trading to me feels like this (apologies for the chart crime in advance).

get really high on satisfaction when portfolio growth comes out of a negative streak, even if small, but get used to it when that winning streak keeps on giving.

feel really down when you go from a winning streak to a losing one (usually kinda abrupt) , and then adapt to losing after a few days, and feel ok with the current state of things.

most of the time I spend on the left part of the curve, just by the nature of the systems I work with.

but I ain't gonna lie and say that going from super positive to negative doesn't feel bad. it sucks. I've been through that road countless times this year alone. the PnL swings these days are numbers that I once only dreamed to work with and now I see those figures being up or down on a single day.

I got used to that, but still sucks.

those first few days when the market reverses on you are pretty bad and you're gonna feel stupid. but you just gotta stick to your systems and understand that variance is a given.

when your bubble pops, the bubble of winning that you were so high on, it makes you see clearer the mistakes that you were doing.

and it forces you to step back, and once again think about things long-term, rather than "how much am I up today bruv".

when you're winning you can bs yourself so easily into thinking you're the man, when reality is that the market environment was carrying you all along (ask me how I know).

anyways this to say that anyone who tells you that "trading is the best skill to learn bruv" is lying to you. invest your money, start a business and leave this trading dream for other dumb people like myself to do.

there's a lot of easier ways to make money that don't involve you having to be going through this roller coaster all the time.

but if you're stubborn enough to do this, trust me when I say, it's going to be a painful ride.

suffering all the way through.

good luck!