"The greatest enemy of life is yourself", the Buddha's teaching that I personally like and love the most. It is not surprising that I can
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say that: you are the only - the biggest obstacle on the way to becoming a successful forex trader.
This is not a negative or pessimistic view, we need to take 100% responsibility for our failures - losses and face them
to find a way to solve the problem(s)
In trading and in each person's life, these negative things do not exempt anyone: your ego, your actions, and your emotions when facing the forex market
However, this is not an article that will make you feel sad when reading it. We'll turn negatives into positives in a moment. I'll show you how you can turn them into tools that will help you make profitable trades, and a happier life if possible.
Imagine each of these points as a link in your forex trading chain. If one side of the chain is weak – it will weaken and even break a strong chain. Check your links.
EGO OF THE MIND
Since the majority of forex trading is done by men, their ego can be a big problem. Studies have shown that women are more successful in trading than men because they are less confident in their abilities than men.
Hormones drive the ego, and men are naturally more inclined to take risks than women, due to testosterone.
In trading, men tend to take greater risks, take risks more often, or both.
Women are more comfortable with safety, and they are better at managing risk.
So if you are a man, it is natural that you are born with certain weaknesses in the trading field. This does not mean that you will fail, but it means that you need to be more careful, more mindful of how your hormones and ego will negatively affect your forex trading activities.
This problem will be solved by studying, training, planning and practicing discipline.
THE MARKET IS THE ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE MARKET AND PRICES BEST, NOT YOU.
When people look at the electronic board, a very reliable signal may appear right in front of them, clear and obvious - but they may not take advantage of it.
People tend to trade what they think and act what they think, rather than what the market tells them (in the form of signals).
Don't try to predict what the market will do tomorrow, just observe and don't guess. If the market tells you a clear signal, don't
think twice. Just act, and then again don't guess.
It's important to take responsibility for your trading plan, and sometimes your third eye will act, in a random way.
There will be times when something inside you tells you to go for it. You may listen, you may not, but you have to try
Never define yourself by the paper "I am a bear" or "I am a bucket", instead, always adapt to all conditions of the forex market. Do not favor bears or bears, do not assume that the market must be a bear forever just because you love this animal, while the market itself is clearly transforming or has transformed into a big black bear
PATIENCE
"Patience", this is probably the 1000th time I have written these two words, but there is no secret that successful traders have a terrible patience, to the point of "pathological" in the way most people think.
I am not talking about the usual kind of patience, I am talking about the most counterintuitive emotion that people have to deal with in all aspects of life against the need for instant gratification.
We are designed to want instant gratification for our desires. And as forex traders, we need to fight this gene when we want instant results.
Standing on the sidelines and watching - waiting is an obvious strategy, doing nothing is doing a lot, this is part of patience. Another important part of patience is to trust and let the trade do its job, don't touch it, just leave it alone
(unless something obvious happens, which is rare).
LIKE TO BE RIGHT, STAY RIGHT AND HATE TO ADMIT WRONG
Basically, we humans have an instinctive need to be right, and have a hard time justifying when we are wrong. This is a disaster in the trading world
There are even many people who accept losing money but do not accept a losing trade. They only like straight trades. I myself was the same when I first started trading forex and blew up quite a few accounts just because I did not like losing trades (even though no one knew I lost). It's instinct, it's a big stupid ego.
Realizing that losing trades are something that can never be avoided free, and they are a form of "cost" to operate the transaction, was a big step for me. I started to accept the losing orders, accept the stoploss and stick to it. The ego gradually shrank and I didn't even bother to care about it anymore.
I NEVER KNEW A DAY TRADER WHO WAS PROFITABLE IN THE LONG TERM
Speaking of the past, Forex attracted me because of one of its supposed "superior" points. You can buy and sell in seconds. I can trade dozens of orders in an hour, as if it were a normal thing.
I know the image of a "day-trader" is very attractive, but unfortunately I don't know anyone who is successful in trading like that. And uhm, we trade
forex with the hope of a better life, but if we spend all day toiling and entering and exiting orders and looking at the electronic board, it seems like we don't have much time left for "a better life"
The fact is, the more you trade, the less chance you have of being successful in forex trading. The more you trade, the worse the quality of your trades, the more risk you take, etc.
I've talked about this issue so much in other articles, you can read them again, a few more times.
(There are successful, sure-footed day-traders. But I don't know if they've heard of them. I mean, most of the people who are successful in forex / stock trading are people who trade very, very little and if you're new or still struggling to make a profit in forex, learn from them.)
MOST OF THE EVERYONE PEOPLE WHO DON'T THINK ABOUT TRADING THIS WAY
You trade in competition with others, if someone loses money, will that money go into someone else's pocket?
Traders can think of their trading as a competition, a sport of swordplay between individuals, between themselves and others. Or you can think of it like this, it is a competition between you and yourself. All you need to do is simply be better than you were yesterday. Be more disciplined, more patient, more confident,
You are not trading in competition with machines, think of it as a competition between people, or more deeply, between you and yourself.
This can help you, as it has helped me, become more confident and more motivated, more responsible.
And you can beat another person sitting behind the screen because the province is also trading forex, you can and absolutely can beat the
version of yourself yesterday.
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You're Not Lazy — You're Mentally Exhausted (And No One Told You)
You’re Not Lazy — You’re Mentally Exhausted (And No One Told You) For years, many of us have carried the same quiet belief. That we’re lazy. That we lack discipline. That everyone else seems to have life figured out—except us. We watch others move forward while we feel stuck in place, and the conclusion feels obvious: Something must be wrong with me. But what if that conclusion is wrong? What if the problem was never laziness at all—but a level of mental exhaustion you were never taught how to recognize, name, or respect? The Silent Burnout Nobody Talks About Mental exhaustion doesn’t always announce itself loudly. It doesn’t always come with breakdowns, tears, or visible collapse. More often, it shows up quietly. It looks like wanting to do better, but feeling unable to start. Like beginning tasks with good intentions, only to abandon them halfway through. Like feeling guilty for resting, yet too drained to be productive. Like losing interest in things you once cared deeply about—without knowing why. From the outside, you may still be functioning. You show up. You meet expectations. You get things done—just enough to survive. So you call it laziness. And eventually, you start believing it. But laziness doesn’t come with guilt. It doesn’t come with frustration or shame. Exhaustion does. Why Motivation Alone Doesn’t Work We are constantly told to “push harder.” To “wake up earlier.” To “stop making excuses.” But motivation cannot fix a tired nervous system. When your mental energy is depleted, discipline feels heavy. Focus becomes painful. Even simple decisions begin to feel overwhelming. This is not a failure of character. It’s a biological and psychological response to prolonged pressure. A mind that has been running on survival mode cannot suddenly switch into inspiration. No amount of self-criticism will create energy where none exists. You’re not broken. You’re overloaded. The Pressure to Always Be Improving We live in a culture obsessed with progress. Hustle culture. Productivity culture. Comparison culture. There is always someone doing more, achieving faster, resting less. And without realizing it, we internalize the message that slowing down equals falling behind. Rest becomes something you must earn. Slowness feels like failure. Pausing feels dangerous. So instead of listening to our limits, we punish ourselves for having them. We push through exhaustion. Ignore warning signs. And call it “self-improvement.” But there is nothing healthy about constantly overriding your own capacity. That isn’t growth. That is self-neglect disguised as ambition. What Actually Helps (Quietly) Real progress doesn’t begin with pushing harder. It begins with honesty. Honesty about your energy—not your intentions. Honesty about your limits—not your potential. Healing mental exhaustion often looks unremarkable from the outside: Acknowledging that you’re tired without turning it into a flaw Allowing yourself to pause without guilt or justification Reducing noise instead of adding more pressure Choosing consistency over intensity Creating space instead of forcing motivation Energy cannot be bullied into returning. It must be restored. And restoration is not weakness—it is strategy. A Different Kind of Strength We’ve been taught that strength means doing more. But real strength often looks like knowing when to stop. Like choosing clarity over chaos. Like offering yourself compassion instead of criticism. It’s the courage to admit that something isn’t working—without blaming yourself for it. If you are struggling right now, hear this clearly: You are not lazy. You are mentally exhausted. And exhaustion is not a personal failure—it’s a signal. A signal that something needs care, not punishment. You don’t need to become a different person. You don’t need to “fix” yourself. You need rest. You need understanding. You need permission to be human. And that is not a weakness. That is where healing actually begins.
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