Iv been very aware of recent convos on this forum and i do like to at some point everyday take a look around and see what people are struggling with or trends that worry me if not addressed. The best use of the forum is to be soaking in the correct info that will enable you the trader to become profitable.
Here is a quote from buffet:
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks
Stubbornness can kill trading. Believe me iv been there. Thats why in examples of my recent few days of looking to move to a better version of my ltd i am taking action than being stubborn. Look around the forum, when people offer advice, isnt it funny how months after they finally switch to that given advice and suddenly make profit? This isnt me blowing my own trumpet, iv seen others give out advice with similar scenarios coming true. Why do we as humans/mainly blokes on this forum never accept advice and always pursue our views and beliefs to the end, which in the end can be detrimental to our journey. To its core i believe this is why we see so many traders come and go at trading. We see so many people try for years and years making no gains, yet had they just listened they would have been at such an advanced stage. For example if you had started with a Ā£1k bank and followed all my trades every one of the football ones youd be walking around with Ā£20k in the bank using just 1% staking, that even with my failed strats. In the years iv been on this forum iv seen many try new and exciting strats, using less liquid markets. Iv seen people toil away hours into things people have highlighted wont work long term. Iv even been one of them.
My biggest wish is people had more of an open mind. I wish i had. Id be closer to Ā£100k by now if id just listened. Instead i toiled away thinking i need to see this for myself only to be proven wrong. Pride, not wanting to look weak by accepting you are wrong at time etc are all reasons people remain poor or never achieve what they want. People that are good friends, fathers/mothers and husbands an wives all listen. We all have moments of not and in the long run it doesnt help us at all.
Iv been seeing people using certain strats that just are like the sinking boat quote. You are trading with something sub par and youll only reach a certain level with it. Its the same with markets. There is a reason the best traders you see on this forum/online trade the most basic strats, in the biggest liquid markets in the biggest liquid leagues. There is a reason they also tell people to avoid anything else. The rest is there to steal your money and be a money pit.
Now im not saying all advice is good advice, not one person is always right either. There are right and wrong ways on each individual case. But time and time again its the same exact mistakes people keep making. Keep doing markets like FHG, BTTS, Unders trading. Then they add that to poor quality leagues. Yet when you look at the people most people follow its only ever the best markets within the best leagues. Think about that for a second.
Kind of a humbling moment, i saw a youtube video and it really got into my head about all the advice iv been giving out. Does it ring true and am i just waffling on about things unrelated. Ill leave the video link below. Try to think about this with trading in mind. Why do we want to focus on one thing at a time and how does this all compound to in the end make this whole thing work. It a long video and not all is related to trading. However each topic can be linked directly back to trading. The way we do things and spot things is really interesting. Have an open mind, taking on advice and implementing it isnt weakness its progress.
here it is: