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In the email, Tero shared that they started with my books, and then moved to a simulator. Only after building some consistency did they step into our funded training account on TradingTerminal.com.
I have a lot of respect for this trader because of their honesty, not just to me, but being honest to himself as a trader. They wrote:
“My trading with the funded account started brightly but then I lost my discipline and didn’t follow my trading setup.”
If you look at the annotated P&L chart, you can that profits were growing very well at first. Confidence was high. Then came a stretch labeled as “lost my discipline”, followed by what entering “Hulk mode.” Those days produced his biggest losses.
“I entered the trade correctly according to my strategy but I just couldn’t keep my nerves and jumped out way too early.”
This trader started to experience FEAR after the losing streak. The emotions that this trader went through are the most realistic sides of trading. Many traders get stuck not because they don’t know what to do, but because:
What I respected most about this email was the ending. Despite the ups and downs and the emotional swings that this trader experienced, they requested another opportunity to trade on the funded account.
“I still need more training in this kind of semi-real trading environment before starting with a live account.”
That mindset is how traders actually make it. This is also why we built the funded training account the way we did. It’s not about payouts alone. My vision is to build a bridge between simulation and live trading, where emotions are real, mistakes are costly (but survivable), and discipline is tested daily. |