When you give meaning to one, meaning attaches to the other too🧵...
Yumi🌸@samuraipips358
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Apr 28, 2025
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When you give meaning to one, meaning attaches to the other too🧵
Rejoicing when you win means sadness when you lose.
Crucially, don't see wins as "good" or losses as "bad".
Both are just single data points in your sample size.
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Rejoicing when you win means sadness when you lose.
Crucially, don't see wins as "good" or losses as "bad".
Both are just single data points in your sample size.
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"Trying not to feel bad even when you lose" essentially means the same thing as "Do not rejoice even when you win".
As long as you rejoice when you win, you will inevitably be sad when you lose.
These are two sides of the same coin, and as long as you think in terms of this coin, it is unavoidable.
What is important is how well you can shift what you consider worthy of joy from "winning or losing" to "whether you followed your rules".
And for that, you need to perfectly understand "logically" that "continuously following the rules leads to success".
How much you can believe this without any doubt is crucial; conversely, it reflects how well you understand it "logically".
Mere blind faith is not enough.
Because without a positive expected value, continuously following the rules will lead to bankruptcy.
"Trying not to feel bad even when you lose" essentially means the same thing as "Do not rejoice even when you win".
As long as you rejoice when you win, you will inevitably be sad when you lose.
These are two sides of the same coin, and as long as you think in terms of this coin, it is unavoidable.
What is important is how well you can shift what you consider worthy of joy from "winning or losing" to "whether you followed your rules".
And for that, you need to perfectly understand "logically" that "continuously following the rules leads to success".
How much you can believe this without any doubt is crucial; conversely, it reflects how well you understand it "logically".
Mere blind faith is not enough.
Because without a positive expected value, continuously following the rules will lead to bankruptcy.
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To believe that success lies not in the win or loss of the immediate trade, but in long-term consistency, requires mastering probabilistic thinking.
The principle that consistent action over the long term, rather than immediate results, leads to success is exactly how probability works.
Individual outcomes are random, but with repetition, the law of large numbers takes effect, revealing the inherent performance of the strategy.
We need to act aiming not for short-term results, but for the long-term results that emerge from repeating consistent actions.
How well this consistency can be maintained is extremely important in trading; consistency itself is a skill.
To believe that success lies not in the win or loss of the immediate trade, but in long-term consistency, requires mastering probabilistic thinking.
The principle that consistent action over the long term, rather than immediate results, leads to success is exactly how probability works.
Individual outcomes are random, but with repetition, the law of large numbers takes effect, revealing the inherent performance of the strategy.
We need to act aiming not for short-term results, but for the long-term results that emerge from repeating consistent actions.
How well this consistency can be maintained is extremely important in trading; consistency itself is a skill.
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First, firmly verify through testing with a large sample size that your rules possess a "positive expected value," an "edge".
Next, understand deeply, until it truly sinks in, that the "only means" to realize that edge is "to keep following the rules in order to increase the sample size".
Once this understanding sinks in, immediate wins and losses become mere statistical noise, and the reason for emotional fluctuation disappears.
The only criterion a trader needs to check is: "Was I able to execute according to the rules today?".
Your objective shifts from focusing on immediate, individual wins and losses to "maintaining consistency to build a large sample size", and "what leads to success" becomes understood within a larger framework.
First, firmly verify through testing with a large sample size that your rules possess a "positive expected value," an "edge".
Next, understand deeply, until it truly sinks in, that the "only means" to realize that edge is "to keep following the rules in order to increase the sample size".
Once this understanding sinks in, immediate wins and losses become mere statistical noise, and the reason for emotional fluctuation disappears.
The only criterion a trader needs to check is: "Was I able to execute according to the rules today?".
Your objective shifts from focusing on immediate, individual wins and losses to "maintaining consistency to build a large sample size", and "what leads to success" becomes understood within a larger framework.
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Let go of the coin representing "Good because I won / Bad because I lost" and pick up the new coin representing "Good because I followed the rules / Bad because I broke the rules".
The goal of "success" you are aiming for remains unchanged; only the means become more appropriate for navigating this world governed by uncertainty.
Do not try to win, and do not try to avoid losing.
Focus on diligently following the rules today.
Thanks for reading!
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【THE PATH TO SUCCESS IN TRADING】
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【Trading Psychology】
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Paperback:a.co/d/d0QJMxK
Hope these insights help your trading journey 😊
Let go of the coin representing "Good because I won / Bad because I lost" and pick up the new coin representing "Good because I followed the rules / Bad because I broke the rules".
The goal of "success" you are aiming for remains unchanged; only the means become more appropriate for navigating this world governed by uncertainty.
Do not try to win, and do not try to avoid losing.
Focus on diligently following the rules today.
Thanks for reading!
If you enjoyed this thread, check out my books on trading.
【THE PATH TO SUCCESS IN TRADING】
E-book:payhip.com/b/H1ZBo
Paperback:a.co/d/fXmRhIa
【Trading Psychology】
E-book:payhip.com/b/SNnJC
Paperback:a.co/d/d0QJMxK
Hope these insights help your trading journey 😊