It’s crazy how quickly you can go from:
“I’m gonna make $1m this year” to
“Maybe I need to take on a contractor job” in a few days.
I’m exaggerating, but you get my point.
In the first few weeks of the year, I made more than $50k and was on top of the world. Fast forward 4 slow weeks later, and a $10k drawdown, I’m feeling like a fraud that got lucky.
I found profitability around 1.5y ago, but when you lost for years, it’s easy to get PTSD after a losing streak. The human mind is fascinating. My bot having one of its worst weeks in a while, combined with my exceptional stubborn skills sent me back to my darker days.
This week was one of my worst weeks in a long time, as I traded poorly and couldn’t get 2 green trades in a row. I don’t really care about the $ losses, but I’m more concerned by my inability to pull the triggers where I should have.
Confidence is hard to earn and easy to lose. What matters is that I believe in myself to climb back and trust the process. When you do your backtests, do you account for the loss of confidence that turns supposed green weeks into red weeks?
My focus for the next few days is not on making back the $10k, but rather on getting back in the zone. One trade at a time. We build back and get out of this stronger.
Never. Give. Up.
RC
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Chin up brother. You got this :)
Thank you for all that you do and share ❤️