The last three weeks had been so good for me. I was building momentum, feeling like I was finally starting to get it. And then, on the very last day, I messed it all up. One bad day was enough to undo the work of 14 good ones, and now I’m left sitting here not knowing what to do next.I'm so stupid its unbelievable. What hurts the most is that I had 14 ATD days over $600 locked in. I was literally one more day of $600 away from securing a $2,500 payout...just one day away from freedom. I can’t get that out of my head. It was going to be my first ever payout. What makes it worse is knowing I won’t be able to buy another eval now. I got lucky with the giveaway once, and in my head I really believed this was going to be it for me. That belief carried me, and maybe that’s why it stings so much now. I’d even started planning how I was going to split that payout between new evals, expenses, and savings, like it was finally happening. And now… I just feel devastated. I feel stupid for throwing it away on tilt, for not having the patience to wait just a few more days. This was a DTF account, and I should’ve protected it better. I’m ashamed of myself and I’m sorry, guys. Right now I just feel tired. Tired of messing up when it mattered, tired of watching progress get washed away in a single bad day. I don’t know what to do next.

Tilt doesn’t just cost money.It costs presence.It pulls you out of your body, out of the moment, and straight into reaction mode. Here’s a process I teach all my high-level clients to reset and return to calm: The Hakalla Technique 1. Pick a point on the wall in front of you. 2. Stare at that point steadily. 3. Then, without moving your eyes, begin to soften your focus and open your peripheral vision. 4. Allow the whole room to come into awareness left, right, above, below. 5. Stay here for 1–2 minutes, just breathing. This simple shift brings you out of tunnel vision and back into full awareness.It calms your nervous system.It interrupts the trance of tilt.It resets you into patience. 👉 Try it the next time you feel yourself rushing, forcing, or chasing. Question for you:How do you feel after doing Hakalla calm, present, different? Drop your experience below. 👇

Calling & Identity What if trading isn’t only about charts and profits, but about discovering who you become in the process? How does your behavior in the markets reflect your faith, character, and identity outside of them?

It’s waking up with that pit in your stomach after blowing another account. It’s looking your family in the eye and saying “next month will be different.” It’s watching years pass while you’re still stuck in the same loop. Missed opportunities. Broken confidence. The quiet shame of knowing you’re capable of more… but not living it. The market doesn’t just take your money. It takes your peace. It takes your time. And if you let it, it takes your future. That’s the cost of doing this alone. The traders I work with don’t come to me because they want “motivation.” They come because they’ve realized the pain of staying the same is more expensive than the cost of change. I know you’re ready to stop bleeding time, money, and energy so book in with me https://skool.com/no-nonsense-capital-9106/classroom Let’s make sure the next year doesn’t look like the last one.

Recording from the seminar I spoke at, enjoy!