JTrader

Smash or pass?

Stop visualizing the payout.
Do the inverse.
Do not visualize the $1M payout.
Visualize losing three trades in a row.
The heat in your chest.
The hand moving to the mouse to load 100 contracts.
And then closing the platform.
Rehearse that scene.
Not the money one.
That is the rep you are missing.

A loss is not a problem to solve.
It is a cost of doing business.
You don't "fix" a loss.
You pay it and take the next trade.

POV: You shorted NQ at market open.

10 steps to be profitable in trading:
1. Patience
2. Patience
3. Patience
4. Patience
5. Entry
6. Patience
7. Patience
8. Patience
9. Patience
10. Exit

You have to be willing to lose the trade to win the account.
The moment a single trade matters too much, you've already lost the war.

The biggest lie in trading:
"I'll size down once I recover."
The truth: You recover once you size down.
You have the order backwards, and it's costing you everything.

The trade is over when your SL or TP is hit.
Not when you feel scared.
Not when the candle looks ugly.
Not when your gut screams.
Your emotions do not get a vote at the exit.

At night you think logically.
“Tomorrow I’ll risk 1%.”
Then you lose.
Now your emotional brain takes over.
It says:
“Forget the plan. Recover now.”
Those are almost two different systems competing.

If you hit TP and you feel like this your account will be liquidated soon.