I used to be one of those people who put their whole check into the trading account and then blow it in a day. and live on ramen, fast forward a few years. I worked on risk management and keeping statistics ,emotional control . and I became profitable. Then came another issue. anytime my account came to $10k I would loose a few trades. and then end up breaking my rules and going to zero in A DAY.
This kept going on in a cycle . I was able to scale accounts from 1000-2000 to 10k easily and then loose it all.
I tried working on my edge. Times I traded. taking breaks. nothing worked. just couldn't get past that number. its like getting past 315 on bench-press
After speaking to a few mentors. it finally clicked. And it had nothing to do with trading.I realized my mind and my subconsious were so familar with being at that level under $10k that I had subconsiously kept it as my baseline that im comfortable with. anytime i tried to get past it, I would just bring myself down someway or the other. the mistake was that I thought I needed to physically earn the level first before my mind caught up.
Your mentality has to already live at that level before u physically get there. and aligned with the version of you who is a 5 figure+ trader. you need to know that you have the skill and already know your probabilities. and detach from the outcome. The preparation is already done .now its just time to execute intuitively.
stability comes from familiarity. to be familiar you need to have lived it in your head already. and know that you have already achieved it. you are only as strong as your weakest thought. Focus on giving them closure first.
curious if anyone else has any blocks like this?