Many of us undertake the journey of trading with one thing in mind, money. It’s incredibly ironic, then, that in order to successfully trade for a living we are required to let go of the concept money as we know it.

I won’t be the first, or the last, person who will say that 2020 has been an absolutely amazing year to be a trader. Personally it has been a life-changing one, one which exceeded my expectations in every way.

Part 1 was the dream. Part 2 was the reality. Part 3 is the actualization.

The market is hot! There’s this, that, futures, corona virus pumps, multi-day runners and volume galore.

Always earn your size. Every step of the way, both up and down, you should be sizing based on your system and NOT basing it on your emotions.

Long story short, October has been a chop-fest for me. I could blame the markets being “slow”, “crowded” or lacking opportunity but those are just excuses in the end. A few trades a week is really more than enough.

Trading is seriously a lonely endeavor. Initially we wonder if joining something will improve our skills, then, I believe, the question becomes “how much of this is noise?”

I am 2 years into this trading journey and it’s very apparent to me that I have a long way to go. Nearly every time I had the best trading of my career, I’d get humbled by the market.

2018 was the year where I had finally found my footing in the market. After a year and a half of sacrifice, pain and stubbornness I felt my ambitions come to fruition.

Trading is a lot like being a professional gamer, though it’s a lot more legitimized these days, in the sense that almost NO ONE can relate to your passion nor do they understand what it really actually is to begin with.