Learning Notes – Trading & Scalping: Taking the Next Step by Attempting the FTMO Challenge
After documenting the first lessons from learning to scalp, I’ve decided to take the next step and attempt an FTMO…
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hello@theslowedit.org Learning Notes – Trading & Scalping: Why Scalping Is Mentally Harder Than It Looks
Scalping may look simple from the outside, but the real challenge lies in emotional discipline and consistent decision-making under pressure.
Learning Notes – Trading & Scalping: The Day I Did Nothing
A trading session where no trades were taken, and why choosing to do nothing in the markets can sometimes be…
Learning Notes – Trading & Scalping: When Not Trading Is the Right Trade
Learning to accept that not trading can sometimes be the best decision. A reflection on patience, discipline and resisting the…
Learning Notes – Trading & Scalping: When I Broke My Own Rule
A reflection on breaking one of my own trading rules, stopping after two losses, and what it revealed about expectations,…
Learning Notes – Trading & Scalping: Thinking in Points vs Thinking in Money
A short reflection on how increasing position size changed my mindset while learning scalping, and why thinking in dollars instead…
Learning Notes: What 10 Days of Scalping Taught Me (So Far)
Ten days into learning scalping, I realised the strategy wasn’t the issue, I was. A reflection on size, fear, discipline,…