Right at this very moment half the people here could go 100x long and 100x short And later today half the people here will feel like a genius. But if they keep doing it 3 days from now, almost none of those people will have any money left.

Most of you can’t tell the difference between those random people, and someone trading with positive expectancy. Your hero is some guy who’s obviously trading with no edge, and mathematically guaranteed to blow up quickly if he keeps doing what he’s doing. Because he is you and you want to believe that if you keep doing what you’re doing, you can wynn just like him.