Trader Joe recently told me he was done.

He’d been testing a strategy for two months. It looked incredible.

Consistent profits in testing, smooth results. So he went live.

And then it dipped.

One bad month.

He panicked.

And he quit.

I asked him a couple of questions, and we uncovered two things.

First, he overstaked.

He put 5 percent of his bank on each trade. He was too confident it would keep performing exactly like before.

Second > and this is the big one —> he didn’t think he was cut out for this.

He felt like he’d failed.

That the strategy was a lie.

That maybe he wasn’t meant to be a trader after all.

This isn’t his fault.

We’re not built for this kind of uncertainty.

Our brains want immediate feedback, fast wins, short timelines.

It’s like planting a tree, then digging it up a week later to check if the roots have grown.