Loz

Your trading journal is your edge.
Not the strategy.
Not the indicators.
The journal.
Because it forces you to see patterns in your behavior.
And once you see them, you can fix them.
That’s when everything changes.

The market will always be there tomorrow.
Your capital might not be.
Protect it like your life depends on it.
Because your trading life does.

The more you focus on the money,
The less you get.
The more you focus on the systems,
The more money you get.
Trading is a funny game.
Hard, but funny.
Because you do all this worrying about trying to make money fast,
When you need to worry about having the right systems in place.
The right model.
The right patience.
The right amount of discipline.
You fall back on the quality of your systems, so make sure they’re up to scratch.

You don’t need to trade more to make more
You need to trade less and protect capital
The market will always be there tomorrow
Your account won’t if you abuse it

Winning a trade doesn’t excite me,
Losing a trade doesn’t surprise me,
Missing a trade doesn’t upset me.
Every outcome this market can provide I have come to accept.
Manage risk & you will no longer care.

Fuck the FVG’s,
Fuck the orderblocks,
Fuck all of it.
The reason price moves is liquidity, those are just a language we use to get onside with that price.
Everyone’s got their own language for price.
- Where is price going?
- How will it get there?
Nothing else.

I’m not smarter than other traders.
I just lose less when I’m wrong.
That’s the only edge that matters.

You don’t need more setups.
You need to master one.
I’ve been trading the same one candle for 3 years.
Still works.

If you want to last in this game
Protect your capital
Protect your mindset
Protect your routine
Everything else is secondary

If your confidence depends on your last trade,
You’re not trading a system.
You’re trading your emotions.

Know your A+ setups inside out,
Where
When
How,
does it form?
Have a folder on your PC with all of these on, it makes life a lot easier.

Most traders look for a better entry.
When in reality, their biggest fuck up is what they do right before or after they enter.
1. Position sizing
2. Trade management
3. Emotional reactions (being a bitch)
That’s where accounts are actually lost.

You won’t “feel” like a trader when you’re doing it right.
You’ll feel patient.
Detached.
Almost robotic.
That’s the point.

The goal isn’t to win today
It’s to still be trading next year

Clear range high or low pre 9:30.
Sweep one side of the range.
Confirmation:
1. SMT.
2. Displacement.
Target discount or premium of the new range.
If you manage risk and are fine with the win rate/RR,
This can be your model.
Genuinely.

Most of you are gambling addicts wearing a mask.
Calling yourself a trader is that mask.
Makes it feel like you’re going in the right direction.
I say this because it was me for years lol, I knew what I was really in this game for.
Dissect yourself,
Dissect your personality.
Dissect your systems.
Are they one of a trader or gambler.
Be honest with yourself.
Anyway, merry christmas.

2nd year university.
In my student accommodation, up at 4am trying to sleep whilst there’s a party going on next door.
Sat with headphones in thinking about getting out of there.
Now I live in an apartment with people 10 years older than me.
Trading did that for me.
That’s why I’ll love this game, no matter how long I’m in it.
Anyway, merry christmas.

Confidence doesn’t come from the charts directly, it comes from your journal.
Seeing your setup work = Confidence.
Use your journal as a confidence shot, a reminder that your setup:
1. Will show up again.
2. Actually works.
Start journaling.

Good traders protect capital first.
When you NEED money, it runs away.
Don’t look at the numbers,
Look at the systems.
The market doesn’t care about how badly you need it.
It punishes that sort of thinking.
Operate on your systems,
Never on your emotions.
Watch your trading transform as soon as you start doing this.