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This video argues that trading success depends on mindset, not strategies. The speaker explains that self-image—the mental picture you hold of yourself—determines your trading results. Changing your self-image is the key to profitability.
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[00:01] people who start trading fail, regardless of the asset, strategy, or timeframe they trade. It doesn't matter at all. I'll also show you what's behind my
[00:14] profitability. You'll discover the secret that has allowed me to be profitable for the last 7 years, to live off trading, and to successfully trade any strategy. Today you'll discover why
[00:27] routines, diets, strategies, books, podcasts, YouTube videos, and even training programs don't matter. None of this will None of this will allow you to be profitable
[00:46] profitable trading strategies, you consume hours and hours of content, you watch podcasts, you read books, you hire mentors, or you enroll in different training programs. But what happens? You lose money. Do you know why you lose money? Because in
[01:02] most cases, the problem is you. Regarding this, let me tell you two things: one bad and one good. The bad thing is that no matter how much extra content you consume, no matter how much you improve and add more knowledge to what you already know, your
[01:17] profitability won't improve. The good thing is that the improvement of That profitability is within you, but what does this mean? Well, it means that the mindset you're looking for, or rather, the mindset you deserve, you won't
[01:30] find it outside, not in books, strategies, podcasts, or videos. You'll find it within yourself. Why? Because trading isn't about strategies; trading is about mindset. And it's
[01:45] obvious that you need a winning strategy, a strategy with a long-term mathematical advantage that, if followed, will give you consistent profits. But you also need a winning mindset, prepared to
[01:59] execute that strategy correctly. That's why, no matter how much literally gives you their trading plan, if you 're not mentally and internally prepared
[02:11] to execute that plan, you'll never even come close to their profits. That's why 95% of training programs—and I say this openly—are useless. Simply because they don't teach you to manage that internal part; they don't
[02:25] prepare you internally to correctly execute the external, that is, the strategy they're teaching you. And that internal part can be segmented into multiple elements. Some of them are simply emotions,
[02:39] experiences, limiting thoughts, empowering thoughts, brain anatomy, and so on. Among many other factors, self-image is one of the biggest. Self-image is defined as the mental image or representation you have
[02:53] of yourself. In other words, if you believe you're a winner, you'll win; if you believe you're smart, you'll succeed; and if you believe you're funny, you 'll entertain. But conversely, if you believe you're bad, you'll
[03:08] lose; if you believe you're stupid, you'll fail; and if you believe you're boring, you'll be tiresome. Literally, self-image is the main reason why you're not profitable trading. But before defining how
[03:21] you can change your mindset to improve your trading, what steps you need to take to increase your profitability starting from within, and how to differentiate between traders who make money and are profitable and traders who don't,
[03:34] I want to explain how self-image, without me even realizing it, was diminishing my profits. For those who don't know, university degree. From a very young age, I decided to pursue trading, and since there's
[03:49] no accredited degree, I had to figure it out myself. As I wasn't a good student either, this led to... I had a feeling of inferiority; I didn't see myself as capable of generating higher profits than my friends with
[04:03] university degrees or even my parents, who were my idols and role models. So, when I started earning a certain amount of money, to increase the risk and move on to earning more money— risk more, gain more—what I did was
[04:17] sabotage myself and go back to square one. Obviously, it was still profitable, but if I had an annual return of 20%, it would drop back to a modest 5%. And
[04:29] all of this was due to my self-image because I didn't see myself as capable of achieving what I was achieving. Think of it this way: self-image is the sum of habits, attitudes, and beliefs, and it determines what we're supposed to do well and what we're
[04:43] supposed to do wrong. So, any recurring action you do daily as a habit is marked by your self-image. Therefore, if you are able to change your self-image, you will be able to change the result. For
[04:57] example, if you believe that you are not capable of being a profitable trader, no matter how much you verbalize it—"Hey, I want to, I know, I'm going to"—we're talking about your inner self, your deepest self. Now we'll talk about it. You don't believe you have the capacity to
[05:10] be a profitable trader. You're not going to consistently carry out the actions profitable trader. You won't make your follow-up list every day. You won't record your trades. You won't review what you did well and what you did wrong. You wo
[05:24] n't carry out these kinds of actions. You wo n't have these habits because they are the habits of a profitable trader, and deep down you do n't believe you are a profitable trader or that you ever will be. So your automatic response, your brain, your
[05:38] way of being, thinking, and acting, externalizes that. Why are you going to waste time doing all these kinds of tasks if you aren't and never will be a profitable trader? And of course, the question at this point in the video is
[05:50] obvious: How do we change our self-image? Well, before answering that, before explaining what steps you have to follow to turn the situation around and start increasing your profitability from within, which is what you
[06:02] need, I want to remind you that for several weeks now I've been uploading videos more related to psychology or psychotrading, simply to remind you that no matter how much you increase your knowledge... No matter how many
[06:15] strategies or ways you add to your trading, your profitability won't change because that's not what generates profits. What generates profits is your inner self. Below, in the first pinned comment and in the description of this video, you'll
[06:28] have access to that watchlist so you don't miss any of those videos. And well, I'll tell you right now that positive affirmations don't work. Simply because you're using your conscious mind; that is,
[06:41] through your consciousness, what you're doing is verbalizing what you want. But self-image isn't part of the conscious mind; it's part of the subconscious. Obviously, they can help you in your daily life; in fact, it's much better to do that than to do
[06:55] nothing. This is obvious. No, but what I mean is that cause a lasting change like our genes. Self-image has a history. The first day is the moment we're born, but it's
[07:09] gradually shaped by our parents, who tell us how we should think or how we should act consciously. And these habits of thought or perception about who we are, how the
[07:22] world is, how things should be done... They transform our thoughts into our way of being, our feelings, our emotions. So, as you can see, we are shaping and creating a very
[07:36] solid figure of our self-image, of how we perceive the entire environment in which we live, practically from the day we are born. This way of seeing life, which creates our own self-image, is transferred to our emotions and
[07:49] feelings, generating a large chemical cocktail within our brain that results in neural pathways. Neural pathways are simply shortcuts that your brain follows. That is to say, if your self-image is that of an unhealthy person
[08:02] because it has been formed this way throughout your experience and your history, what will happen when you go out partying is that if someone offers you a cigarette, you will automatically say yes. You won't think because those neural pathways already
[08:15] tell your brain what you are like, or rather, what you have led it to believe you are like. So, since you are an unhealthy person, what you will do is accept that enough potential to be successful in trading; only your mind, your
[08:30] beliefs—all of this is what is preventing you and what separates you from that profitability. That's why No matter how good your trading strategy is, no matter how good your long-term mathematical advantage is, or how much you've been
[08:44] taught, if all those emotions, prejudices, beliefs, and thoughts inside you aren't aligned, it will never be profitable. Another element that's closely related to self-image, and that we need to understand to change that
[08:57] self-image, is the comfort zone. Most people spend 90% of their time in their comfort zone and only 10% outside of it. If you want to change things, you have to reverse the equation. But don't take this
[09:11] as just a typical motivational phrase or cliché; it's a pure definition. If you want to generate something different from what you 're currently generating, you have to make a change. The comfort zone is usually understood as sleeping in late, eating
[09:25] poorly, smoking, or drinking alcohol. But a person earning 1 million euros a month is also in their comfort zone. And if they want to earn 2 million, they have to leave it. The reason you always return to your comfort zone is the
[09:38] reason you join the gym at the beginning of the year, start that diet, that training, but then... You return to your comfort zone and repeat the same actions as before, actions that align with your self-image. The
[09:51] reason for all this lies in your brain. The most dominant neural pathways are those you activate when you engage in mental activity, such as executing a trade. For the brain, it's much more efficient to use
[10:03] neural pathways it already dominates. Why? Simply because it uses fewer resources and less energy. That's why creating change, new habits, and so on, is so difficult. This change requires the brain to activate weak neural pathways,
[10:16] form new ones, and undergo physical alterations within the brain. And of course, all of this requires activating new chemicals to build this new structure. Our self-image is internally very well-
[10:31] defined and will obviously resist this change because it means more work and more discomfort. All of this is reflected in emotions and thoughts that will try to convince us to close a trade early, to skip our
[10:45] trading plan, and so on. And this is precisely where the key to changing your self-image lies. Your weapons are conscious thought, feeling good in the face of discomfort. All our
[10:58] Constant repetition. So, regardless of your current operating system or dominant neural pathways, to reach those dominant pathways you've had to repeat the same action over and over again. You ca
[11:13] n't change your brain by repeating something once or twice because it thinks you've been hammering that dominant neural pathway hammering that dominant neural pathway for weeks, months, and years. So,
[11:26] whenever you feel uncomfortable, whenever your mind tells you, "Hey, stop doing this, I'm not feeling comfortable, I do n't like it," it's normal because the brain constantly wants to go for the dominant neural pathway, it wants to do what it's
[11:39] always done because that saves energy. When you form new neural pathways, the old ones lose strength, they weaken, simply because they stop being exercised. So, in those moments when you want to give up, in those
[11:53] uncomfortable—and you'll have them, you, me, everyone—don't listen. Stay strong because it's you, your self-image, that's talking, but it's your old self-image, it's precisely the one you want to change. So, if you give in to
[12:05] those moments, you're literally telling it that you want to stay the same. As you've been up until now, and I sincerely wish I could explain much more: What characteristics should you look for to determine if your self-image
[12:18] is preventing you from being profitable in the world of trading? Where does that self-image come from? There are really 10 or 15 more topics I'd like to develop much further, but since it's completely impossible to cover all of
[12:32] this in a shortened YouTube video format, I've been pushing forward with the most important project of my life. That's why I've decided to share with you something I've been developing for almost a year, but have actually spent
[12:46] five years researching, analyzing, practicing, reading, watching, and training in general. It's literally a training program through which I'll not only questions we've discussed in this video, but also
[13:02] answer each and every one of the videos related to peak trading that we've been uploading these past few weeks, which you'll find both in the first pinned comment and in the description of this video. Because
[13:15] regardless of the strategy, regardless of the training, trust me, you've been paying for training and joining mentorship programs for years because... Testimonials you don't know, strategies you haven't tested, and influential people who don't care about you. So
[13:28] why not, for once in your life, take action not based on others, but based on yourself, based on what you need? You've asked me a lot, both by email and privately, and even in the comments of other videos. It's
[13:41] not available yet, but the good news is that it will be in just a few days. I'll let you know by email. So all you have to do is go to the first pinned comment below and leave your email. If you're interested,
[13:54] even just in knowing about the offer, which, as with these types of launches, will be unique and won't be repeated, especially regarding the bonuses, you'll see. All you have to do, as I said, is leave your
[14:07] and description, and I'll notify you there. could be much closer than you imagine. I'm going to leave this video helpful, which is the important thing. If so, like, subscribe, and share it.
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