Here's what I learned after my first year of profitable trading... 🧵

Lovely EU shorts closed this week. Totalling just over +3.5R ✅

you wouldn’t get on a bus without knowing where your destination is so why do you enter a trade without having a clear draw on liquidity? figure out the destination THEN find your entry.

When I first got multiple funded accounts I made the mistake of copy trading them all together. I was blinded by the lights of what a 2% payout would be. And I neglected the risks that trading all the accounts together would cause. Always protect your downside first.

I guess it’s time to fullport futures

Your whole life can literally change in 6 months. Keep going.

GM

"If I can just find the perfect strategy, I won't have to feel uncertain." That's the trap. No strategy removes uncertainty. It only resets your hope until the next losing streak. Your real edge is changing your relationship with uncertainty.

Alright it’s time to lock back in

You don't have a strategy problem. You have a self-concept problem. And until you change who you believe you are, you will keep sabotaging every system you touch.

Out of office ✈️

People will find every excuse under the sun not to buy strength, but only need one to sell

People treat buying a prop firm challenge like a one-time event. When in reality buying a challenge should be an ongoing portfolio decision.

Been in drawdown for a minute. Not too concerned, happens with every system. But never gets easier😅

I am Jose Mourinho

Playing small doesn’t always protect you. Sometimes it just keeps you stuck longer.

Risking 0.5% in a prop challenge can actually cost more than risking 2%. The reason is opportunity cost. Every week you spend grinding through the evaluation is lost profit potential.

Just keep executing.

Just got this DM from someone recently. He’s risking 1% per trade, making steady progress, passed phase 1… yet still thinks he‘s behind. Because he sees people on here passing challenges in a day. That’s the problem. This space makes consistency look slow, and gambling look normal. Most of those “fast passes” come from overrisking, blowing accounts, and getting lucky once. Meanwhile this guy is doing exactly what actually works long term. Slow. Controlled. Repeatable. And he thinks he’s behind. Social media really messed up people’s perception of what good trading looks like. So, just to say it once more: you’re doing very well brother - stay on that path.

The hardest part about trading is internalising probabilities. Easy in theory. But when you're in the depth of a losing streak, that's where the real mental battle happens.

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