There was a trader known for one weird habit: no matter what was happening — bull market, crash, Fed announcement — he sold everything at noon on Fridays.
No one took him seriously. But he never blew up, never panicked, never took catastrophic losses.
One day, I asked him why.
He said, “Because I value my weekends more than squeezing out an extra 1%. Peace of mind is the best dividend I’ve ever collected.”
He died in his 80s — wealthy, calm, and with a family that adored him.
Lesson: The market will take everything if you let it. Set boundaries or lose yourself trying to “beat” something that never sleeps.