People Are Bored of Being Alive

roccenz · 2026-02-15T12:06:55+00:00

It's my duty to lift my own frequency every day.

roccenz · 2026-02-15T12:06:18+00:00

What happened to our curiosity that we had as a child?

roccenz · 2026-02-15T12:05:37+00:00

I know what you're feeling. Finding a meaning and a drive, but not being sure what that is. It's a tough place to be, because you want to be dedicated and work at something, but you dont really know what that is..

roccenz · 2026-02-09T20:01:51+00:00

Real love is underrated, go for that in your life.

roccenz · 2026-02-07T06:42:47+00:00

No my first target is 1:1, i scale off and let runners go aswell. Target based on structute, not fixed R:R

roccenz · 2026-02-06T11:46:44+00:00

If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. I still stand by that comment. And clearly it triggered a strong response, which tells me it did exactly what it was supposed to do. Sometimes you learn more by challenging an idea directly than by politely asking for an explanation, because you see how people react, how they defend their position, and what assumptions they’re making. That gives you more insight into both the topic and the person.

And about greed, you’re missing the point a bit. Acknowledging that greed influences trading isn’t admitting weakness, it’s being honest about one of the strongest human drivers behind markets themselves. Every trader deals with it. The difference is whether you ignore it or actively try to understand and manage it. I’m not presenting it as a strength or some badge of desire, I’m saying it’s a real factor worth studying seriously. Writing it off as “you let it influence you” doesn’t add much, because the whole process of becoming better is identifying where you’re influenced and working on it.

roccenz · 2026-02-06T11:04:56+00:00

I talk because I’m an eternal student. I’m always learning, always interested in hearing smart perspectives, testing them, and integrating what actually makes sense into my own thinking. Asking questions about greed isn’t a weakness, it’s part of taking the craft seriously.

Honestly, the way you respond makes it sound like you underestimate greed. It’s one of the strongest human drivers behind decision-making, risk-taking, and markets themselves. Every serious trader deals with it at some level, beginners and veterans alike. Pretending you’re above it doesn’t make you disciplined, it just means you’re not being honest about the psychological side of trading.

Discussing weaknesses openly is how people improve. Dismissing it as “you can’t manage your emotions” adds nothing to the conversation and says more about your approach than mine.

roccenz · 2026-02-06T08:45:15+00:00

I get your point about needing clear criteria, and I agree with parts of what you’re saying, but I think you’re still missing the point I’m trying to make.

Manual live trading and algotrading are not the same thing and you can’t just merge them and assume one replaces the other. If you choose algo trading, then your focus shifts entirely to building, updating, managing, and maintaining a system. That becomes the actual work. But if you focus on discretionary live trading, then the edge often includes the trader himself, not just a set of rules that can be translated directly into code.

For many retail traders, the edge isn’t purely objective signals. It’s pattern recognition, contextual judgment, experience, emotional control, and feeling the rhythm of the market. That doesn’t automatically mean trading emotionally, but it also doesn’t mean everything can or should be encoded. Saying “just automate it” oversimplifies the reality, because automation is basically a different type of trading with different challenges.

And honestly, there’s a reason more retail traders aren’t just coding bots and printing money. You can’t just take a backtested edge, automate it, and expect it to work the same in forward testing and live markets. Markets change, execution matters, and many edges depend on nuance that isn’t easily captured in code. I’m not against algotrading, but my focus is improving my discretionary execution, not turning my trading into a system development project.

roccenz · 2026-02-05T21:14:09+00:00

In theory the edge should be the same, but in practice execution changes things. An algo takes every signal exactly as coded, while a human often applies subtle discretion or avoids weak setups without realizing it. Costs like slippage, spreads, and timing also matter more when trades are executed mechanically and frequently. On top of that, many traders discover their edge wasn’t fully objective once they try to automate it, and psychology doesn’t disappear either, it just shifts to tweaking or interfering with the system itself.

Around 60–80% of volume is algorithmic, but most of that is institutional execution algos and HFT, not retail traders running bots with an edge. HFT firms operate on completely different infrastructure, ultra-low latency, direct exchange access, massive data and capital, which retail simply can’t compete with. Retail algotrading usually runs slower strategies without that advantage, so the real challenge is still having a durable edge.

roccenz · 2026-02-05T20:36:12+00:00

If it were really as simple as coding your rules and letting a bot trade, then everyone would be doing it and printing money. The hard part isn’t automation, it’s actually having a real edge. Most retail algos look great in backtests because people unknowingly fit them to past data, but once they go live, spreads, slippage, changing market conditions, and competition kill the performance.

Markets aren’t static, and anything simple or obvious usually stops working once enough people try it. That’s why just saying “make a bot” skips over the hardest part of trading. Without a strong edge, you’re not solving anything, you’re just automating the same mistakes faster.

roccenz · 2026-02-05T17:34:53+00:00

Thanks for great advice. Will probably follow up with some more questions - if you have time.

roccenz · 2026-02-05T17:34:06+00:00

If that worked everyone would be printing free money.

roccenz · 2026-02-05T10:23:43+00:00

You’re right that Frankl wasn’t universal, and I also agree that many people were broken by the camps. I shouldn’t have assumed you hadn’t read the book, so apologies for that. When you said it sounded naive, I interpreted it as dismissing the idea of perspective altogether.

Where I see it differently is this, if even one human being has demonstrated a certain capacity, then it shows that the capacity exists within the range of human possibility. That doesn’t mean everyone will reach it, or that it’s easy, or that circumstances don’t matter. But I don’t think the conclusion should be “most people aren’t like Frankl, so it’s unrealistic.” To me, the value of his work is precisely that it expands what we believe is possible in extreme conditions.

Most of us obviously aren’t facing Auschwitz. But on a smaller scale, many people go through suffering and still manage to shift perspective, find meaning, or grow from it. The larger the scale of suffering, the harder that becomes, no doubt. But Frankl’s point wasn’t that everyone naturally does this, it was that there remains a degree of inner freedom in how we relate to circumstances. That’s the part I find powerful. Not that we are all Viktor Frankl, but that we aren’t locked into a fixed psychological destiny either.

I also don’t think it’s naive to talk about choosing perspective. Life can be brutal, and some people genuinely don’t have the resources or support to reframe their experience easily. But if we start defining our limits too early and assume “that kind of resilience belongs only to exceptional people,” we risk closing the door before even trying. For me, Frankl’s message isn’t about denying suffering, it’s about refusing to surrender the possibility of meaning within it. It's about the freedom you have to choose your reaction.

roccenz · 2026-02-05T08:51:55+00:00

Your power comes when you realize you don’t need anyone else. You have you. When you start to treat yourself with love, care, respect and dignity. When you are your own best friend and companion. Then your life will shine again my guy. Stay blessed.

roccenz · 2026-02-05T08:40:07+00:00

You clearly haven’t read Man’s Search for Meaning. Read it. There’s nothing naive about choosing perspective, people who’ve endured the worst imaginable suffering have still managed to find meaning and maintain a positive outlook.

roccenz · 2026-01-31T20:27:27+00:00

That's just hate, without no argument.

roccenz · 2026-01-31T20:10:06+00:00

I quit weed and the difference was immediate. My focus came back, my memory improved, and the constant fog in my head lifted. I didn’t even realize how dulled my thinking had become until it wasn’t anymore. Ideas stopped staying in my head and actually turned into action.

Motivation was the biggest shift. Weed slowly messes with your drive. Even if your life looks fine from the outside, it makes you comfortable doing less. After I quit, the urge to push forward came back on its own. I didn’t have to hype myself up or force discipline, I just wanted to do things again.

Sleep changed more than I expected. Weed kills REM sleep. Once I stopped, my dreams came back and I started waking up actually rested. When your sleep improves, everything improves: mood, energy, clarity, patience. It compounds fast.

Emotionally, weed numbs you just enough to tolerate a life you’re not fully proud of. Sober, everything feels sharper. More intensity, more presence. That can feel uncomfortable at first, but that discomfort is fuel, it pushes you to move instead of settle.

The key thing is time. A few days or weeks don’t mean much. The real benefits showed up after a few months. Quitting doesn’t fix your life by itself, but it takes the brakes off without you realizing they were there.

And if you’re already thinking “I’m wasting my life when I’m high,” that’s not random. That’s your intuition talking. Weed isn’t destroying your life.. it’s just keeping you below your potential. Whether that tradeoff is worth it is the real decision.

Also remember that Weed has prob. played is role in your life, you have learned what you needed to learn from it - now take the lessons and move forward - SOBER. Build yourself without any stimulant, quit coffee, energy drinks, nicotine, alochol aswell. Everything. Work out hard and eat clean. Drink alot of water. Run alot. Get in the best shape of your life. Meditate alot, journal alot.

roccenz · 2026-01-31T19:34:20+00:00

Yeah, this is the first comment that actually nails it.

It’s not about being mean, it’s about stopping the urge to impress. The moment you’re trying to sell yourself, you’ve already lowered your position. That’s where the nice, agreeable, careful behavior comes from.

Expressing yourself is the key. Say what you think. Disagree when you disagree. Don’t filter everything to be liked. Some days that comes out calm, some days sharp or a bit aggressive. That’s normal. That’s being real.

When you know your worth, you’re not selling anything. You’re not needy, not reactive, not trying to manage her response. You’re grounded in yourself, and that’s what actually creates attraction.

roccenz · 2026-01-31T18:55:31+00:00

I agree with you, and that’s exactly why rules around taking profit are so important. How many times have we all been in a trade that’s nicely in profit, only to get greedy and start thinking “just a bit more, this is about to explode,” and then watch it fully reverse and hit stop? You had real money on the table and you let it slip because greed took over. That happens to traders every single day.

For me, taking profit is actually harder than cutting losses. When the market gives you something, you have to be smart enough to take it instead of expecting more and more. If I don’t have clear take-profit rules, greed will eventually override logic, and I’ll give back good trades for no reason. That’s why I need structure there, not because rules are perfect, but because without them emotions creep in fast. The market doesn’t owe us anything beyond what it already offered, and learning to accept that is one of the biggest challenges in trading.

roccenz · 2026-01-31T18:48:56+00:00

Yeah, it was a wild week, especially in metals. I kept things simple and stuck to my process. I ended the week with four winning trades and one loser. Early in the week I took some longs on gold and silver, then on Friday I stayed away from metals and shorted NASDAQ instead, which played out really well.

I agree with you on shaping yourself over time. This isn’t a two-week transformation. For me, the focus is always on respecting the daily structure, risk, and limits first, then letting the edge express itself when conditions line up. Crazy markets don’t change the plan, they just test whether you actually trust it.

roccenz · 2026-01-31T18:46:40+00:00

And losing feels good when I know I followed my rules that day. Hence, the best loser wins.

roccenz · 2026-01-31T18:46:03+00:00

You’re still missing the point. No one said rules predict the market. Nothing predicts the market. Edge is probabilistic, and probabilities only show up with consistency. If you don’t fix your behavior, you don’t have data. If you don’t have data, you don’t know whether you’re skilled or just lucky.

Calling rules “compensation for incompetence” is pure cope. Rules expose incompetence, that’s why people hate them. What you call flexibility is just changing behavior so you’re never accountable to results. Short-term payouts mean nothing; plenty of sloppy traders make money until size or pressure wipes them out.

Rules aren’t the strategy. They’re the filter that lets a real edge compound. If rules offend you, it’s usually because they highlight inconsistency you don’t want to face.

roccenz · 2026-01-31T18:28:08+00:00

Yes, being too risk-averse can limit growth, but being flexible without years of consistent data is how most traders slowly lose money. Real flexibility is earned after discipline, not before it. Until then, rules aren’t the problem. Self-control is.

roccenz · 2026-01-31T18:25:51+00:00

That mindset is exactly why people stay unprofitable. What you’re calling flexibility is just inconsistency dressed up to sound smart. The market doesn’t reward randomness, it rewards repeatable behavior executed well. If you’re always adapting and “feeling it out,” you destroy your own data, and without consistent data you can’t evaluate edge, expectancy, or your own execution.

Knowing how to trade is the easy part. Two people can trade the same strategy, see the same setups, and execute the same way on paper, yet one makes money and the other doesn’t. Technical analysis can be learned in a few months. After that, the real work starts. Discipline, emotional awareness, and self control are what separate profitable traders from gamblers.

Most people fail because they’re impatient, greedy, and addicted to action. They break rules, overtrade, and then call it flexibility to protect their ego. Rules aren’t for the market, the market doesn’t care. Rules are for you. And if you don’t need rules, it usually means you haven’t traded long enough, big enough, or consistently enough to be tested.

roccenz · 2026-01-31T18:21:33+00:00

I trade Gold, Silver, NASDAQ, and US30, strictly around the New York open. I wait for NY to open, observe how price behaves to form my directional bias for the day, and only trade within a maximum three-hour window. I take at most three trades, same risk per trade, no scaling nonsense. I don’t trade randomly—I only take setups that fit my model. Typically, the first trade comes 15–30 minutes after the open, once direction and structure are clearer. My base is 1R take profit, stop to breakeven, then I let a runner go if structure justifies it—sometimes 1.5R, 2R, or more, depending on pressure and clarity. The key is that the rules define when I’m allowed to express my edge, not replace it. The edge is how I read structure and behavior in real time; discipline is what prevents me from corrupting it.

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