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Before I get a family, I didn't see the value in <not trading> the chop.

It made sense to just spend countless hours monitoring, and I did get paid every now and then. Although the time I put in was probably worth 1/10th of the bull run time I put in.

I did learn a lot. I would spend my entire 2018-2021 glued to the screens, sleeping in my desk chair at times, either in a position or having a bunch of active orders.

I would dream of markets, never stop thinking of it.

I learnt the hard way the importance of surviving, did all the mistakes...

I use to spend 15h per day watching markets, in a trade or planning, browsing crypto twitter, etc. Stacked about 15k+ hours with an open position in 4 years.

Since 2021 I have balance, works as well. The 🔑 is to always pay attention to the market and stay curious for edge. You don’t need to spend that much time (most of it was inefficient). Some tips…

Journal : I would review trades weekly, then write on a google doc what went right, wrong, mistakes, etc.

Learn from the mistakes: I’d write them on sticky paper to my screen. Do not repeat them.

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Lessons and tips thread Your trade is evaluated from entry reasons, what is known BEFORE entering. Outcome is irrelevant to whether it is a good trade idea or not.