Once a month or so I do small account challenge for my team just showing what's possible taking high-probability chunks out of the market and post the statements
latest one $870 to $9k in four trading sessions (no trades 01/07)
next one will do $500 to $20k
Most important thing I'll ever tweet
(only expecting three likes because this won't have a .GIF in it)
So you guys are familiar with the "overnight stat" in $ES_F
90% of the time we touch ONL/ONH
20% of the time we touch both
Capital markets are not going to top because $GME did
Please be wide-minded and patient and thoughtful
Euphoria and excess, like all things in life, are a season, not an occurrence
Love is more than a wedding
War is more than a death
Seasons
"The ONE broken psychological paradigm preventing YOU from becoming a better trader..."
jokes aside, you should really watch this
this could really help you
The most effective part of any edge is discretionary (experience/discernment)
But the NECESSARY part of any edge is systematic (process)
Your process will never navigate nuance like your finesse can and your finesse won't keep you safe like your process will
Just the way it is
They say 99% of traders fail—not because anyone has measured that, of course, but because “they” have a narcissistic need to believe they’re doing something preciously special and unique.
I wrote this a few years back. It's about passion and process for the practitioner of any craft. Many have told me of the impact it made on them.
Maybe it will resonate with you too. Enjoy.
'The Natural'
When rigorous preparation meets robust opportunity...
$2600 to $25k in two trading sessions.
All $MES_F $MNQ_F $MCL_F $MGC_F
The Thursday long was big but is only *15-20%* of this P&L.
The rest = big probability-driven chunks on both sides of each of these markets.
So most of my focus/volume has been in these lev’d trading vehicles which trade amazingly with system levels (and, for many, are easier to trade than futures), but… who wants to see another episode of “What’s Possible with Micros” ?
Just want to cook whole foods
we have thirty centuries of written wisdom behind us
I want to read it all
My chance at love came and went and that’s ok
Labor fruitfully
Pray earnestly
Sleep restfully
wake thanking God for the waking
die thanking God for the life
So most of my focus/volume has been in these lev’d trading vehicles which trade amazingly with system levels (and, for many, are easier to trade than futures), but… who wants to see another episode of “What’s Possible with Micros” ?
You believe you suffer because something gets very close and then goes away.
You actually suffer because things are very distant, but sometimes seem to be close.
10 year plan
Learn deeply about myself through trading
Learn deeply about the world through travel
Learn deeply about God through music, prayer and solitude
Wishing you all a fruitful trading week ahead.
Remember
"I don't know what the market is going to do"
A statement that is at the root of strength and confidence in trading: a step on the path of mastery, a facet of poised and powerful execution
Also ICYMI.
Small, dedicated team.
30+ hours of exhaustively detailed education.
Ferocious technology suite, all yours for life.
All-day live screenshare where you will see the confluence turning points day in and day out
We're a little different.
What many *do* fail at is in *desiring* to be a trader in any sense beyond some vague idea about freedom and wealth.
People don’t fail at trading because it’s extremely difficult.
They fail at trading because it’s extremely difficult to do something you don’t find purpose in.
This is the most info-dense, jam-packed TWIC I've ever done, by far. More pure edge in these 60 mins than the modern attention span can handle. But it's there for you to take.
Who wants to talk some shop?
This link will show you my confluence presentation for
#T4AC20
in greater detail, there was a tech issue in the T4AC webinar where you couldn't see the bottom of my screen
Thanks for attending
these CME Micro products overall just a gigantic, peerless success. Exactly as predicted by those few advocating for their advent (h/t
@FuturesTrader71
). Fantastic product not just for beginners but any trader looking to navigate a psycho volatility environment.
Near term goal—get my own plot of land out in the country and build on it
Draw my own water from the earth
Learn to grow and steward things
I love my factory in the clouds but
the cities are sick
hbd prince
@gh0strade
there have been a few treasures of my days on this earth
our friendship is one
you're one of the most impressive young men I've ever known
I love you
Varying lessons in this just depending on where you're at in life:
For me:
1 "You can change what you do; you can't change what you want." - Tommy Shelby
2 The mind is a forge: you decide what is made
3 The mind is a tool but also a tyrant: enslave it or be enslaved
Take away the ego games and the boring truth is that trading is exactly like almost everything else: it’s mostly just about putting in the required amount of time and work. About the acquisition of—and adherence to—right tenets and correct thoughts.
Twitter is a cesspool filled with trash people and bad ideas
My team is a collective of some of the humblest, most salt-of-the-earth people I've ever known from around the world coming together in a spirit of ego-less collaboration
Just something to think about
Confluence > stats
Confluence is adaptive to current conditions, and forward-looking, in a way statistics cannot be
Like a dinosaur leaving footprints... you only study the footprints because you can't find the dinosaur
1. Outside confluence signaling
2. Overnight Fade trade expectation
3. Confluence continuation signaling that points to a 95% probability statistic
Highest probability way in the world to make 70 points on a day trade $ES_F
I'll leave the next 20 for the heroes
Dead wrong on this one today $RTY_F
but I salvaged it and made it into something new
with a little help from my friends
Gonna start tweeting only trades with human errors or losers for a while
honors the craft more
thanks for the guidance RD
TWIC 6 coming this weekend.
Pouring my whole human heart into this one. Just gonna be you and me, in my home, talking about some crucially important between-the-ears stuff inspired by a video I watched this week that I can truly say has already changed the course of my career