Right from the day of conception up till the date of delivery and continuation of life as an organism, we have constantly faced diverse risks.
As humans, the first risks we ever faced was that of conception where were there was a risk of maternal immunity engulfing and fighting against us. Gradually, we faced the risk of childbirth and against all odds, we were welcomed to the world as new born.
Life is very risky. Walking by the road side is risky. Careless eating is risky. Drinking is also risky. Even sleeping in the wrong place and at the wrong time is also risky. One way to know how big of a risk life is, is that we will not come out of it alive.
I have seen many people take good risks. I have witnessed some persons take risks that I consider as stupid risk. They may not see it as stupid though. What's life without risks?
There are many risky move I made in 2025. Few of the moves are actually very stupid but some are very much worth it and they actually paid off. I'm actually not the type of person to just seat back and watch because I'm scared of taking a risk. From my perspective, there are only two outcomes of taking a risk. It's either I gain profit from taking a risk, or I get a loss from taking that risk. Losing is normal. Same as winning, so, it doesn't bother me if I lose or win. So long as I've gotten the needed experience from a loss, I'm good.
For a few years now, I've been talking about fully venturing into the world of web 3, specifically futures and FX trading. My motivation is not just to make money, but to compound capital for something even bigger. The game is risky. I've seen people lose, and I've seen people win.
Before venturing into futures and FX trading, I actually started with spot. I took an L with Luna and a few coins when I was am relatively new to the system. I was encouraged by friends to buy some. I did. When it started dipping, I actually bought some more, not knowing that the dip will go deeper.
That was a big loss, but then, it's calm. Irrespective of the little loses I got in spot, I made up my mind this year to learn and trade futures and FX. I initially thought it was all about technicals, but then, time and loses made me realize that trading is bigger than just trading strategies and technical analysis.
Early this year, I got a whole lot of loses. I don't blew a few accounts. Came back, blow more accounts and still come back again. I with more loses came more research. With those research came the realization of - it's not about the quantity of the trade taken, but it's about the quality of the trade (good confluence) and proper risk management. However, even with good confluence (say an A+ trade) there's also a probability of losing the trade.
I remember one of the major risk I took, over trading and dancing with the charts in a 1m TF. At that point, I was actually not trading but gambling. That was a revenge trade though. I lost a lot. Lol. My account blew. The funny thing is that I didn't learn the lesson with that one experience. It took a while.
Someone may say, why didn't you back test? Well, for me, back testing don't actually build psychology faster. Live trading with good risk management builds psychology better and gives a good control over emotions.
If I have the opportunity to learn trading again in my next life (if there's one), I would not hesitate. I would go into it again, and again.
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