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#33 Debunked & Exposed: The Top 10 Trading Lies Retail Traders Swear By

| Ed Seykota, Trend-Following Pioneer
Are you a retail trader holding onto some common myths?
You’re not broken. You’re just biologically set up to suck at trading.
Your brain’s #1 job? Keep you alive — not help you build wealth.
So what happens?
You chase green candles like they’re prey.
You avoid losses like they’re tigers.
You cling to comfort, dopamine, and certainty — three things the market feeds you *right before it eats you alive*.
These myths?
They feel safe.
But they’re silently draining your account and sabotaging your consistency.
In this blog, we’re going full myth-buster mode — exposing the Top 10 Trading Lies Retail Traders Swear By with hard-hitting stats from FINRA, the SEC, and beyond.
If you’re brave enough to challenge your beliefs…
You might finally become the trader you claim you want to be.
Let’s unlearn.
Let’s out-trade.
Let’s GET FREE!

#1. BELIEF = “I just need the right strategy.”
STRATEGY without Psychology and Physiology is SELF SABOTAGE .
You don’t have a system problem — you have a *self-management* problem.
In other words, the majority are in the red despite whatever strategy they tried. Consistently profitable trading comes from skillful execution and risk management, not a magical formula. If most traders lose, the “right” strategy alone clearly isn’t a golden ticket.
“If the right strategy was all it took… why are so many smart traders still inconsistent?”
The OPERATING SYSTEM (OS) of TIME FREEDOM TRADING requires you to see the MARKET in 3D, define a proper edge, and execute a proven “consistency code”.

#2. BELIEF = “More trades = more money.”
Overtrading is just compulsive gambling in a hoodie.
Fewer, higher-conviction setups scale better than trigger-happy mouse clicks.
Those who traded the most lagged far behind those who traded sparingly. Why? Costs, overconfidence, and chasing too many setups eat into profits. Quality trades beat quantity. The data is clear: trading smarter, not harder, tends to make more money.
“What’s the real cost of feeling productive but compounding losses?”
Of the 22 trading days on average per month, 5-10 days per month will give potential setups with the proper catalysts.

#3. BELIEF ="I'll get consistent once I go full-time. "
YOU DON’T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR GOALS, YOU FALL TO YOUR LEVEL OF YOUR SYSTEMS
Consistency MUST be built before you go full-time.
Or you’ll burn out — fast.
The goal is to replace your living expenses through a few trades a month. A proper money management strategy is critical to growing and sustaining your profits with room for INCOME drawdowns.

#4. BELIEF ="Indicators will tell me when to buy."
INDICATORS ARE TOOLS, not oracles.
They lag — and they lie when you use them without context.
The market doesn’t care about your feelings — it reprices assets when a real catalyst shows up. Sometimes it’s news. Sometimes it’s a surprise. Either way, you better show up with a thesis, not a wish.
Only trade when your rules say so — backed by your edge, your system, and your ability to execute.
No thesis? No trade. No exceptions.
Because gambling is what happens when you skip the “why” and YOLO the “buy.”

#5. BELIEF ="News moves the Market."
Expectations move the market.
By the time news hits, smart money already positioned — you’re late.
Trading against High Frequency Algorithm systems on news is not TIME FREEDOM TRADING. Learning to trade when you have a proper EDGE for your ability is. Learning and advancing your skills with the proper maturity model is key.

#6. BELIEF ="Options are Risky!"
Ignorance is risky. Options are tools — with asymmetric power.
Risk isn't in the asset — it's in the user.
Learning to trade and invest is the key to compounding and building wealth. Learning to manage both with the proper risk and leverage will accelerate your financial flywheel to compound wealth and earn time freedom.

#7. BELIEF = "I’ll follow alerts until I learn."
Alerts make you dependent.
You don’t learn how to think, just how to react.
Master the skill. Build the system.
When you learn how to trade and invest with a proven operating system — you don’t just make money…you build self-sufficiency that prints financial independence for life.
Because once you know how to read the market — you’ll never need to beg it again.

#8. BELIEF = "Once I hit $X in profits, I’ll feel confident."
Confidence doesn’t come from profits. It comes from proof — following your process.
“Would you rather feel good or trade good?”
The process you follow.
The skills you sharpen.
The knowledge you apply.
Inside Time Freedom Trading, these unlock your Consistency Code — the blueprint to becoming a profitable trader and investor.
When you adopt a proven system, you stop guessing and start growing. Confidence compounds. Success becomes repeatable.
And you step boldly into Providence — not by luck… but by design.
You don’t rise to the market — you rise to your level of preparation.

#9. BELIEF = "I cant' succeed until I fix my personal life."
Your trading desk is your personal mirror. Fix your focus there — and the rest will follow.
Becoming a Time Freedom Trader starts with an identity shift — not just a skill set. You don’t become a successful trader by accident.
You must think like one.
Act like one.
And most importantly… believe you are one.
You must first BE the trader,
Then DO what profitable traders do,
So you can HAVE the financial freedom they live.
Because results follow identity — not the other way around.

#10. BELIEF = "“I’ll know I’ve made it when I don’t lose.”
*The truth: Losing is part of the game. Professional traders lose all the time — they just lose less than they win and they don’t stay wrong.
You must shift how you see loosing: Don’t fear losses — fear lack of learning.
Show me a consistent trader — and I’ll show you a well-kept trade log.
If you don’t track it, you can’t improve it.
Every trade must be logged. Every result must be studied.
You need to know your numbers:
✅ Win rate
✅ Risk-reward
✅ Expectancy
That’s your Trader Triangle — and it’s not optional.
Your Expectancy isn’t just a stat…
It’s the gateway to building real Time Freedom.
Profits follow precision. Precision comes from performance tracking.
THE FINAL WORD
The data doesn’t lie — most traders lose because they’re believing bullsh*t, not because they’re missing some “secret strategy.”
Winning in the market takes:
✅ Realistic expectations
✅ Ruthless risk management
✅ A rock-solid mindset
✅ A proven system
Every trader deals with losses, doubt, and chaos.
But the ones who win?
They drop the myths.
They trust the math.
And they follow a blueprint that works.
This is your wake-up call.
Stop winging it. Start winning it.
Learn the system. Earn your Time Freedom.
Join us inside Time Freedom Trading.

Download the Top 10 Trading Lies Retail Traders Swear By
and read it daily like your account depends on it — because it does.
Print it.
Post it.
Tattoo it on your ego.
Just don’t keep pretending you “didn’t know.”
Unlearn the lies.
Trade like a legend — not a lunatic.
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