I've been in the markets for 6 years, and one of the things that has held me back the most is the obsession with being right.


Because I didn't trade to make money.
I traded to prove to myself that I was good.
And that shit makes you make very bad decisions.
Moving the stop loss to avoid admitting you were wrong.
Closing profits early for fear of seeing them disappear.
Holding a dead trade for hours waiting for it to "turn around".
All because of ego.
Every losing trade affected me too much because I felt the market was telling me:
"You're not as good as you think."
Until I understood that the profitable trader doesn't need to be right.
He needs to execute.
Nothing else.
Since I stopped taking stop losses personally:
- I stopped suffering so much
- I stopped doubting every entry
- I stopped overanalyzing
Now everything flows and my results are much better
And I started trading much better.
Many traders are not trapped by the market.
They are trapped by the constant need to prove they are right.
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