If I had to draw maximum pain, this is exactly what it would look like.
Trading is not a game. The moment you treat it like one, the market will humble you — fast and without mercy. This isn’t about flipping accounts, chasing dopamine, or pretending every trade is “the one.”
Your real job as a trader is simple: survive.
The longer you stay in the game, the higher your probability of making money. Most people fail not because they’re wrong once, but because they don’t manage risk when they are.
Before entering any trade, you must already know:
How much you’re willing to lose
Where you’re wrong
Why the risk-to-reward favors you
No stop-loss. No plan. No defined risk.
That’s not trading — that’s gambling.
If the R:R isn’t clearly in your favor, ask yourself a hard question: Why am I clicking buy or sell at all?
Missing a trade will never hurt you.
Guessing will.
When you guess and you’re wrong, there’s no structure to protect you. One emotional trade can erase weeks or months of progress. That’s how accounts die.
The market doesn’t care about your confidence, excitement, or conviction. It only rewards:
Patience
Discipline
Respect for risk
Ignore those rules long enough, and the market takes everything back.
Making money is easy.
Keeping it is the real skill.
Respect the game.
