Especially on the psychology side…I started the week at 51,750 on my EA account. Took a loss on Monday..$200, ok no big deal…took a win Tuesday morning for $480..sweet almost at 52, 1k to go! I must have stepped off the wrong platform because I found myself on the loss train..next trade..loss, next trade, loss, next trade….you guessed it…LOSS! Oof..I am no stranger to losing..but hell, it hit hard because I worked my ass off to get close to 52k from almost blowing the evaluation was feeling hopeful to pass soon, and then it was at $51,075. Feelings of fear and doubt set in hard, I felt like Frodo wearing the ring..a heavy weight sitting on my back, thoughts that maybe I don’t have it, maybe I’m not cut out for this…that shit entered my head. I closed down shop, and rewatched Kyle’s mindfulness videos, I played some video games with the kids, played with my youngest daughter (4mos old). I rewatched the Superman video for the 20th time. I threw all the junk out of my head, I studied my trading log notes, entry times, tickers for all my accounts (replay, papertrading, and EA), using those notes I formulated a game plan, I decided to increase my risk to $500, and only take solid setups on the 5 min time frame (no jumping to 2 min, or 1 min, etc) I cleared my charts, and I just went to charting off of fractals only, bringing it down to pure simplicity…I marked my zones, I wrote down my criteria for the 5th time and set my alerts…1st alert went off on ES…had my close above a 5 min fractal and set my order…order never filled as ES slowly made its way to my supply zone, supply zone alert went off, I watched…eventually had a 5 min close below a fractal..I set my Superman block, made my entry, and set profit target for the candle that made the low..then I walked away, I told myself I have no control over price, I made a logical trade setup based on criteria, I was comfortable with my zone placement, and that the trade will play out one way or the other…jump ahead 25 minutes, price ALMOST hitting target, moving back into my stop area, then moving down to my TP, and BAM..1050 win, while this is great the point of this extremely winded post is that the mindset is the most inportant aspect of trading, and the hardest aspect to overcome…I am far from mastering mindset, but this journey is mentally challenging me in ways I did not anticipate. The beauty is through all of this, I have not had the thought of giving up, or letting my emotions take control, while there is fear and doubt in these tough moments, I AM able to complete the mental gymnastics to overcome and come back to the game. If you read this I hope it helps if you too are struggling with the mental and emotional aspects of trading. They are very real, and are not something to set aside if you want to see any form of success with this TRULY PROFESSIONAL SKILL.

Just want the groups opinion. I plan to take off the month of December to study the course. Does this sound like a good idea? I can afford it financially. Do you think it's worth it?

Is 9:30 to 4 Eastern time the best time to trade? What if your normal schedule is that you don't wake up until 2 PM Eastern time?

Holy cow we are gonna see Bitcoin hit 100k. It's at 98.7k now!!!!

Building an extraordinary life (by its very definition) requires an above ordinary effort. Some of you though have a pattern of behavior that will prevent you from ever achieving it. That pattern goes like this: 1) You pay for a course 2) You don’t get the result you wanted as fast as you’d like 3) You call it a scam and bounce to the next shiny object One of the back door benefits of being in this community is you can’t use that excuse here. All of the information is free and you’ve seen week after week your peers having success with it. That means you have no one to blame but YOURSELF. Ultimately that’s a good thing. Excuses, valid or not, will never lead to long-term success. If you’re being honest with yourself, they’re really just a way for you to avoid admitting you failed. BUT…failure is a 🔑 part of the success process. You only achieve extraordinary goals by embracing your failure and learning to overcome it. I’m no different. I’ve failed countless times to get me where I am today: - I got fired from my first job out of college (I didn’t like it so didn’t put in the work necessary to add value to the company) - I never really made a ton of money working for my large financial advisor firm (I wasn’t willing to make cold calls outside of my network) - I struggled for years with day trading before I ever made any real money (I lacked the mindfulness required to be consistent) - I put off building an online business for a whole year before I got it going (I didn’t have any sales or marketing skills) Notice how I never blamed my circumstances or someone else? All of these failure were MY FAULT. Just like yours are all on YOU now. That can be a scary thing… But it’s also liberating! It means you have complete control to shape your own destiny 💪