7+ Years in the Markets Trading Performance | Process, Discipline & Execution Not Financial Advice
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Jay | Trading Performance retweeted
What can traders learn from saturation divers, who work in one of the most dangerous and highly paid professions in the world?
Quite a lot, actually!
These people perform incredibly precise work in extremely hazardous conditions. But if they allowed themselves to become distracted by how much money they were earning, the consequences could be catastrophic.
And I think there's a powerful lesson in that for traders.
Here's why...
#tradingpsychology
#daytrader
Jay | Trading Performance retweeted
Never lose your faith in trading.
I started with $6,000 at 19 and no clue.
16 years later I have an 8-figure portfolio.
But this year I lost $1.9 million on a silver trade in a flash crash.
The difference between the ones who make it and the ones who don’t?
I was at my desk the next morning.
The ones who don’t make it quit showing up.
Your current situation isn’t your final destination.
Keep going.
Jay | Trading Performance retweeted
Steven Pressfield calls it Resistance.
That inner voice that makes you hesitate, overthink and question yourself when it’s time to do the work.
In trading it might show up when your setup appears, when you avoid reviewing a difficult day, or when you feel the urge to abandon your system because you’re afraid of being wrong.
Sometimes the challenge isn’t knowing what to do.
It’s dealing with what comes up when it’s time to do it.
Jay | Trading Performance retweeted
Profitable trading is 80% mechanical and 20% discretionary.
It requires the discipline to follow your trade plan at all times, while still having the awareness to adapt when market conditions change and the confidence to trust your intuition when it is loud enough.
Jay | Trading Performance retweeted
Trading is a struggle.
Months of losing.
Months of doubt.
Months of learning.
Months of grinding without results.
Then one day...
It clicks.
The chart makes sense.
Your mindset levels up.
Your trades get better.
And finally.. the profits start coming.
Be patient. Great things take time.
Jay | Trading Performance retweeted
The best things in life are the hardest to achieve
Trading is so hard, but when you make it it’s better than any other profession or job
You set your own hours, you have location freedom and you can make $10,000s a month from 1-3 hours of work a day
If achieving something like that was easy, everyone would do it
Of course trading is hard - but it’s worth the hard work too
Jay | Trading Performance retweeted
An unpopular trading opinion:
A trader who takes 3 trades a week and follows EVERY rule is doing better than someone who takes 30 trades and makes money by breaking theirs.
Because one is building consistency.
The other is building bad habits.
Don't confuse a profitable week with good trading.
There's a BIG difference.
Jay | Trading Performance retweeted
Your trading plan has to be simple.
The more variables you add, the more you restrict yourself.
Too many conditions create hesitation.
Too many signals create confusion.
Too many rules create missed opportunities.
Find your edge. Define your risk. Execute.
Simple doesn’t mean easy.
It means repeatable.
