Trading is hard because you eventually realize it is much more than a technical game.
It requires a deep understanding of self: your appetite for risk, your emotional triggers, and the moments that cause you to deviate from your system.
This is why regular introspection and journaling are so important — especially during the gut-wrenching periods when nothing seems to go right.
Writing down your emotions and thought processes exposes your patterns under pressure. It becomes a mirror, revealing the small leaks in your trading system and within yourself. Only then can you start designing ways to “beat yourself.”
This snippet from Olympic medalist Eileen Gu captures the importance of introspection:
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Imho, this is the path to excellence in any field. That said, even with the right mindset, it still takes dedicated time, deliberate practice, and persistent effort. The self-delusion that you will “make it” in trading without putting in the commensurate work will not cut it.
So be patient with yourself. Rome was not built in a day!