(1/7) Overcame Fear.
Fear of losing money is probably the biggest mental obstacle we face as traders. I was very fearful when the year started but now all this fear has already disappeared.
What I did: I learned to embrace risk as part of the process. I started seeing losses as part of the investment you require in every business.
I know I am disciplined enough to control them, so there is no need to be afraid of them, just know they will be there but I am going to easily overcome them.
Fear of losing money is probably the biggest mental obstacle we face as traders. I was very fearful when the year started but now all this fear has already disappeared.
What I did: I learned to embrace risk as part of the process. I started seeing losses as part of the investment you require in every business.
I know I am disciplined enough to control them, so there is no need to be afraid of them, just know they will be there but I am going to easily overcome them.
(2/7) Focus on myself
Everyone has its own pace and life situation. I stopped comparing to people that was already making 5-figure trades and I just focused on my own journey.
I have applied this since then, I know where I am and what my next goal needs to be. Don’t look at goals that are still far away because you are going to get lost.
I was doing 2-figure trades, so my goal was to do 3-figure trades. When I did 3-figure trades, I then tried to do 4-figure trades, and so on. Step by step.
Everyone has its own pace and life situation. I stopped comparing to people that was already making 5-figure trades and I just focused on my own journey.
I have applied this since then, I know where I am and what my next goal needs to be. Don’t look at goals that are still far away because you are going to get lost.
I was doing 2-figure trades, so my goal was to do 3-figure trades. When I did 3-figure trades, I then tried to do 4-figure trades, and so on. Step by step.
(3/7) Confidence
Confidence in myself is key. I now know if I lost all my funding, I would be able to recover it quickly. This wasn’t like this in the beginning of the year, I had to work a lot to build confidence.
What changed: I started believing in my ability to make decisions.
How I built it: Hours of backtesting andvreviewing results proved that my strategy works.
Advice: Confidence comes from consistent practice, not luck.
Confidence in myself is key. I now know if I lost all my funding, I would be able to recover it quickly. This wasn’t like this in the beginning of the year, I had to work a lot to build confidence.
What changed: I started believing in my ability to make decisions.
How I built it: Hours of backtesting andvreviewing results proved that my strategy works.
Advice: Confidence comes from consistent practice, not luck.
(4/7) Experience
Unskippable part of trading. When the year started I had little to no experience in prop firms and I had only been trading for one year.
I have now one more year of trading in my back, and I have lived through a lot in the prop firm industry already.
Don’t underestimate how one year of work can change the way you see things and how you behave.
Unskippable part of trading. When the year started I had little to no experience in prop firms and I had only been trading for one year.
I have now one more year of trading in my back, and I have lived through a lot in the prop firm industry already.
Don’t underestimate how one year of work can change the way you see things and how you behave.
(5/7) Solid strategy
Found my edge through the year. 🥷
Started the year trading in a way I did not feel really confident in. My wins felt like luck so I don’t believe I would have been able to be consistent if I had not switched my trading method.
You gotta be confident in your strategy and what you are doing in order to be able to be profitable in the long run and have steady performances over the months.
Found my edge through the year. 🥷
Started the year trading in a way I did not feel really confident in. My wins felt like luck so I don’t believe I would have been able to be consistent if I had not switched my trading method.
You gotta be confident in your strategy and what you are doing in order to be able to be profitable in the long run and have steady performances over the months.
(6/7) Not losing time on challenges
The previous 5 points helped me pass challenges quickly, which allowed me to increase my funding fast, which lead me to increase my profits, which lead to bigger capacity of investment, and that it’s what I call “the wheel”.
Once you have the wheel running everything starts going smoothly and feels a lot easier.
Challenges are just a means to an end, so once you are in the zone, you learn to not waste too much time on them.
The previous 5 points helped me pass challenges quickly, which allowed me to increase my funding fast, which lead me to increase my profits, which lead to bigger capacity of investment, and that it’s what I call “the wheel”.
Once you have the wheel running everything starts going smoothly and feels a lot easier.
Challenges are just a means to an end, so once you are in the zone, you learn to not waste too much time on them.
(7/7) Investing profits
It goes related to the previous point. I had very few profits when the year started so I was very careful on how I invested them, holding trades to more profit was difficult, could not afford for big challenges, etc.
You gotta accept that the first steps may be slow, but everything can accelerate quicker than you could ever imagine once the wheel is already running.
It goes related to the previous point. I had very few profits when the year started so I was very careful on how I invested them, holding trades to more profit was difficult, could not afford for big challenges, etc.
You gotta accept that the first steps may be slow, but everything can accelerate quicker than you could ever imagine once the wheel is already running.
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