Can you get "it" back?

Quote from trade4succes:

I don't know how to state this precisely, but I'll try;

When I started trading (at a prop shop), I set myself the goal to make some coin, prove myself I can do it! Become one of the best traders!

Now that I've attained that goal some time ago, I kinda lost it. Not making nearly as much money as I used to. I think I lost interest and i am slacking off. I don't feel the same rush anymore to perform at the top of my ability.

Point is I am really afraid that I won't get "it" back. Trading is just in every rational way the best thing I did and can do.

Did you ever went through a phase like this and overcome it? I am thinking of Gabriella Sabatini (tennis) or Jan Ulrich (cycling).
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Money stinks and You can get it BACK ...


ttrader
 
Quote from trade4succes:


Now that I've attained that goal some time ago, I kinda lost it. Not making nearly as much money as I used to. I think I lost interest and i am slacking off.
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You do not need a vacation, you need a sabbatical. You need a new goal, something else to work for. If you have so much money that you do not need that as a goal, than find another goal.

good luck
 
Quote from axeman:

I have a idea.


Give me ALL YOUR MONEY, except for 30K, and then
try to make a living on your newly improved small account :D

This should provide MUCH challenge, and then
you will once again "have it" :D


peace

axeman
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Put that extra cash in separate investment account and start over.

The bio of Jesse Livermore seems to reveal the same pattern. When he was a working trader he did great. But when he attianed the wealthy investor status he would make mistakes.
 
"Give me ALL YOUR MONEY, except for 30K, and then
try to make a living on your newly improved small account"

Don't bother, I spent it all :D And I am trading the company's money btw.

It's funny, but since Gotta Trade's comment on not fearing if it will come back or not, I don't worry about it any longer. The comment was right on the butt.

My original goals were fulfilled partially. You can make a lot of money, or a LOT :) That's why I don't want to give up on trading. And, I must say, I am having a blast doing it! Even if I going through a difficult period.
 
Quote from trade4succes:

I don't know how to state this precisely, but I'll try;

When I started trading (at a prop shop), I set myself the goal to make some coin, prove myself I can do it! Become one of the best traders!

Now that I've attained that goal some time ago, I kinda lost it. Not making nearly as much money as I used to. I think I lost interest and i am slacking off. I don't feel the same rush anymore to perform at the top of my ability.

Point is I am really afraid that I won't get "it" back. Trading is just in every rational way the best thing I did and can do.

Did you ever went through a phase like this and overcome it? I am thinking of Gabriella Sabatini (tennis) or Jan Ulrich (cycling).
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You wanted it in the first place. The REAL QUESTION IS...Do you want it back?
 
Interesting thing is: I am reading Goleman's Emotional Intelligence and it says to be in a state of flow (the most productive state) doesn't feel like work at all!
 
Since my father passed away, I have lost my drive

completely.

A big reason to break Larry Williams record was probably

to show my father that I was good in trading; a profession

that was not taken seriously by an academic like my father.

Anyway, to all of you, who still have their parents ; Tell

them that you love them and show it while they are still

alive.

I only had the courage to say it when he was under the

morfine...

When somebody who is precious to you, passes away,

you realize how worthless money is in comparison.

Time heals the wounds......they say......
 
Quote from trade4succes:

Ramoutar:

I don't know, because I remember it also involved a lot of work and sacrifice.. But I trust it will come back.
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You can do it again. JUST DO IT! :)
 
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