The Truth About Trading That Everyone Learns Too Late

4 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker vents frustration after missing a rapid Bitcoin rally that would have turned a $2,000 loss into roughly $20,000 profit. He explains how the loss triggers intense negative emotions that clash with the rational mindset required for successful trading. To manage these feelings, he emphasizes journaling, openly sharing his experience, and striving for peace rather than impulsive retaliation. He warns against revenge trading—making random, emotionally driven trades to recoup losses—as a destructive habit he’s fallen into before, underscoring the importance of emotional discipline and self‑awareness in trading.

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This pisses me off because I saw this coming. Good trading really goes against all of our instincts as a human. And so the way that I deal with these like negative emotions, and it's kind of like what I'm doing now, is I'm sharing about it, right? I'm journaling it. I am just trying to, you know, be at peace with the negative emotions. And don't get me wrong, I still feel absolutely terrible right now. The fact that I'm seeing Bitcoin go from $112,000 and now at $117,000 within the last hour and a half. This pisses me off because I saw this coming. I knew this was coming, and because of a small mistake, it was the difference between a $2,000 loss and like $20K profits. Of course it's frustrating, and if there's one thing that I know is not going to help, it's by revenge trading and taking random trades right now and losing even more money, because I've been there, I've done that.