Last Christmas, I was still completely broke and every penny spent was full of guilt. Plus the shame of seeing some of my family and not being sure if they knew of my mistakes or not.
The Christmas before was spent checking my phone for forex and stock quotes while I traded the last few thousand dollars I had to my name.
The Christmas before that I think I lost like 30K over the week I was home.
In other words, my last few Christmas’ have completely sucked.
Why did they suck?
Well, because it was all about me. I was a selfish, self-absorbed, loser.
I’m being harsh, but it was true for the last few years.
This Christmas is my first “non-selfish” Christmas in a long time.
I spent money on gifts, and I don’t feel guilty about it. I’ve had a good last few months, and it was with my personal money (not business where I still have a ton of issues).
For the first time in a very long time….I’m not thinking about myself this Christmas. I’m enjoying time with my family, and laughing with my Mom as I type this in her home.
It’s been my best Christmas in a very long time.
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congratulations on your complete. i like to say that there's always a chance for people to change their ways. mazel tov!
DK- im still wondering how u claim u were a technical trader.. but if u realy were a technical trader.. how did u lose big in FX ? most technical traders use stop-losses to cut losees
im still curious because all over your site, u dont mention anything in detail of how u lost… was it 1 bad trade ? or multiple bad trades ? were u margined too high ???
nobody likes talking abt why they lost…
but in order to improve.. u must learn from mistakes.
if u dont mind, pls share some of what you learnt in Forex.