A message I sent to Opinicus that summarizes my status/ experience at the 1 year point of joining the room. Kyle, at almost a year in the room, I have a great share for you.You once said “progress is not linear”. Boy is that right. It helps to remember your words in both streaks of red and green. The past two weeks I’ve noticed a new threshold being reached. I closed a trade and realized I had been focused on the chart and management, not once looking at the P&L. I wondered if it was a one-off, but after two weeks seems it’s the new normal.I’m also finally better understanding who I am as a trader, what suits me and what has demonstrated a high level of success vs. beating my head against the wall for plays I am still trying to sort out.Today I was on the brink of tears (happy tears) by realizing all the above things have come together so recently (not linear), but in a big chunk. In addition, I reached a new milestone today. I saw a THT short on RTY and took it in my self-funded account. I played it just like the strategy calls for, taking full PT at session low. In closing that trade, it became the largest green day since I started self-funded on August 16th 2024. A winning trade is lovely, and I’m grateful. From the bottom of my heart think I’m more grateful that I understood the trade so well that it was effortless. “Do it so many times you don’t have to think”.Maybe that’s what the guys mean by “easy” ?Thank you to Mish, whose posts helped me cement this play, yourself and other traders for helping me reach this point.A handful of trades like that without substantial losses and OMG. Life changing for me and my family.
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