Attach your ego or happiness to a trade's outcome, and you're already dead in the water. As Mark Douglas said: "When you genuinely accept the risk, you will be at peace with any outcome." Wins are not validation. Losses are not punishment. They are just data. Trade the process, not the P&L. Emotional attachment is the silent killer of consistency.
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2026 Trading Manifesto 🧘 Master absolute detachment.
Attach your ego or happiness to a trade's outcome, and you're already dead in the water. As Mark Douglas said: "When you genuinely accept the risk, you will be at peace with any outcome."
Wins are not validation. Losses are not punishment. They are just data. Trade the process, not the P&L. Emotional attachment is the silent killer of consistency.