Why copy trading doesn’t work.
Why nobody can predict markets.
And what actually keeps you alive.
Copy trading sells comfort.
“Just follow someone who knows.”
But here’s the reality:
You’re not copying skill.
You’re copying outcomes after the fact.
You don’t know:
• their entry plan
• their stop logic
• their account size
• their drawdown tolerance
• their mental state
• when they’ll shut the system off
They can eat a -20% drawdown.
You can’t.
They average.
You panic.
They exit early.
You hold and hope.
Same trade.
Different death.
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Predictions are the same scam in a different suit.
If markets were predictable:
• hedge funds wouldn’t blow up
• traders wouldn’t disappear
• cycles wouldn’t repeat
Price doesn’t move because someone is “right.”
It moves because positions get forced.
Liquidations.
Stop hunts.
Margin calls.
Fear.
That’s it.
Anyone selling certainty is selling lies.
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So what do you actually do instead?
1- You stop chasing.
2- You stop copying.
3- You stop needing to be right.
You learn to:
• read market structure
• understand where liquidity sits
• recognize when participation is fake
• wait when conditions are bad
• protect capital when nothing makes sense
Most days are not for trading.
Most moves are not for you.
Survival is a position.
Patience is a skill.
Cash is power.
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This isn’t about winning fast.
It’s about not dying slowly.
If you can’t sit through uncertainty,
markets will teach you the hard way.