be valuable. I had to grow, to learn, to develop skills no one could take from me. I worked, suffered, fell, got back up and eventually, I built something. I refused to be defined by my pain and to let my past be my cage. I chose to turn my suffering into my strength. And now, when I look around, I see what I’ve created and what I'm creating. Nothing was handed to me. I earned every inch of it through blood, sweat, and every scar life gave me. I’m living proof that it doesn’t matter how broken (economically, spiritually or in "destiny terms") you are when you start, what matters is that you don’t stay there. It’s possible to rise, to breathe again, to rebuild and feel alive again. So if you're in that place right now, if you're drowning and no one sees you, I see you and I’m telling you: you're not done. This is not the end. Even if you feel like you have nothing left… dig deeper. Something inside you is still alive and when it comes out, they won’t be able to ignore you anymore. Don’t give up, not now. Not ever. Dream big.

The market will ask you who you are. If you do not know, The market will teach you.