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🧠 Not Every Trader Is Built the Same...

Are You a Scalping Samurai or a Swing Trading Sloth?
Your trades might be confused because you are.
Take our totally scientific (not really) quiz and find out what kind of trader you really are — before your next trade ghosts you.

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💸 Stop Bursting Your Account

Ever feel like your trading account has a personal vendetta against your wallet? If you’ve blown more balances than candles on your last birthday, it’s time to change that. Learn how risk management, smarter strategies, and a little financial common sense can help you trade without turning your account into a ghost town. Your future self (and your bank account) will thank you.

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🤹‍♂️ Stop Guessing

If your current strategy is “eeny, meeny, miny, moe,” we’ve got news: the market isn’t a magic trick. Ditch the guesswork and start making informed decisions based on real analysis, not vibes. We’ll teach you how to read the charts, understand patterns, and build a plan that actually makes sense. Because good trading shouldn’t feel like roulette.

The 6 Biggest Mistakes Traders Make

1. 📈 Trading Without a Plan

If you’re winging it, you’re not trading — you’re gambling.

Why it’s bad: No strategy = no consistency = no chance.

Fix it: Set a clear entry, stop-loss, and target before clicking ‘Buy’.

2. 💰 Risking the Rent

Putting half your account on a single trade? Bold. And foolish.

Why it’s bad: You’re one market sneeze away from disaster.

Fix it: Never risk more than 1-2% per trade. Save the YOLO for meme stocks.

3. 🕵️ Revenge Trading

Lost a trade? Feel the need to “get it back”?

Why it’s bad: Emotions + charts = chaos.

Fix it: Take a break. Go outside. Hug a plant. Come back with logic.

4. 🎲 Guessing, Not Analyzing

Relying on hunches or that one guy on Reddit?

Why it’s bad: Markets don’t care about your gut feelings.

Fix it: Learn technical and fundamental analysis. Tools > Tarot.

5. ⏱️ Overtrading

Trading 20 times a day doesn’t make you a pro — just tired and broke.

Why it’s bad: Spreads and fees quietly eat your soul.

Fix it: Quality > Quantity. Only enter when your setup screams “GO”.

6. 🚫 Ignoring Stop Losses

No stop-loss? That’s like skydiving without a parachute.

Why it’s bad: One bad move and you’re toast.

Fix it: Use stop-losses religiously. Yes, even on “sure things”.

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💼 Side Hustle Trading

Let’s face it — your 9 to 5 might pay the bills, but it’s your 5 to 9 that could change your life. Side hustle trading is for those who don’t have time to become full-time traders but still want to dip their toes into the markets. Whether it’s analysing charts during lunch or placing trades after dinner, you can build real skills and serious income — without quitting your job (yet). We’ll show you how to trade smarter, not longer — with strategies tailored for busy humans, not Wall Street robots.

🧪 What Kind of Trader Are You?

(Take This Quiz Before You Blow Another Account)

Ever wondered why your trades feel more like roulette spins? Maybe you’re a Chart Whisperer… or just a Meme Stock Maverick in denial.
Take our hilariously insightful quiz to discover your Trading Characters — and finally trade in a way that actually suits your personality
(and your stress tolerance).
Don’t worry, it’s 100% judgment-free — unless you pick “FOMO Entry” as your strategy (then we’ll talk).

10 Times the Market Clowned Us All

1. The “I Knew It!” Moment

You close a trade at a small loss.
Two minutes later? The chart does exactly what you predicted… after you exited.
Internal dialogue: “Why does the market wait for me to leave before partying?”

2. The Wrong Lot Size Surprise

You meant to trade 0.01…
But your finger slipped and placed a full 1.00.
Heartbeat? Immediately joins a rave party in your chest.

3. The “Just Checking” Trade

You open a position “just to see what happens.”
The market sees it, laughs, and tanks.
Because of course it does.

4. The Alarm You Ignored

You set an alert for a breakout.
You wake up 6 hours later to your alert… and a missed entry… and a 100-pip rally.
Good morning! Here’s your FOMO.

5. The “Dinner Trade” Curse

You enter a trade, go for dinner, come back, and your account is crying.
It’s like the market knew you left your screen.
Trading Rule #42: Never trust a trade while eating noodles.

6. The Confident Analysis Collapse

You draw 14 trend lines, 6 Fibonacci levels, and consult 3 moving averages.
Enter trade.
Immediately reverses.
Your indicators? Just decorative lines on your trading grave.

7. The Demo Account Hero

You double your demo account in a week.
Go live with real money… and forget how to click buttons.
Suddenly, MetaTrader looks like a spaceship cockpit.

8. The Screenshot That Aged Poorly

You post a winning trade on social media, flexing hard.
Next day, same setup.
Losses. All losses.
Comments: “Bro what happened?”

9. The “Maybe It’s the News” Theory

You lose a trade.
So you start blaming the Fed, unemployment data, sunspots, your cat…
Everything but your poor entry.

10. The “Final Trade Before Bed” Move

You think: “Just one quick scalp before I sleep.”
5 hours later: you’re red-eyed, over-leveraged, and Googling “What is a margin call?”
Sleep? A myth.