MaxO

There is no way to be bored on this beautiful planet.

Greetings from Spain ☀️

@2sun99 Thank you 🙏

@_MaxO22_ All the best to you sir! You have been and still are a positive force for sure. Wish you good health and stay safe in this new endeavour.

After reflecting deeply and spending 80% of my time outside over the past few months, I have come to the conclusion that I am going to greatly reduce my efforts and time as a trader. To me, life is measured not by the income I create, but by the amount of fulfilment an activity brings. While I found great pleasure in pursuing the skill of trading over the past two years, that passion is now completely fading. I have changed my career path many times in the past, and I will most likely keep doing so every time life tells me to keep moving. With every new skill I develop, my horizon expands tenfold. With every new discipline, I become a more valuable member of society and a better version of myself. Trading has become a very empty pursuit of printing money, devoid of any deeper meaning. To me, that is the exact opposite of why I am on this planet. The only logical step is to move on. True fulfilment for me came from mentoring, coaching, and educational work. By contrast, the raw mechanics of trading can feel empty. Clicking buttons in front of a screen while turning off everything that makes me human. Every thank you from a real person has been worth more to me than any winning trade. To be completely honest, the trading space can be a toxic environment. It's filled with scams, larping, and constant negativity. Spending most of my time in nature has shown me that I’m done draining my energy understanding the worst types of human beings, those who try to conquer the world just to satisfy their own egos and fears. Compared to the mountains and their people I’ve met out there over the past few weeks, i figured it’s just not a world I want to be a big part of my life anymore. In Q4, I will begin training to become a certified mountain rescuer at a ski resort, performing first aid for accidents, and eventually learning to bomb avalanches to secure the slopes. Just thinking about it makes my heart jump with excitement and this is exactly how I want to experience this life. This is the first major step toward fulfilling my dream of becoming a certified mountain guide, and it will require everything I have over the next few years. My body needs to be in peak physical condition, which is my main focus right now. My mind needs to be perfectly balanced, fully aware of the risks and challenges I’m about to face. I am entering a highly demanding new world, and trading will take a backseat for a while. To free up mental capacity, I’ve already closed 10 of my 44 active positions, and I will continue to reduce my exposure over the coming weeks. I will also wind down my coaching work and will not be accepting new students for the foreseeable future once the current group finishes their three-month term. Going forward, my main financial focus will be to invest my capital with minimal time and effort, protecting what I've built after four years of travel and to continue guiding the few people who have proven they are truly willing to put in the work. I’ve never been someone who stays in one place or remains the same person for long, and those who know me understand this. I view the time and effort I put into trading as a massive success. I proved more than once that I can outperform the markets, and I’ve learned invaluable lessons about business, mental discipline, resilience, and how social media works. I’ve also learned how to generate passive income from major market trends, which is exactly how I will approach the charts from now on. I don't need much screen time for that. I will continue to update the plays I've shared publicly and offer occasional insights into my investment portfolio. I'll also share updates on my physical, mental, and mountain progress, as sharing this journey has become a truly inspiring and fun outlet for me. Maybe down the road, I'll want to increase my screen time and return to active trading and public education. But for now, thank you for being a part of this journey so far.

@tviburinn Appreciated and the pleasure is on my side. 🫶

@_MaxO22_ You're one of the very few people I'm studying and following ,as a minimalist i need quality over quantity .to me ,movement is the real life and you inspire me by the way u always move ,following your heart and the natural fire of passion .thank u to show a different way 🙏

And for me, by now, it’s not just about that. I’ve actually realised that the less time I spend in front of it, the more depth and fulfillment my life has. Just a few hours in front of the screen is draining, and it affects me long after I've stopped. It was once a source of great joy and growth for me, but it has simply become a highly effective job, just not a very pleasant one. Life should be one big flow. Up to this point, it was the right thing to do, but I’ve learned that when life calls for a change, it’s best to listen.

@_MaxO22_ "Trading has become a very empty pursuit of printing money, devoid of any deeper meaning." 📌

$NVDA Scaling into a long here.

@NobodyonXI El Nino in play.

@NobodyonXI Interesting.

From an environmental perspective, there is almost no better place than Europe. Mild winters and wet summers make it perfect for agriculture and development. The Roman Empire was successful for a reason, and its collapse didn't just have to do with economics and social changes. Just a few centuries ago, everything above the 45th parallel was too cold and harsh to thrive. The Earth was much colder, and areas that are deserts today were Mediterranean oases where the majority of the food for the entire Roman Empire was grown. A major reason the Roman Empire collapsed was the climate instability and droughts that led to mass starvation. Climate zones are always moving, and we are in a warming period right now, which is plain for anyone to see. I’m not saying this is unnatural or that we should buy into political agendas, but a changing climate is a fact. If these currently prosperous, wet areas become hotter and drier, it will inevitably become a massive economic driver once again. Choose your home wisely.

@NobodyonXI Soon you get taxed on your tax payments.

@_MaxO22_ The worst policy for most European countries is the massive Tax on regular citizens.

European citizens have officially become the ultimate cash cow for big industry. 🇪🇺💸 Across the board, we are paying premium prices for basic necessities while corporate profits shatter records year after year. Instead of protecting us, the majority of new laws act as a massive roadblock, killing innovation, halting development, and shifting global power elsewhere. Even global sanctions are backfiring, crippling the domestic middle class instead of the actual targets. At this point, the EU middle class aren't even consumers anymore. We’re just a corporate ATM.

@NobodyonXI Eventually this might happen, but it's gonna be a long process and to me it seems this is not really intended by the ones that decide.

@_MaxO22_ I'm an advocate of all the E.U countries to be as one in the future and have similar salaries and cost of living. Or that could be a disaster haha

When oil crashes 40%, the oil companies take months to pass down a 15% discount because "supply chains take time." When oil jumps 10%, the gas stations update their signs within 4 minutes. Make it make sense.

@NobodyonXI We were actually shocked when we crossed the border from Turkey into the EU. The basic salary in Bulgaria is much lower than in Germany, for example, yet people pay almost the same prices for fuel and other necessities.

@_MaxO22_ Basic Salary 730€/month , Gas price: 1.92€/lt, in Greece

@_MaxO22_ That‘s it Max, one of the reasons to still live here and because fully free in the nature with the animals. You can have a great life anywhere on the world, you just need to make it the best off it each day with the positive mindset 😎

@NobodyonXI And they are getting away with it....

@_MaxO22_ Yes yes , that's a conversation I was having irl with my colleagues, such thieves

@LowLevelGains It depends a lot on the country. In Georgia, for example, it behaves completely differently from how it does here in the German-speaking area. Supplier contracts, taxes and how much pain people are willing to stomach make a big difference.

@_MaxO22_ people use to say this, butni. reality i cannt see it, i just see it go down in the same way (czech rep.) so whats the reality? similar to looking at charts?

All what you say is true. The skier in me loves that scenario, but the critical thinker in me sees the bigger picture and what a drastic change like that would mean for billions of people. Having skills and social capital will give you the freedom to move wherever conditions are still good, but the real issue is that moving will become infinitely harder once key pillars start to fail. Given how hyper-interconnected our world is today, those system pillars will be the first to collapse. I aim to establish my main homestead in a location where I can thrive either way.

@_MaxO22_ AMOC collapse can happen v quickly (years; 👁️ @ younger dryas) would make UK and much of Europe significantly colder while south continues to warm. Place matters but not as much as skills and social capital. Ultimately, money won't save you, it will be someone who knows your name

But I guess that’s the price of outsourcing your survival. If you deconstruct everything you built and break ties with the suppliers providing your oil, gas, and power, you inevitably face the consequences. The US doesn’t care, they have their own energy independence. BRICS doesn’t care either; the EU already picked its side and left the chat. To top it off, Norway is laughing all the way to the bank, milking the EU cash cow for everything it's worth with their fossil energy. Central Europe is completely on its own. Without naturally available resources, the next few decades, if not centuries are going to be expensive. The politicians making these choices don’t care because they never have to pay the bill. In any free-market business, if a CEO destroys the company’s bottom line, they get fired. Maybe it’s time we pay our politicians strictly based on performance like in every other profession.

@LucasNextLevel Always nice to live near borders or to be able to travel between countries to get the best of everything. Guess the EU is good for something after all

@_MaxO22_ Yeah, saw it in Germany. Went in Belgium today still ''cheap'' : ))