There are times when I realize I'm not really investing in the market.
I'm just… playing a role – called 'the one who was right.'
On optimistic market days, I don't look for signals to exit my trades.
I'm just looking for reasons not to sell.
Just because… I once declared that I was right.
And I don't want to embarrass that confident guy inside me.
What about when the market is pessimistic?
I'm not waiting for a new obvious opportunity.
I'm just sitting there, waiting…
A miracle.
Something comes to prove that:
"Hey, you're right – don't be afraid."
I call that type of investment: investing with the ego.
(Is this thought of mine… because I've read too many stories?)
It doesn't show up on the chart.
Doesn't appear on the RSI.
Isn't found on the 200 MA line or any Elliott wave.
But it… silently manipulates everything.
It makes me think I'm acting rationally.
When in reality, I'm just trying to protect an outdated version of myself.
The market changes every day.
While I – entrenched in outdated beliefs.
The problem is, I forgot something very important:
Any investment reason has an expiration date.
The beautiful reason that made me buy yesterday –
may have already been fully reflected by the market today.
It has lost its analytical value.
Only emotional value remains.
Like expired milk:
drinking it doesn't nourish – it just gives you a stomachache.
I used to hold on to trades… just because I didn’t want to admit I was wrong.
Once didn't dare to buy… just because I panicked once.
Used to analyze extremely professionally.
But my actions were like a bad actor – trying to cling to an old role, just because… afraid of being kicked off the stage.
Now I understand better:
The market doesn't need me to always be right.
It just needs mealways awake.
I don't need to be loyal to my old version.
I needto be honest with the version sitting here – right now.
I'm not good at doing that every day.
But I'm practicing.
Try to stop and ask yourself:
"Hey, that old reason –
does it still make sense with the new data?
Or are you just trying to finish the performance…
that you don't even want to act in anymore?"
And I think, perhaps:
Flexibility is not betrayal.
But daring to step off the stage.
Stop playing the role of 'the one who was right.'
To truly become 'the one who is awake.'