📝 What 2025 taught us about markets and life:

This year reinforced lessons that only experience delivers. Not about chasing excitement, but about structure, positioning, patience, and what truly compounds over time.

➡️ Table selection matters more than timing :

Underperformance across asset classes is often the first warning sign. Relative strength versus other risk assets and gold matters more than nominal price moves. Sometimes the trade is simply being in the wrong market.

➡️ Entry is only half the trade :

Markets are designed to shake participants out. A thesis can be correct and still lose money if the position cannot survive volatility. Only positions that can be held through time and drawdowns deserve capital.

➡️ AI is the biggest equalizer and still underused

APIs, automation, and custom tools are no longer optional edges. The fastest way to improve is to solve real problems directly and build around them. The gap is widening between those who use AI deeply and those who do not.

➡️ Most profits come from very few trades:

Strong PnL curves are usually flat or frustrating for long periods, followed by one or two decisive moves. Good traders control downside, survive boredom, and press size only when the setup truly matters.

➡️ Progress is never linear:

Results are delayed. Often by months or years. The real edge is persistence. Most participants quit before compounding ever has a chance to work.

➡️ Markets are games of positioning, not opinions:

Every market is an ecosystem of incentives. Who is in profit. Who is trapped. Where leverage sits. How derivatives are skewed. Understanding positioning makes price action easier to interpret.

➡️ Real edge must be internal:

Borrowed conviction is fragile. Decisions need to be owned. Losses only teach lessons when they come from an internal thesis, not someone else’s view or risk profile.

➡️ Money is not the final asset :

Capital buys comfort and time, but it does not outlast life itself. What remains are memories and relationships. That perspective matters when making long term .