▫Price action traders ▫Buying Bitcoin dips since 2016 ▫We teach normal people not to get liquidated. ▫ Not your financial advisor
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Let me tell you the truth.
I’ve been in these markets for over twenty years, and when I rewind the tape, the chart was never the real opponent.
In the early years, I hunted for the magic thing, an indicator, a pattern, a perfect entry. I could recite technicals in my sleep. Still, the same script kept playing: chase the move, hold the loser, cut the winner. Every decision felt right in the moment, and every “right” feeling cost me money. It took me a long time to see why: emotions in trading aren’t random. They’re the echo of your beliefs, the story you tell yourself about what a single trade means.
Once we add meaning, the feeling follows. First time you drive a car, your hands shake; but after a while, you don’t think about it...the same road, a different you.
My worst stretches came when I treated trading like a win-loss game. One red candle felt like a verdict. When a single loss carries that much significance, you size too big, you rush, you improvise. That’s not a market problem; that’s a preparation problem. This game pays the traders who accept it’s a probability business and design their behavior accordingly.
That’s when I realized: the edge isn’t predicting price, it’s knowing yourself. And a good system is how you operationalize that self-knowledge every single day.
People love to say the market is rigged. Well, it's not. It’s deceptive, that's for sure, but mostly it reflects on you. If you feel like you’re battling some shadowy villain, understand the machine on the other side already knows your habits; when you chase, when you freeze, when you size up to “make it back.” You won’t beat that machine with vibes and bravado. You beat it by removing the buttons you press when you’re emotional.
In the end, the breakthrough wasn’t loud. It was boring in the best way. Fewer guesses. More rules. Less drama. More outcomes I can live with. Know yourself, build the guardrails, and let discipline do the heavy lifting.
Low feels scary, high feels safe...that’s the trap
Buying low means buying when the rest are selling
Selling high means selling when others are buying
I thrive on fear, and exit into euphoria
