I find it funny how some people minimize what happened as if it were a simple "strong move." No, friends. A 200-pipe spread is not a normal candle. It's an institutional trap or a technical flaw. And if you justify it by saying "that's the way markets are," what you do is legitimize abuse. The day it happens to you, I want to see you writing "every normal thing, it was supply and demand."
I don’t know if I’m going to leave this for good. Maybe I just need a pause to get the focus back. But I’m sure of something: I don’t operate again without understanding who has control at every moment. Today I learned that it’s not enough to know how to read the chart. We need to know who’s behind the price, who’s pulling the strings and when. Because if you don’t know, they drag you like me.
I have read about traders who leave after five or ten years. I thought it was frustration. I now understand that it is more because of wear. The level of energy demanded by this environment is unsustainable. It’s not just about losing money. It’s about each loss bringing doubts, wear, frustration. And when you get beat by dirty tricks, the motivation goes down.
The underlying problem is not volatility, it's the lack of clear rules, it's normal for the market to move, to do it without logic and with unfair conditions, no, it's not a casino, or it shouldn't be, but if the dealer decides when he pays you and when he doesn't, then he is, and I don't want to keep betting on a table like that.
It's not the first time it's happened, but it was the drop that filled the glass. I've seen strange things before, but I always found a technical justification. This time, there isn't. I just have to accept that the environment changed. What used to work now is a risk. And if I don't adapt, I lose more than money: I lose mental health.
In the end, this business is not about analysis, nor about strategy. It’s about endurance. He who endures the most without going crazy survives. But, to what extent is it worth surviving in such an environment? That’s the question I’m asking myself today.
Trust in the market was lost today. Not because of a loss, but because of the way it happened. Because of the absurdity of the situation. If this continues, the future of the small trader is doomed. Only those who operate with direct access or those who conform with alms will survive.
Thanks to those who provided serious answers. They have helped me understand that I am not alone and that this happens to more people. I still think that today was anomalous. And if I am wrong, then it means that the market became unpredictable to the absurd.
The saddest thing is that I started this week with good operations. I had followed my system, reduced my lotage and adjusted the risk. And yet, a single "anomalia" ruined everything. How is one supposed to continue believing in the process after that?
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