JustinTrades

June was rough for me. Strategy felt like it was falling apart some days. I barely squeaked out a few small payouts and honestly started doubting myself a few of those days. ⠀ Trading is so mental. When you lose confidence, mistakes creep in, rules get broken. It's a dangerous…

Discipline is boring until you see the compounding. Tiny risks, repetitive habits, unshaken stops. Nothing glamorous in the moment. But months later, you’ll look back at steady equity growth and realize that the boring path was the profitable one.

Losses aren’t failures, they’re rent you pay to trade the markets. But overpaying rent is how you go broke. Keep it small, keep it controlled, keep it consistent. Capital preserved today funds tomorrow’s opportunities.

Your win rate doesn’t matter without risk control. A trader winning 40% of the time with 3:1 reward crushes the one winning 70% with sloppy stops. Risk defines results, not ego-boosting accuracy. Trade like a risk manager first, profit taker second.

A journal is your most profitable position. Every entry is data: your setups, your emotions, your mistakes. Without it, you’re blind to patterns that silently drain your account. Log, review, refine. The market leaves clues, you just need the discipline to track them.

Position sizing isn’t math, it’s survival. One oversized trade can erase a month of solid work. Proper sizing ensures no single loss knocks you out. When risk is capped, confidence grows, because the worst-case is already planned.

Discipline means obeying your stop even when “this one feels different.” Markets don’t care about your feelings. Every broken rule chips away at your consistency until your edge disappears. Hold the line. Rules keep you safe when emotions push you toward ruin.

Proper position sizing is the cornerstone of disciplined trading, serving as both a psychological anchor and a financial safeguard. By carefully determining the size of each trade based on risk tolerance and account size, traders can manage losses effectively, preventing…

Trading differs from other crafts where persistent effort typically ensures success. In trading, endless hours of analysis, research, and discipline don’t guarantee profits. Market unpredictability, driven by countless variables, humbles even the most dedicated. Unlike…

New office for the next week. Not planning on trading much till Monday, but enjoying the view in the meantime.

Your trading success depends on your choices. Act today to align your actions with your goals and your success will come sooner. Strategic brilliance, relentless hustle, and sharp market insight shape your timeline. Losses hone your skills; wins ignite ambition.…

It doesn’t matter how much you’re making from trading. If you’re glued to your screen, stressing over every tick, you’re not free, you’re trapped. Trading should bring freedom, not tie you to an endless grind. Obsessing over charts and doubting every move isn’t winning; it’s…

Good habits, like disciplined trading or consistent exercise, often feels like a grind with no immediate payoff. This is because their rewards: financial stability, health, or mastery lie in the future, demanding patience and foresight. However, bad habits, like impulsive…

Good first day back in this TPT pro accounts this morning. I felt a bit anxious at open so I stayed out of the early session until I found a solid short on NQ around 11am. So safe to say that it's "patience pays off" Took profits quickly as the market seemed to want to…

Your pursuit of meaning and something significant is yours to own. Ignore the doubters, the critics, the voices trying to sway you, their words hold no weight. Remember that you're doing this for you. If it resonates deep within your soul and aligns with your vision, press…

In trading, you can't improve what you're not tracking. Without logging trades, entries, exits, and results, you're gambling, not planning. Metrics like win rates and risk to reward ratios highlight strengths and weaknesses, refining your approach. A trading journal acts as…

Success in trading isn’t just about mastering the market, it’s about mastering yourself. To succeed our personality, emotions, and decision making style must align with our trading strategy. Our early struggles often stem from a lack of self awareness, not market knowledge.…

Tilt can wreck more than your account, it can wreck your confidence. The fear, the second guessing… that’s how bad habits creep back in. I know from experience. The fix? Always stick to the plan that made you profitable. Today: +20pts on ES. Confidence meter ticking back up.

Water, soft and yielding, seems no match for unyielding rock. Yet, over time, through its persistent flow it sculpts deep canyons, polishes rough edges, and transforms entire landscapes. It's this gentle force that embodies a profound truth: persistence, not brute strength,…

A self reflection moment for me I went on tilt yesterday morning. I ignored my rules, because I was tunnel-visioned on making it a huge day. Well, I was right on course to at some point. I was already up $2k on each Take Profit Trader account and $1.5k on each Apex account.…

Trading is 90% patience and discipline; that is waiting for the right setup, watching the market’s signals, and avoiding impulsive mistakes. This restraint builds the foundation for success. Once we learn this, the real magic starts happening in the remaining 10%, as precise…