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223: How a Poor “Single Mom” Upbringing Helped Him Grow His Trading Account from $3k to Over $1M w/ Erik Smolinski

Trading Nut | Trader Interviews - Forex, Futures, Stocks (Robots & More)

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The Emotional Side of Trading

I struggled with it in the regard that I didn't respect that it was there, especially at that point. The thing for me is I'm not interested in like one off successes. It's the consistent viability of an approach that really mattered to me. That's why now I tell people the idea of like trading like a robot is nonsense. You're not a robot. You never will be. But that doesn't mean that you don't control and regulate the emotions. But the only way you can successfully do that is if you identify they exist. If you pretend they don't exist, there's nothing for you to control. You're going to fall subject to them.

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