Read this

The average self-made billionaire reads 50 books a year. The average person scrolls social media four hours a day. Your inputs determine your outputs.

watched a guy talk for 20 minutes about why he's holding a -85% position and it was honestly the most impressive thing I've seen all year just not in a good way

every time I think I understand how markets work they introduce a new variable that breaks my model and I have to decide if I missed something or if randomness is just loud right now

bitcoin at $200k will feel exactly like every other price felt - either "I should've bought more" or "I should've sold earlier" - we never win emotionally

my trading improves significantly when I close the app and go outside and this should tell me something about where the real problem is

The market has infinite ways to take your money and exactly one way to give it back - being right at the right size at the right time.

what actually happens when I trade: > spot great setup > wait perfectly > enter well > watch it work > exit too early > watch it double > log "successful trade" > suffer internally

the trades you regret most aren't the ones that lost - they're the winners you exited at 12% that went to 180% - selective memory keeps you chasing instead of waiting

I perform best when I have fewer choices about what to trade - constraints force quality and freedom breeds overtrading

there are weeks I execute my system well, weeks I completely abandon it for no explainable reason, and weeks I can't tell which one I'm doing until I check my P&L. still figuring out how to close that gap

"You can teach yourself anything. Read widely; talk to experts." Elon

having a trade plan and having the discipline to follow it when price moves against you are separated by years of painful market education

> you’ll never start a rocket company > you’ll never build your own engines > you’ll never be able to use off-the-shelf parts > you’ll never survive three launch failures > you’ll never reach orbit > you’ll never win NASA’s trust > you’ll never launch cargo to the ISS > you’ll never compete with Boeing > you’ll never compete with Lockheed > you’ll never make rockets reusable > you’ll never land a rocket vertically > you’ll never land one on a drone ship > you’ll never reuse a booster > you’ll never fly the same booster 10 times > you’ll never fly the same booster 20 times > you’ll never fly the same booster 30 times > you’ll never recover and reuse the fairing > you’ll never lower launch costs > you’ll never launch every month > you’ll never launch every week > you’ll never launch multiple times a week > you’ll never carry astronauts > you’ll never replace Roscosmos > you’ll never fly civilians to orbit > you’ll never manufacture satellites at scale > you’ll never build the biggest constellation ever > you’ll never make satellite internet work > you’ll never make satellite internet fast > you’ll never make satellite internet affordable > you’ll never serve rural customers > you’ll never serve aircraft and ships > you’ll never build a methane rocket engine > you’ll never make full-flow staged combustion work > you’ll never build the most powerful rocket ever > you’ll never build a rocket bigger than Saturn V > you’ll never build it out of stainless steel > you’ll never launch Starship > you’ll never separate Super Heavy and Starship > you’ll never relight Raptor in space > you’ll never bring Super Heavy back > you’ll never catch a booster with Mechazilla tower arms > you’ll never launch 85% of mass to orbit worldwide > you’ll never change the economics of space > you’ll never force the entire industry to copy you > you’ll never win > you’ll never IPO   Congratulations to @elonmusk and the SpaceX team. You did what countless people said was impossible, and you did it time and time again.   Today is your day. You deserve this. May it be a glorious one.

incredible how every trader becomes a macroeconomist when their positions are underwater. "actually if you look at the M2 money supply and the DXY correlation" just say you're holding a bag

I used to think profitable traders had some information edge. most of them just have a behavioral edge - they do the boring correct thing when their emotions are screaming something different

You can delusionmaxx yourself to succeed at anything in life

"If conventional thinking makes your mission impossible, then unconventional thinking is necessary." Elon Musk