The Hot Seat: Adapt or BurnSo, you've found yourself squarely in the hot seat.
Welcome to the Trading Trail, Dorothy—except this isn’t Kansas, and you’re lightyears from home.
This is new terrain, uncharted and merciless. In prior episodes, I barely skimmed over the dark side of trading—the facets of your psyche that stealthily pilot your decisions. Perhaps it left you sighing, unsure of where to begin. Let's change that today.
Consider this a no-frills exposé into the abyss—the countless unseen facets of your being that dictate your behavior on autopilot. As traders, many scream manipulation as markets sway violently against their carefully plotted plans. Yet, all the market truly does is wield a figurative hot pogo stick, jabbing precisely where your weak points lie—not maliciously, but with unerring precision.
Let’s be honest.
Western Hollywood scripts spoon-feed us formulaic redemption arcs. Fifteen minutes in, the hero lands their mission. Fifteen minutes before the credits roll, the final showdown begins.
Tomato, tomahto—it’s predictable fluff.
But real life doesn’t stick to screenplay rules. It’s jagged, it’s raw, and the narrative rarely ties up neatly. If you’re seeking depth, you won’t find it in blockbuster tropes—you’ll find it by doxxing your own dark side.
That’s right—exposing the facets of yourself you don’t even realize exist. It’s intense, it’s uncomfortable, but it’s transformative.
Here's a quick roll call of scenarios you might recognize:
- You close your trade prematurely due to impatience and wavering conviction.
- You've DCA'd your account into oblivion, clutching blind hope from a TA analysis you were too stubborn to question—aka Disney goggles.
- Revenge trading—you've been there, too. We all have.
Here’s the brutal truth: every “loss” is nothing more than the market holding up a mirror to your imbalances. Every poke, every jab, is a lesson about you.
Your job isn’t to whine about manipulation, but to analyze yourself. Figure out where you are falling short, because the longer you deny your flaws, the deeper that pogo stick sears into your psyche. Embrace the battlefield; don’t cower. The market is your adversary, yes—but it’s also your greatest teacher.
Now, the million-dollar question—where do you begin?
Start by delving into the layers of yourself.
Explore tools like the Myers-Briggs personality test—it’s one type of gateway to understanding your cognitive tendencies.
Answer impulsively, not meticulously, to ensure untainted results.
Once you unearth your MBTI type, dive deeper. YouTube has a treasure trove of creators offering insights, and here’s a quirky trick: pay attention to the memes that resonate with your dark humor—if it makes you laugh, it may hold clues to your personality type.
Go further. Unearth whether you align with alpha, beta, gamma, or sigma archetypes. And don’t cheat—being an alpha isn’t necessary for trading success. Honesty is paramount. The market will sniff out dishonesty like a bloodhound.
Are you a Heyoka empath? Research it thoroughly, as such individuals often absorb and act under external influences. Understanding this facet could shield your portfolio from emotional sway.
Perhaps astrology speaks to you.
If it does, approach it with sophistication—understanding your sun, moon, and ascendant sign is merely scratching the surface.
True mastery lies in uncovering the full depth of your natal chart through the myriad systems that exist.
Trading and astrology, though seemingly worlds apart, share a startling resemblance: both rely heavily on indicators, and both are prone to human inconsistency.
Ultimately, explore yourself as though you’re reconstructing a high-performance machine.
What happens when your rev limiter is in the red, the tires gripping the pavement at 144mph—do you fishtail with control or spin into oblivion?
That’s trading in its essence, but you’re motionless in a chair, adrenaline pumping, palms sweating.
The goal?
Serenity.
No matter whether you rake in gains or cut losses, your micro-expression remains unchanged—
neutral and poised. Not numb or robotic, but wholesome and unshakeable.
When you embrace this awareness, you transform. You shed skin like a serpent, emerging sharp, agile, and complete.
Suddenly, the market loses its fangs.
You dodge the pogo stick like a lethal machine, executing trades with finesse.
You stop being a victim, instead becoming a warrior.
The market ceases to intimidate, recognizing you as an equal contender.
There are countless tools to learn more about yourself. Skip the IQ tests—this isn’t about being book-smart.
Explore psychological tests, data intake styles, and sensory preferences.
What works for others may not work for you, and that’s okay. Clarity is the key.
And before you dive in each day, try the Human Benchmark website—a simple way to check your mental acuity.
If you’re off your game, sleep.
The trade can wait.
Finally, ponder the Dark Triad—a concept that brushes against psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism. It’s not just a speculative theory—it exists all around us.
Are you one?
Are you dealing with one?
Knowing yourself will sharpen your moral compass and guide your decisions in the battlefield.
Trading isn’t just a skill.
It’s an intimate confrontation with your entire self—the good, the bad, and the shadowy. And like any great narrative, the real depth doesn’t come from shortcuts—it comes from the untamed, unvarnished truth.
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Awareness
Trader’s Metabolism : “Dragon, Well Done… Please”Trading isn’t just skill.
It’s survival.
And survival isn’t a phase—it’s a permanent residency. It’s 90% of the job. The other 10%?
We’ll get to that when you’ve stopped bleeding.
Because when the market burns you down, it doesn’t just torch your wallet.
It leaves a mark. Personal. Intimate.
Like an ex who knew your passwords and your childhood traumas.
You don’t just lose money—parts of you are marked with an invisible highlighter and then used against you. That is the feeling. No specific term for it—it’s different for everyone, but it’s there.
A delayed punch. The shock hits first, then the sting.
You thought you were unfazed? Cute. It always hits.
Every loss leaves a signature.
You’re basically a walking hall of fame. Who’s fame though?
The market makers, the "manipulators" as some may say?
Of course there are traders who rise. It’s not because they cracked the code.
It’s because they paid the maintenance fee.
Not in dollars—but in discipline.
And the only way to pay that? You keep your trading metabolism in check—at all costs.
That spark of momentum?
Momentum doesn’t arrive in grand gestures.
It sneaks in through the absurd:
• Scrubbing your stove like it insulted your ancestors.
• Folding socks with military precision.
• Blending kale and chia like it’s alchemical fuel that could summon capital gains.
It’s ridiculous.
But it’s survival.
These micro-wins? They’re dopamine.
Pure. Primal.
When the market denies you progress, you hunt that feeling down elsewhere. Anywhere.
Invisible anchors.
Here’s the con:
You set a goal—“By this day, I’ll hit X and I’ll buy Y.”
Sounds motivational. Feels empowering.
It’s not. It’s a booby-trap with your name on it.
You just promised your nervous system salvation through consumerism. And when the market delays the payout?
That thing you prescribed? It becomes poisonous.
You’re not chasing gains—you’re fleeing your own unmet expectations. It drags. It suffocates. It taunts.
Euphoria’s Dark Side:
Dopamine doesn’t care if you’re building an empire or torching it.
You set a magic number. You dream about the condo. You think shiny gear will fix your edge.
Sure. Until it doesn’t. Then what?
You start resenting dreams you haven’t bought. Blaming the strategy that wasn’t the problem. Watching motivation rot into mockery.
Your trading plan looked good—right up until your emotions co-signed the exit.
That trade wasn’t bad.
You were.
And that’s the part we don’t backtest.
The Metabolic Reset:
How do you fight back?
You stop begging the market for meaning.
You stop trading for things.
You start building systems for hardcore exposure and unkind weather.
Discipline becomes your operating system—one that doesn’t crash, only upgrades.
We tend to address and slay the exterior dragons first:
Habits.
Routines.
Appearance.
Our environment.
Don’t get me wrong, they are an absolute must.
The acrobatic part is to turn inward—face the lurking dragons hidden beneath layered gates of facade in your psyche:
It’s typically titled, “This is how I am”.
The market doesn’t see you, let alone your dreams.
However it will mirror your chaos back to you, with laser precision. Like a funhouse reflection—only it costs real money and sanity.
This 2D screen you look at was built on leveraging you against yourself. Whoever made it is a sick genius who carved a niche in demand. Props to them. Diabolical. Elegant.
Honestly, deserves a Netflix origin story.
Maybe call it:
"The Algorithm: A Love Letter to Human Delusion. Starring you… as every character.”
The Fuel. This is your metabolism.
Messy. Brutal. Relentless.
But it’s also the separator. Between those who stay the same—and those who evolve.
So kill the fantasy.
Drop the anchors.
Burn the wishlist.
And if you ever do buy that yacht? Do Keep the AC running. Because the second you slack on overhead maintenance cost—you’re not sailing, you’re renovating… again.
So when you rebuild yourself for the ninth, twentieth, seventy-fifth time…thinking, “Surely this is it. I’m done now.”
You’re not.
It’s infinite.
Like they say, “More money, more problems…”
Well, more experience? More sophisticated problems.
The only thing left to do…is see yourself clearly enough that the market can’t use you against you anymore.
Keep slaying.
The tides do turn.
Just don’t forget: dragons respawn.
Craft
Long PositionKing W. Harbmayg's Journal Entry #15
Day Position
Long—
according to my criteria, price has successfully:
a. triggered the lower coordinate
b. tapped into the demand zone
c. printed rejection structure
all for a trade of 1:5 RR.
2. Performance: (1 out of 5)
Confidence— 5
Discipline— 5
Communication— 5
Long PositionKing W. Harbmayg's Journal Entry #16
Day Position
Long—
according to my criteria, price has successfully:
a. triggered the lower coordinate
b. tapped into the demand zone
c. printed rejection structure
all for a trade of 1:5 RR.
2. Performance: (1 out of 5)
Confidence— 5
Discipline— 5
Communication— 5
Day ShortKing W. Harbmayg's Journal Entry#14
Day Position
1. Thesis:
Short— Price is at yesterday’s supply zone and has liquidated higher level price with the aid of news. This is a risk entry and I look to use the momentum of the news event to help push price.
2. Performance: (1 out of 5)
Confidence— 4
Discipline— 4
Communication— 4
Trading Success Through Journaling: Reflect, Learn & GrowHello traders, today we will talk about how journaling can be a really helpful tool for you in your trading journey. Journaling is a simple yet powerful tool that can help you gain insight into your mental and emotional state, identify patterns and triggers, and make more informed decisions. In this post, we'll explore how you can use journaling to improve your trading performance.
1. Reflect on your emotions: After each trade, take a moment to journal about your emotions during and after the trade. This can help you identify patterns in your emotional responses and provide insight into how certain emotions may affect your trading decisions.
2. Identify triggers: By journaling about specific events that preceded a trade, you can identify the triggers that lead to your emotional responses. This can help you take steps to manage your emotions before they affect your trading decisions.
3. Evaluate your decision-making: After each trade, take a moment to journal about the decision-making process you used. This can help you identify any biases or patterns in your decision-making that may be affecting your trading results.
4. Set goals and track progress: Use journaling to set goals for your trading and track your progress over time. This can help you stay motivated and focused on your long-term goals.
5. Increase self-awareness: Journaling can help you become more self-aware of your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. This can help you identify any negative thought patterns and work to change them, which can lead to improved trading performance.
To make the most of journaling, you should be honest with yourself and write down what you truly feel and think. Journaling is a powerful tool for reflection, learning and making adjustments for the future.
It's important to note that journaling is not a standalone strategy, but rather it's a tool that can be used in conjunction with other analysis and indicators to inform trading decisions. Also, you don't need any specific equipment, just a pen and a notebook, and you can journal at any time.
In conclusion, journaling can be a powerful tool for traders looking to improve their performance and manage stress. By gaining insight into their mental and emotional state, traders can make more informed decisions and improve their overall trading results. Give it a try and see how it can help you in your trading journey.
I would love to hear about your own experiences with journaling in trading. Please feel free to share your thoughts, feedback, and tips in the comments section below. Your input and feedback is valuable to me and to the trading community!
Day ShortKing W. Harbmayg's Journal Entry #8
1. Thesis: Price is at my 50 level outside the 100 pip box and is at the HOD and HOW. It broke a low which influenced me to get in. This is a counter trend back to the 100 pip box where I will scout for a potential buy. Also the evening star presented, adding more confirmation with a tight SL right at the top of the formation.
2. Performance: (1 out of 5)
Confidence— 5
Discipline— 4
Communication— 5
Interday LongKing W. Harbmayg's Journal Entry #4
Review: Price has entered into the low of the previous week and fifty pips below the 100 pip box. This position will be one of two I have planned. I wish to add size once North America session provides proper evidence for such a maneuver, and if not then I will leave the single position as is.
Performance: (1 out of 5)
Confidence— 5
Discipline— 4
Communication— 5
Day Trade ShortKing W. Harbmayg's Journal Entry #3
Review:
We are operating at the high of day from Friday which was the first up day after three consecutive down days. I want to sell this for approximately 50 pips since an evening star printed at the high of day. I want NA session to provide evidence for the short by meeting my sell criteria.
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Bear Boy BotFollow up on the previous bull chart. Lower frame next. See those zones just leads into one and another making bull and bear setups in process. Practice precision entries and proper risk management. Paper trade first to make the infamous “i hesitate” fear go away. If you know by paper trading that your system works then you wouldn’t hesitate to pull the trigger. Its all about management. Business first hand. Be aware of price action.
The Art of Zen Trading1. Create an awareness of your body.
2. Pour happiness into everything you do.
3. Detach. "Connected to everything, attached to nothing."
4. Set process-based goals.
5. Breathe, be aware of the present v the illusion.
6. Everything is temporary.
7. Trading is skillset building.
8. Mistakes and failures are a requirement.
9. The fight is the real reward.
10. You yourself have to engineer your own peace, happiness, and success--moment by moment, action by action.
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Target sign - the first target to focus on
Thunder sign - spot to react - possible jump to push into reversal
Penguin - expected direction
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Penguin - expected direction
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