Kardec TraderFutures Trader. Creator of The Midas Touch. Mentor

They Call You a Gambler Until You Prove Them Wrong

25 Sept 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief motivational monologue, the speaker addresses the common perception that traders are merely gamblers, emphasizing that trading is a legitimate business. He explains that during the first six months, a trader’s equity curve is typically unstable and non‑linear, and psychological mistakes can quickly erase gains, resetting performance to zero. To overcome these early challenges, the speaker advises traders to earn the trust of family and friends—telling them, “Mom, Dad, trust me, I know what I’m doing”—as a way to build confidence and maintain momentum. The overall message is to persist despite early setbacks and to use external support as fuel to keep pushing forward.

They call you gambler. They don't think that you are doing business. They think you are just playing. At the beginning, in the first 6 months, you have no straightforward or really steep equity curve. You just make a psychological error, you go down, you start from zero. So it's not constant money. Okay. So at the beginning, you have to just say, Mom, Dad, trust me, or your friends, trust me, I know what I'm doing. And this is something that brings you and me also at the moment in the situation to push on the gas.