The Day You Start Trading,

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💡 The Day You Start Trading, You Must Also Decide When You’ll Walk Away.

By Tom

Discipline in trading doesn’t begin when you make your first profit — it begins the day you define your rules.


Here’s how true professionals think:


You allocate a fixed amount — let’s say R50,000 — to your trading account.

You set your goal (for example, turning it into R1,000,000).

You define your time frame — based on your system, performance, and experience.

And then you make yourself a promise:


❌ No additional deposits.

✅ No extending the deadline.

✅ No emotional decisions.


If you hit your goal — you’re done. You walk away, proud and fulfilled.


If you’ve done the work — kept your journal, followed your plan, learned, adjusted — but still find trading draining you mentally and financially, then cut your losses and walk away. For good.


And finally — the most difficult scenario:

If your account is up in profit but you haven’t reached your target when your time frame expires — cash out and walk away.


This isn’t weakness.

This is non-negotiable discipline.

This is mental and financial self-protection.

This is how wealth is built — not just through skill, but through the power of restraint.


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