Lost more money than I'd like to admit over 5 years. Not because my setups were bad. Because I kept doing dumb shit I knew I shouldn't be doing

    Revenge trading after losses. FOMO entries. Trading tired. Sizing up after a win because I was "feeling it." Holding losers out of hopium. Classic degen stuff

    I knew all of it was killing me. Just didn't want to admit it because then I'd have to actually change. Easier to blame market makers and algos …and the fed. And my broker. And that one random red candle lol

    Finally started tracking the actual problem….myself:
    – What trade number of the day (trade #4+ was almost always garbage)
    – Day of week (Tuesdays were destroying me for some reason)
    – Whether I actually followed my rules or just winged it
    – Time between trades (back-to-back trades = disaster)

    Turns out my "inconsistency" wasn't random. Same setups, completely different results depending on my state. 15-20% higher win rate when rested vs tired. That was eye opening tbh

    Still not a millionaire. But I stopped speedrunning account blowups so that's progress I guess

    Anyone else track their own degeneracy or am I the only one?

    Blew 10+ accounts before I realized the problem wasn't my strategy. It was me
    byu/NatureAwakenedHQ inwallstreetbets



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    23 Comments

    1. Bannedwith1milKarma on

      >Anyone else track their own degeneracy or am I the only one?

      We don’t look at our portfolio charts here.

      I just realized that’s exactly what you did lol. By creating new accounts you hid your past losses, probably lengthening the amount of time before you ‘figured it out’.

      Your old strategy was literally ‘delete the app’.

    2. Congrats on discovering the common denominator. Took you 10 accounts to find the mirror 💀

    3. You’re describing a gambling addiction not anything to do with trading. You need to treat your addiction, and you’d be better served parking whatever money you have left in low fee index funds.

    4. MakeResonableChoices on

      Bro I feel this, my problem was / is greed and now just trying to stack small wins. End of the day I’m just gambling but there is a smarter way to gamble 🤷🏻‍♂️

    5. Get a real job and never reopen the app. Any effort put into trading is effort you should put into getting promoted. It’s guaranteed returns

    6. Anxious_Comparison77 on

      trading setups? and blaming Tuesday. I’m sorry as this will come off as rude.

      You still haven’t learned.

      The market is MATH, sales revenue, new tech and profits is what moves the price up. Nothing else. No line or day of the week will ever change that.

    7. Friendly-Profit-8590 on

      No but I should. I usually have a stern talking to with myself about how I’m gonna do things different next time and then don’t.

    8. I have an addictive personality. Thankfully, I keep my actual investing very boring and basic and live out my degenerate fantasies gambling with fake points on whether or not Tyler1 is going to win a game of League of Legends.

    9. Groundbreaking_Text9 on

      You probably let AI pick all your stocks like you get it to write all your posts and comments. 

    10. OP, re-read your post but replace the word “trade” with “gamble” and you’ll see what your real problem is.

    11. Eventually youll realize that your rules are also made up and youre still gonna lose all your money like the rest of this sub lol

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