This writing is not for those who just arrived. Nor is it for those who are euphoric.
This is for those who have ever:
- feeling the profit that feels like "finally found the way",
- then slowly watching everything collapse,
- and starts to ask silently:
"Where exactly did I go wrong?"
Not in the chart. Maybe also not in the strategy.
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The wound does not always come from loss
There are traders who lose and then stop.
There are also those who win... then lose direction.
Big profits sometimes feel like a bright light in the dark night.
It makes us feel like we see everything.
In fact, often, it just dazzles.
Have decisions become quicker after profit?
More confident?
More daring to loosen risk limits?
Not because the market changed.
But because we feel we have changed.
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When “Got It” Becomes a Vulnerable Point
There is a strange phase in a trader's journey.
Not when you don't know anything.
But when I feel I know enough.
In this phase:
- learning has started to feel boring,
- warnings are considered repetitions,
- and small mistakes start to be forgiven.
Not because of unawareness.
In fact, because too confident.
Micro teaching at this level does not ask:
“What’s your strategy?”
but:
“What has changed in you after a few wins?”
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Unrecorded Wounds in the Journal
Some trader wounds are not recorded as losses.
It is recorded as:
- small violations that are overlooked,
- additional entries that “feel safe”,
- or decisions that are justified later.
Everything seems to make sense…
until one day the market draws a clear line.
At that point, the losses are not just numbers.
But confidence in oneself.
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Second Learning Space
Micro teaching for traders who have been hurt
not a place to repeat old theories.
This is a space to ask questions that are rarely asked:
- When was the last time I didn't trade because I was aware, not afraid?
- Am I still treating risk with respect?
- Am I trading… or proving something?
There are no quick answers here.
And indeed not sought after.
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Closing
Not everyone needs to start from scratch.
Some just need to take a moment and reflect.
Micro teaching at this phase
not about being more aggressive,
but becoming more honest.
Because often, what is broken is not the method—but our relationship with the market itself.