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@quandapro 🤣🤣

Guess I should build a bullshit tracker to expose trading furus.

Read the Market Wizards chapter on Kristjan Kullamägi this weekend. The one section that really stood out was when he discussed his drawdown off of his 2021 peak. "I started 2020 with $3.5 million and ended the year at $36 million. It was a thousand percent year. Then I ran that $36 million to a high of $105 million, and the last portion of that move from $65 to $105 million occurred in just a month and a half. For a brief period, just a few days, I was over $100 million. You have to understand what that did to my psyche. It made me feel completely detached from reality. I thought, “I’m going to get to $200 million in six months.” I was completely sure of that. I started seeing trading as a video game, which I kept winning. Measured from my $105 million peak in November 2021 to my mid-2022 low, I lost approximately $60 million. About half of that loss represented the late 2021 retracement of the large open profits at the November peak to the stops on those positions. The initial retracement loss was so large because I was leveraged long at my peak. My long exposure was $150 million—a number I recall because I remember bragging about it to a friend" These boom and bust type tales are as old as time. Look at Jessie Livermore as the classic example. Net worth of $0 in 1906 to a peak of $1.6 billion (inflation adjusted to 2021 dollars) in 1929. Just 5 years later he blew up and owed $104 million dollars to his brokers... Or look at Paul Tudor Jones. Hit one of the most legendary trades in history, making roughly $200 million dollars during the 1987 crash. It cemented him as a legend. His mental coach Tony Robbins said that Jones consistently lost money for the next 4 years after that peak. Dan Zanger parlayed $10,000 into $42 million during the late 90's. Then in late 2000 he took a 70% drawdown when he was 200% long 3-4 fiber optic stocks as the dot-com bubble was popping. Charles Harris reached 8-figures status after he ran up his account over 4,000% from 2020-21, then experienced a -80% drawdown, mostly due to his big TSLA bet in 2021-2022. I have seen a few people speculating on Kristjans story from the outside. Saying "I would have stopped trading at $100 million" or "I would have just taken that money and started investing". To those people I ask if you have ever experienced a real euphoric run in your trading account, let alone turning 5k into 100mil? Extreme winning streaks like the ones above breed overwhelming euphoria and overconfidence. The mind shifts its focus from process to outcomes, with ego-driven decisions overriding risk parameters and rules. From my experience I have found it near impossible to be aware of this at the peak of the run. It is almost like you are blacked out and the greed/ego completely takes over your trading. Then the drawdown begins. The emotions shift from euphoria and greed to revenge, fear, and doubt. This is where things can really start to spiral out of control. It is only after the drawdown has run its course that you finally come back to your senses and your emotions drift back towards baseline levels. Then all you're left with is regret... Few people ever talk about what a big winning streak can do to you. It can literally change the way you think and operate. Often the ability to achieve super returns is also its biggest drawback—a true double-edged sword. To be able to conquer both sides is the holy grail... From the Hour Between Dog and Wolf by John Coates: "When traders enjoy an extended winning streak they experience a high that is powerfully narcotic. This feeling, as overwhelming as passionate desire or wall-banging anger, is very difficult to control. Any trader knows the feeling, and we all fear its consequences. Under its influence we tend to feel invincible, and put on such stupid trades, in such large size, that we end up losing more money on them than we made on the winning streak in the first place. It has to be understood that traders on a roll are traders under the influence of a drug that has the power to transform them into different people."

@quandapro Keep executing and trust your edge💪

213 since ATH to be honest is very tough mentally. I haven't been able to produce a new strategy to smooth out the equity curve and it has been quite frustrating. It is what it is. Have to keep moving forward anyway.

Weekly reviews never stop... Doing the analysis of previous trades, backtesting etc. must be part of your weekly routine if you want to stay consistent and profitable on the long-term. Never neglect the discipline to review your trading in past. See what you did right/wrong.

EUR/USD 2nd May 2026 4 hourly chart plan, scenarios... $eurusd #eurusd

"Just keep moving forward"

@cristquant @Darwinexchange @DarwinexZero @darwinexzero_es 👍💪💪

April Wrapped!📊 Another solid month with a 1.99% return, which lands us in our best historical position in #Darwinia Silver: 462nd place. Plus, we’ve secured another $30k allocation for the next 3 months, on top of the $30k we received last month. On to May! 🔪🔪

@DrDeannaCole Exactly. Good one💪

@traderzk9 Boxing is a good one! Repetitive, synced with breath, etc I forgot one of my other favorites! The driving range!! ⛳️🏌🏼‍♀️

Meditation is great (and so is journaling), but if that doesn’t work for you there are other ways to accomplish the same (or very similar) results. Here are other forms of activity that can be meditative including a few of my personal favorites at the top… Walking the dogs Standing in the shower Walking on the beach Yoga Exercise Sitting silently in the car Petting your pet Knitting/crocheting Completing a puzzle Probably many more…

I know trading can be boring sometimes but if You are following other traders for learning/motivational purposes at least follow verified traders with some track record. Everyone can talk but only few can back things up.

@rotrade93 agree for sure

If someone only shows wins, they’re hiding something. Losses are part of the game. If you don’t see them, you’re not seeing the full picture. Be careful who you learn from.

@DarwinexZero 💯💯

Some of the best traders on our books live underground. Following ≠ Profitability

@trader1sz beautiful. Greece?

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@cristquant Most fail challenges because they start breaking the rules and cant stay consistent.

$100,000 Funded Account Risk per trade: $1,000 Reward (1.5R): $1,500 The Math of a 50% Win Rate Even with just a 50% success rate, the numbers work in your favor: • 5 Wins: +$7,500 • 5 Losses: -$5,000 Net Profit: +$2,500 80% Payout: $2,000 You don't need to win every trade. To succeed, you simply need: • A simple trading system • Consistent risk management • Patience Let the statistics do the work.

@PeterLBrandt Agree. Edge can be measured only after 1000 trades or more

Trading rules are relatively worthless The real worth comes from the trading metrics produced by the rules that after several hundred trades can be analyzed in a Monte Carlo simulator. Data are everything. Rules are just a way to gather enough data to have a clue about trading

@SaadShahzad20 @rotrade93 BE month so far

@rotrade93 April's PA has been soo terrible 🤷‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Having the narrative on my side most days over the last few weeks, yet only getting wicked out or losses, has become the most frustrating aspect of 2026. April was by far the worst trading month of the last 2 years, at least for me. I had tons of breakevens that later hit take profit. I’ve had trades reverse just a few pips from my take profit. I got wicked out and slipped to hell more times than I can count during some stupid Trump interviews. Most of my A+ setups didn’t work the way they used to. So if you’re in the trenches, you’re not alone : we’ve got this. Like everything in life, this is just a phase, not your entire life. All the pain you’ve endured in the past made the person you are right now. All the pain today is creating a better you for the future.

@SaadShahzad20 @BrightFunded good one!

Phase 2 @BrightFunded Update! Cute 1:3RR secured 😂🫡

Discipline in your trading starts outside of it. To fix it, start with training as gym, martial arts or any other sport. After many years being in gym that helped me a lot so far in trading - more discipline and patience.

Everything outside of the charts is just noise... Simplicity>