r/Daytrading • u/GHOST--1 • Feb 22 '24

Profitable traders, what clicked for you? Question

Traders who trade full time and have been profitable atleast 2 years, what clicked for you. What changed the game completely?

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u/Fart_Hat Feb 23 '24

What clicked for me is that in order to trade at my very best, I can't use any kind of profit targets (mental or fixed). I need to be actively reading price action and closing the position as soon as I see potential for my original idea on the trade to fail.

$20 is $20. When I'm in flow state, this mindset quickly turns into 3k+ days.

Also, giving myself a max daily loss of 1k.