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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

The progression of a trader: Surviving to thriving A thread

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

22 years trading. Here are some of the most important things I've learnt (Part 1/2):

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Tom Dante

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3 years

One of the reasons I do not suffer FOMO is because in 21 years of trading I’ve discovered that almost every player in this game fails to keep the money they’ve made. A persons 15 minutes of fame does not excite me. I assume, usually correctly, they will end with nothing.

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Tom Dante

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1 year

Everything you need to know to smash 2023 A thread

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Tom Dante

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2 years

#Crypto

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Tom Dante

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1 year

As a trader you need to train yourself to see what is happening, not what you want to see happening.

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Tom Dante

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1 year

Trading while in a full time job A thread

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Tom Dante

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3 years

A guide to market moves

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Tom Dante

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1 year

The best trade caller I've ever known A thread

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

Why would you want to work a 9-5 just to make someone else rich? Instead, you could be sitting on your own staring at charts all day, risking your own money with no guarantee of making any, with no health care and no pension plan. It’s so cool. I love it. Cheers

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

3 years

Thanks to this bull market in Crypto I finally bought my dream car. It goes to show if you’re prepared to put in the effort and take some risk in life, you can achieve your dreams. Don’t ask me why I got it in blue. I just love that colour.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

Use this to step up your weekly performance review

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

Only three things in life are guaranteed: - Death - Taxes - The third setup that you don't take after having two losers in a row, will be a winner

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

My Edge A Thread

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

4 years

Why would you want to work a 9-5 just to make someone else rich? Instead you could be working a 14 hour day, sitting on your own staring at charts, risking your own money with no guarantee of making any, no health care and no pension plan. It’s so cool.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

22 years trading. Here are some of the most important things I've learnt (Part 2/2):

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

40 years ago, my dad passed away of a sudden heart attack in the middle of the night. This is the only picture I have with him. If you love someone, don’t always presume you can tell them tomorrow.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

How I prepare for the market open each week A thread

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

Strategic goals for traders

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

A year in the life of a trader A thread

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

Many traders make a mistake and then compound it in frustration by suddenly taking a shit trade or betting way too big etc And so this is a wonderful time to remind you that if you have a flat tyre you don't get out of the car and slash the other three like a cunt Cheers

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

6 years

11 years at school 2 years at college 3 years at university And all I needed to do was learn how to draw a horizontal line

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

5 months

To Nathan. A thread. Nathan has been demo trading for 18 months. He has taken 876 paper trades and has a strike rate of 91%. His ROI is better than 99% of global hedge funds. Today he went live. His 0.01 lot position took 3 minutes and 42 seconds to stop out.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

Lessons from the biggest traders I've known A thread

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

A quick guide to understanding price action around levels

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

5 years

A handy guide to market moves

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

Fading for a living A Thread

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

11 months

My average trading day

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

What you plan vs how you execute

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

29 days

If we all die in a nuclear war, at least I can say I went out doing what made me happy: Betting on some lines on a chart and calling people cunts on Twitter.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

The one thing I'd have done differently A Thread

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

5 years

Just remember: What goes up... Will usually keep going up until you buy it.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

Patience: How to develop it as a trader. A Thread.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

Never in my wildest dreams did I think that by age 40, I would have: - Over $100m in cash - A portfolio of 10 houses - A live in Chef - 9 high performance cars - A stable of thoroughbreds And, I was right, I don't have any of that.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 months

Knowing I’m a trader, friends and family often ask me: “Where do you think the market is going over the next few weeks or months?” And I always tell them “Your guess is as good as mine”. To which they invariably respond, “…but you do this for a living!” To which I have to…

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

12. Finding and taking excellent trades is not the hard part. The hard part is trying not to do anything stupid in between them.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

3. If you desperately need to make money to pay the bills or support your family, get another job first. Needing to make money with urgency puts huge pressure on a trader. This pressure is not conducive to making effective trading decisions.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

6 years

I keep telling this idiot at the Lamborghini dealership that this is just a pullback in BTC - there’s no need to repossess my car

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

3 months

Remember: 1. Sit on your hands when you don't believe the opportunity is high probability 2. Step up when you believe it is. No fear. No hesitation. Follow your process. Expect nothing 3. Trade the market, not your P&L, not your emotion 4. Always be seeking improvement

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 months

What goes up, will usually keep going up until you buy it.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

It's like I said: A huge part of my edge is I know I'm always one step away from acting like a cunt And half of you think you're one step away from being someone special

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

Had one of the best days of my career today. Since being quieter on here, I've found a level of extreme focus I'd forgotten all about. Miss the banter. Hope you're all doing well.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

6 months

Remember: Finding and taking excellent trades is not the hard part. The hard part is trying not to do anything stupid in between them.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 months

If you take just £1,000 and can make 10% a week and compound it, after 2 years you’d have over £20m. Also if your Auntie had bollocks she’d be your Uncle. Delete that fucking spreadsheet and just focus on the process. Oh and have a good weekend. Cheers.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

Learning how price moves and where opportunities lie is one thing. Training your mind to stay calm and execute fearlessly in every situation is another entirely. You need both skills to make it in this business.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

How to execute when in drawdown A thread

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

2. To make it this business you're in for the fight of your life. And the biggest enemy is you.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

1. There is often a huge difference between what you want to do and what you're good at doing. Some traders may want the excitement of scalping but don't have the time or the mental agility. They may be better suited to another style. Play to your strengths to find your niche.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

18. If you cannot adhere to the last rule and desperately feel the need to show someone where you got in a trade, make sure you’re out of it first. Market turns occur when you screenshot open positions.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

3 months

To the winners, losers or breakeven traders. To those at the top of their game or those just starting out, If you turn up every day to engage with these markets and put your balls on the line, I salute you.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

5. Capital is king. Respect this and preserve it at all times. If you do not have capital, you cannot trade. If you cannot trade, you cannot win.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

Office ready I’m ready

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

If the edge was fully in the strategy, everyone learning it would be banking. This is never the case. The edge is in you as the trader. It always has been and always will be.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 months

Sitting on your hands and waiting for the optimal time to strike is one of the hardest parts of this business.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

Too many traders are letting a loss or sequence of losses deflate them and affect their process. This is unacceptable. There is no room for weakness here. Stay focused. Stay strong.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

5 months

No one can tell you how many years it will take you to get where you want to be. But I’ll tell you this: Years only seem a long time when they’re infront of you, never when they’re behind you.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

Oh, and while you're reading: If you have a clear read on a given day, make a plan and try and stick to the fucking thing. Cheers.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

4 years

You might have noticed I took a step back from Twitter last year. I was struggling with depression and it was affecting many aspects of my life. This year I have made some major changes and although I still have terrible days sometimes, I am starting to feel alive again.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

6 months

My philosophy when trading is simple. When I’m taking a position, I ask myself: “How surprised will I be if this stops me out?” If the answer is anything less than “very fucking surprised”, I don’t take the trade.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

3 years

Everywhere I look, it’s just a constant reminder to always be balls deep

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

3 years

And so I’ll say this: if you’ve made 100,000% trading, I genuinely wish you all the best. But if you want congratulations, tell me when you’re retired. Cheers

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

6. You need to know: - What you want to see - Where you want to see it - When you want to see it

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

4. If you want to hit the summit, then you’re going to have to make the climb. Climbing takes a lot of hard work. Your aim should be to take money from traders that haven't put in the work you have and make sure that very few are putting in the level of work you are.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

3 years

My buying levels: $BTC: $24k $ETH: When my nephew sells his $DOGE: lol

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

The Daily Plan (A Thread) When I started out in prop, we had to fill this sheet in every single day we traded. It still remains one of the most useful things we did to improve as traders.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

Remember: 1. Sit on your hands when you don't believe the opportunity is high probability 2. Step up when you believe it is. No fear. No hesitation. Follow your process. Expect nothing 3. Trade the market, not your P&L, not your emotion 4. Always be seeking improvement

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

17. Keep your transactions to yourself. Do not boast about wins or lament losses to other people - especially those that do not trade themselves. Most will call you lucky when you win and a fool when you lose. If you get consistent, they will only pester you to trade for them.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

5 years

12 years at school 4 years at college 4 years at university and all I needed to do was learn how to draw a fucking horizontal line.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

3 years

I had an awful panic attack yesterday. Hit me out of nowhere on an otherwise normal day with no obvious stress or worry. Heart rate hit 191, couldn’t think straight, felt nauseous. Just putting it out there as know many that have them but don’t talk about it.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

3 years

I’ve held BTC unleveraged for nearly two and a half years. Today I placed my first leveraged trade in Crypto. It’s balls deep time. Just letting you know, I’ve joined the club. Cheers.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

5 years

Why many traders fail

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

4 years

Just getting a takeaway coffee and mid chat, the girl asks if she can take my number. After an awkward pause, I told her I was sorry but I had a girlfriend. “No, it’s for Covid 19 regulation�� she replied. And now I can’t ever go back there again.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

10 months

For some of you, the problem is simply that you want to reach the top but you don’t like to climb.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

3 years

Everywhere you look people telling you to leave the 9-5 and become a trader. 😂 But remember, even if you work in a 9-5 you hate, there’s still a decent chance you’re doing something more worthwhile than providing liquidity to a bunch of cunts in the financial markets.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

4 months

Your edge is comprised of several elements: - Strike rate (Percentage of time you win) - Payoff (Avg win/Avg loss) - Frequency (How often you trade) - Execution (The ability to execute the edge flawlessly) Your efficiency at the last one, is often affected by the first three.…

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

I've posted a lot of threads recently. I've bought them together (and included some older ones) for easy reference:

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

8. You should try to enter the market as close as possible to where you are wrong on your trade idea.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

9 months

If you find you lack discipline and keep taking poor trades out of boredom or frustration, have you ever tried acting like a fucking professional?

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

The only thing you'll find more boring than recording every trade in a journal, is the boredom of being in the same place after years of trading just because you don’t track to improve.

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Tom Dante

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1 year

Remember: if you can't see something, don't force it. Patience. Great trades will come along. The hard part is trying not to do anything stupid in between them.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

3 months

I hear traders lamenting how they consistently make the same mistakes years into their trading journey. I’ve always been prepared to ruthlessly examine and work on every aspect of my performance, in the constant quest to execute better. If you refuse to do this, you'll stagnate

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

If you haven't lost it all at least once, are you even a trader?

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

3 months

Trying to stay out of shit trades is like watching paint dry. It’s right there in front of you and you know you shouldn’t touch it but... Oh, fuck you shouldn’t have touched it.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

I’d rather be average at calling and excel in execution. Execution is everything. Without it, your calls mean shit.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

I have lost it all and had to restart many times over in my career. There is no shame in this. It is almost a rite of passage in this business. Take a breather. Plan your comeback. If it wasn't tough, it wouldn't be worthwhile doing.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

5 months

Your year end review comes down to three questions: 1. What worked well? 2. What didn’t? 3. What’s next? To do a deeper dive, here are some key questions to consider. Remember: Curiosity is the basis for improvement.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

9. You need to learn to forget about the great prices you could have traded at. The only question that matters is: Should you enter, add or exit, right now?

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

If you find that you lack discipline and keep taking low quality trades out of boredom, have you ever tried acting like a fucking professional?

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

16. The greatest opportunities, the ones that elevate your career massively, usually look very “risky”. Have the guts to step up when you feel, deep down, that it is time. Grow a pair and act decisively and don't be a victim of the "if only I had..." mentality.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

3 years

Someone who has the ability to invest $250,000 is not “rags-to-riches”. Cheers

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

5 years

If I die today at least I can say I died doing what made me happy. Betting on some lines on a chart and calling people cunts on Twitter.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

11. If you can’t look at a market and see who the weak hands are, the weak hand is probably you.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

3 years

There are lots of things that puzzle me: Are we alone in the universe? What happens when we die? Is time travel possible? Why is that guru who says today he made $205,000 trading asking for $49 to join his telegram?

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

Just finished the cable management under my glass desk and we’re ready to go balls deep.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

6 years

Retail in Bitcoin

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

2 years

13. Intuition comes from studying the market and watching it over a long period of time. If you get a strong feeling about a market, even if you are not completely sure why, act on it. But know that feelings can be wrong and be quick to act if the market does not confirm it.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

9 months

It’s an undeniable fact in this business that virtually no one seems prepared to grow slowly and that is why so few grow.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

4 years

A Guide To Levelling Up Your Trading in 20 Steps (A Thread) 1. Stop dreaming. If you want to hit the summit, then you’re going to have to make the climb. Climbing takes a lot of preparation and hard work. Whatever effort you *think* is involved, trust me you are not even close.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

Persistence is important but success comes from persistently improving not from persistently doing what’s not working.

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Tom Dante

@Trader_Dante

1 year

At this time of year, I like to reflect and extend my thoughts to those less fortunate than myself. So, that’s pretty much all of you. Cheers and Merry Christmas

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