How Long it takes to Master Trading?
I've been programming for 15 years. I'm going to be modest, and say average 4 hours a day, which is roughly 21,900 hours. (I'm pretty sure it's way more than that) And I've been trading for 6 years (fully devoted 8 hours per day) – another 17,500 hours. If the "10,000-hour rule" were real, I'd be a grandmaster by now. But...that's not how it works. I've spent thousands of hours coding at 2AM, rewriting systems that no one will ever see. I've spent thousands of hours studying probability, and building math models, only to get smacked by the market, and coming back the next day anyways. What I've learned is this: Time doesn't create mastery. Intention does. I wasn't clocking in hours. I was chasing precision. Rebuilding the same logic until it made sense. Studying my trades to understand why I was wrong. That's where growth hides. Inside those painful, obsessive loops of refinement. So if you're early in your journey – trading, coding, whatever it is – don't get caught up in counting hours. Focus on getting sharper every single rep. Because 10,000 hours doesn't make you elite. But 10,000 deliberate iterations might. 🔥 Drop a comment if you’re in that season of building quietly and relentlessly.