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Thankful for the Lessons
Grateful for the storms that shaped me, not just the calm that comforted me.
The version of me that kept blowing accounts genuinely thought the problem was money.
I kept saying to myself, “If I just had a bigger account, this would be so much easier.”
Because let’s be honest… when you’re trading a small account, everything feels slow. You start doing the math in your head like “what’s the point of making $20 here?” and that’s when the bad decisions start. Bigger size, forced trades, trying to speed up the process.
For the longest time, I genuinely believed more capital would fix me.
Then I got access to bigger accounts… and did the exact same stupid things 😅
Overtraded. Took setups that weren’t even that clean. Moved my stop because “nah, it’ll come back.” Turned green days red because apparently making one good trade suddenly made me think I was unstoppable 💀
That’s when it hit me.
The problem was never the account size. It was me.
Because if you can’t manage yourself with a small account, a bigger one just lets you lose money faster.
That realization hurt lol.
Anyone else had to learn this the hard way?
Grateful for every day that I am alive
Not every day is good, but there’s always something good in the day even if it’s just a quiet moment, a lesson, a laugh, or simply the fact that you made it through. There’s always something to be grateful for.