I talked to over 300 profitable traders asking what they'd do differently if they started over…
89% said the exact same thing
Not "find a better strategy" Not "learn risk management faster" Not "get a mentor"
They said: "I'd stop trading so fucking much"
It's genuinely insane. I spent 3 weeks reaching out to every verified profitable trader I could find. Fund managers. Prop firm guys. Full-time retail traders with audited track records.
The answers were almost identical:
"I took 200+ trades my first year. Now I take 40."
"My income tripled when I cut my trades by 80%"
"Every trader I know who blows up is addicted to being in a position"
One guy making $50k+/month told me:
"I literally set an alarm and walk away from my desk. If I sit there I'll find reasons to trade. The money is in NOT trading."
This broke my brain at first
How do you make more by doing less?
Here's what they explained:
Most traders are addicted to action. They confuse "working hard" with "being in the market." Charts open 10 hours a day feels productive. Taking 5 trades feels better than taking 0.
But every trade has risk. Every trade has fees. Every trade has emotional weight.
A guy who takes 50 trades at 55% win rate and 1:1 R:R makes basically nothing after fees and spread
A guy who takes 12 trades at 50% win rate and 3:1 R:R prints money doing almost nothing
The profitable traders aren't smarter. They're just more patient.
One guy i talked to broke it down:
"Imagine there's a casino that lets you bet ONLY when you have 70% edge. But you can only bet 3 times per month. Would you waste your bets on 50/50 coin flips? That's what most traders do. They use their capital on garbage setups because they're bored."
The methodology you should use:
Price moves from fair value gaps to swing highs/lows. Back and forth. Every day. Every asset.
When a high timeframe gap lines up with a significant level, and lower timeframe confirms direction, you trade.
When it doesn't line up? You don't trade. Even if you haven't traded in 3 days.
The hardest skill in trading isn't finding setups
It's doing absolutely nothing when setups aren't there
87% of the profitable traders I talked to said the same thing:
"The day I learned to close my laptop and go live my life was the day I became profitable"
Most of you will read this and still take 50 trades this month
Because sitting out doesn't feel like progress
Even though it's the only actual progress
The 5% who make money aren't working harder than you
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