Today I closed two positions that we had been watching closely with the trading community, and before I talk about the numbers, I want to talk about what they actually mean to me. Yesterday, I shared the $AMD$475 Call while it was showing approximately +$251,500 in open profit. Today, I closed that position, and the final realized profit came to approximately +$372,000. I also closed the $MRVL$225 Call position today for approximately +$130,812.50 in realized profit. Thatâs approximately $502,812.50 in combined realized profit from these two positions. Yes, those are big numbers. But honestly, when I look at them, I donât just see money. I see a long process behind them. I see years of experience. I see countless hours studying charts. I see trades that worked and trades that didnât. I see mistakes. I see lessons. I see patience. I see moments where I had to sit on my hands instead of forcing a trade. I see the discipline required to wait for the market to come to me instead of chasing it. And I see something that I believe is even more important than the profit itself: Growth. That is what makes today special to me. Not because I made $372,000 on $AMD. Not because $MRVL added another six-figure result. But because when I look at the community from where we were last month to where we are today, I can genuinely say: đ God has been faithful to us, and I believe He is not finished yet. đ Since last month until now, there has been so much happening, more learning, more experience, more conversations, more patience, more understanding of the market, and most importantly, more people beginning to understand that trading is not simply about finding a ticker and hoping it goes up. There is a process behind everything. And I believe the results we are seeing are a reflection of that process. â ď¸ BUT HERE IS THE PART I REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND⌠A screenshot can show you the result. It cannot show you the journey. Someone can look at this $AMD position and see +$372,000. They donât see the decisions that came before that number. They donât see the patience required to hold through uncertainty. They donât see the risk management. They donât see the experience that comes from years of being in the market. They donât see the trades that didnât work. They donât see the days when the market humbled me. They donât see the lessons that came from losses. They donât see the time spent studying and preparing when there was absolutely no guarantee that the next trade would work. Thatâs why I donât want anyone to look at these screenshots and think, âI need to make this kind of money.â No. If thatâs what you take from this post, youâve missed the entire message. The real lesson is: Learn the process. Learn why a trade is being taken. Learn how to manage it. Learn how to protect your capital. Learn when to walk away. Learn how to control your emotions. Learn how to wait. Learn how to accept that sometimes the market simply doesnât give you what you want. And most importantly, learn that one trade does not define you as a trader. A winning trade doesnât make you invincible. A losing trade doesnât make you a failure. Both are part of the journey. â ď¸ THEREâS AN ANALOGY I THINK ABOUT A LOT There is something I always say: A blind man will never know there is oil in the food given to him because what he notices is whether there is salt in the food or not. At first, that might sound like a strange example, but there is a very deep meaning behind it. Imagine someone sitting down to eat. They can taste the food. They can tell if it has enough salt. They can tell if something tastes sweet, sour, spicy, or bitter. But because they cannot see, there may be things in that food that they donât recognize visually. The oil can be there. The ingredients can be there. The preparation can be there. The value can be there. But they may only focus on the one thing they can immediately recognize. And I believe people sometimes do the exact same thing with life. They only recognize what is visible. They see someoneâs success but donât see the years behind it. They see the house but donât see the sacrifice. They see the business but donât see the failures. They see the money but donât see the discipline. They see the opportunity but donât see the preparation. They see the harvest but donât see the planting. And sometimes, we even do it to ourselves. We look at our own life and say: âNothing is happening.â But how do you know? Just because you canât see it doesnât mean it isnât happening. Just because the answer hasnât arrived doesnât mean the prayer wasnât heard. Just because the opportunity isnât visible yet doesnât mean it isnât being prepared. Just because you havenât reached the destination doesnât mean you arenât moving forward. And that is one of the biggest lessons Iâve learned through my own journey. If you had only looked at me during the difficult seasons, you wouldnât have been able to predict where I would eventually end up. If you had judged my journey only by the trades that didnât work, you would have missed the lessons those trades gave me. If you had judged me only by the moments when things were difficult, you would have never seen the progress that came afterward. And thatâs why I donât want anyone looking at these results and thinking that success happened overnight. It didnât. There was a lot of oil in the food that people couldnât see. There were years of experience behind todayâs decisions. There were lessons behind todayâs confidence. There were mistakes behind todayâs discipline. There were difficult days behind todayâs results. And most importantly, there was faith behind the journey. đ WHAT GOD IS DOING THAT YOU CANNOT SEE This is also why I believe so strongly that just because you canât see something doesnât mean it isnât there. Sometimes God is working in a way that doesnât make sense to us yet. Sometimes the answer comes differently than we expected. Sometimes the delay is part of the preparation. Sometimes the closed door is protection. Sometimes the setback is teaching you something that you will need later. And sometimes you are already standing in the beginning of something great without realizing what it will eventually become. Thatâs why I believe we have to be careful about judging our lives based only on what we can see today. Todayâs picture is not necessarily tomorrowâs story. I look at my own journey as an example. If someone only sees todayâs screenshots, they see profitable trades. But I know what happened before those screenshots. I know the work. I know the losses. I know the lessons. I know the patience. I know the sacrifices. I know how many times Iâve had to learn, adjust, and keep going. So when I see these results, I donât look at them and say, âLook what I did.â I look at them and say, âThank You, God.â Because I know there are things I could never have accomplished through my own strength alone. â ď¸ AND FOR THE COMMUNITY, THIS MEANS EVEN MORE The part that makes me proud isnât seeing people trying to copy my position size. Actually, I donât want that at all. The screenshots show large positions because these are positions in my own account, based on my own capital, experience, account size, risk tolerance, and trading plan. That is my journey. It is not a measurement for somebody elseâs journey. If youâre trading a smaller account, thereâs absolutely nothing wrong with taking one contract, two contracts. Or even sitting out completely when a setup doesnât fit your plan. You donât need to trade 100 contracts to become a good trader. You donât need to make six figures on one trade. You donât need to turn $1,000 into $100,000 overnight. You donât need to prove anything to anyone. What you need is to become better than the trader you were yesterday. Thatâs the goal. If you can learn how to protect $1,000, you are learning something. If you can learn how to control yourself after a loss, you are learning something. If you can learn how to avoid revenge trading, you are learning something. If you can learn how to wait for a setup instead of chasing the market, you are learning something. If you can take one good trade and walk away instead of becoming greedy, you are learning something. Those things may not look impressive in a screenshot. But those are the things that build a trader. đ¤ ONE MONTH CAN CHANGE A LOT When I think about where we were last month and where we are now, I honestly have to take a step back and appreciate it. God has been faithful to us. There have been lessons. There have been challenges. There have been opportunities. There have been wins. There have been losses. But through all of it, we are still here. Still learning. Still building. Still improving. Still showing up. And I believe there is more ahead. I donât know exactly what it will look like. I donât know when every opportunity will arrive. I donât know what tomorrowâs market will bring. But I believe God has more coming, even when we canât see it yet. Because the absence of visibility is not the absence of possibility. There can be something developing right in front of you that you simply arenât able to recognize yet. Thatâs why I want everyone reading this to keep going. Donât give up because your results arenât where you want them to be. Donât compare your beginning to somebody elseâs middle. Donât let someone elseâs success make you feel like youâve failed. And donât mistake a quiet season for a wasted season. Sometimes the most important work happens when nobody is clapping. Sometimes the biggest growth happens when nobody is watching. Sometimes the preparation happens long before the opportunity arrives. And when that opportunity finally comes, youâll understand why you had to go through everything that came before it.
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Jr @jr_jimenez ¡ 3h
Beautiful piece of advice man !đŻâ đ itâs about who you become in the process and itâs not the destination. Itâs the journey. đŻ I appreciate your advice,your insight and perspective bro.
Matt @tissuet ¡ 6h
I see u sold early
Maria D@maria_dee ¡ 6h
How can I learn this?
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