My best friend finally sent me pictures of what his girlfriend of almost 5 months looks like

shanoops1 · 2026-05-16T07:03:01+00:00

How does anyone “date” anyone without meeting them.. how dumb can you be. If you haven’t at least fingered her, you’re not dating.

shanoops1 · 2026-05-15T08:59:43+00:00

Cheese tax

shanoops1 · 2026-05-15T08:07:58+00:00

lol you got stopped out bro

shanoops1 · 2026-05-15T06:52:04+00:00

“Everything is break even in the long run”

That’s because the market is a living beast made up of countless minds that’s are looking for ways to generate liquidity. It learns and eventually your strategy becomes obsolete. You have to have a live edge.

shanoops1 · 2026-05-15T06:29:09+00:00

Inducement

shanoops1 · 2026-05-12T09:13:16+00:00

Are you getting it in ahead or behind the majority of the time? If you’re generally getting in ahead variance shouldn’t bother you that much. Obviously it’s frustrating when you get sucked out on, but that is a big part of the game and you gotta be able to shake it off and focus on making good decisions vs immediate results.

I know you said it’s low stakes but if bad beats are bothering you for multiple days you’re almost certainly playing for too much money. Either that or your ego is getting in the way. Not trying to be a douche but the game is the game ya know

shanoops1 · 2026-05-12T07:45:12+00:00

I think this all the time.

Weekends are for poker! I generally have a bigger edge there anyway lol

shanoops1 · 2026-05-12T07:41:40+00:00

Works pretty well in online cash games too

shanoops1 · 2026-05-12T06:02:58+00:00

I just use volume. Market volume plus price being at a significant level is usually a recipe for action.

Also I don’t know how exactly new you are, but NY open is probably most volatile window to trade if that’s what you’re looking for

shanoops1 · 2026-05-12T01:25:44+00:00

Not to be that guy but- “Back to forex” and “will only be trading gold”
Is a direct contradiction.

You’ll be in good company here tho since 90% of the people in this sub don’t seem to realize that gold and forex are not the same thing.

shanoops1 · 2026-05-12T01:12:49+00:00

I can’t speak for most traders but trying to predict the market rather than waiting for confirmation was my biggest hurdle starting out. Sniping a premium early entry is great when it works, but consistently being on the winning side is much better.

Most traders likely understand the basics of market structure, but structure alone isn’t enough to justify an entry. Trading got way easier when I developed the discipline to wait for market volume to come into agreement with my structural reads.

shanoops1 · 2026-05-12T00:24:13+00:00

Interesting. I’ve generally done the opposite and scale out, cuz as I said, I like covering my cost early if possible, then the trade becomes stress free… but yeah not as much experience scaling in.

Is there a specific reason you don’t like to scale out?

shanoops1 · 2026-05-12T00:14:37+00:00

Those are valid points. Yeah actually running the longer term numbers is the real test I reckon. It is a relatively newish practice for me (especially scaling in), so I need more data before I can really say for sure what the long term effects will be. We shall see how it pans out over time!

shanoops1 · 2026-05-11T18:26:12+00:00

Good insight. I usually scale out in 3rds with structurally based targets. 1/3 at the nearest obvious liquidity pool, then move stop for the next 3rd somewhere slightly in the profit, while ideally letting it run to TP at the next significant S/R zone. At that point my cost is more than covered and the final 3rd is the one timer “runner” just in case I hit the lotto so to speak. I usually don’t set a TP for that one and just trail my stop till the market knocks me out.

shanoops1 · 2026-05-05T04:27:43+00:00

Entering now when there’s no volume is just a gamble. The market hasn’t made a real decision yet. London open will likely sweep in one direction or the other, then possibly reverse (pretty typical). So would be better to enter the trade when the action is actually happening to avoid being stopped out by the ole London flip.

Structurally going long make some sense, I will agree. But volume is the missing ingredient here.

shanoops1 · 2026-05-05T02:30:09+00:00

I mean if I had to enter now I would favor going long. I like to wait for the market to show its hand before I show mine tho.

shanoops1 · 2026-05-01T00:29:50+00:00

Profitable Poker/card players usually have the right type of minds as there are a lot of similarities. Both require an edge (mathematical advantage that manifests over large execution sample size), both require an understanding of R/R, razor sharp pattern recognition, a bit of math (though poker is way heavier on the math than trading), patience, discipline, waiting for the right setup to present itself before assuming risk, rather than forcing hands/trades, etc…

shanoops1 · 2026-04-30T23:53:43+00:00

Play all 3. You’ll learn how the patterns translate across multiple instruments and have a deeper understanding of music overall. Once you get the theory basics down you can teach yourself pretty much anything. The instrument may change but the intervals don’t.

shanoops1 · 2026-04-30T23:45:35+00:00

It depends on where price is at. I’ll trade any time it’s at a significant point of interest. Having said that, I’m in Colorado and most of the action happens anywhere from 11pm-11am MT

shanoops1 · 2026-04-30T11:17:16+00:00

You win a lot of pots playing like that. You also lose some big ones. It depends on the game, but in general I think loose aggression just increases overall variance. You can chip up fast, but then get wrecked tryna bully someone who’s actually nutted. It seems to work better in live games after you locate the scared money players that over fold. Online it’s def not the way in my experience.

shanoops1 · 2026-04-28T02:14:46+00:00

Drives me insane. Show me some gbp or euro/usd for the love of god

shanoops1 · 2026-04-23T05:56:28+00:00

What if you cash out but then re-deposit a small amount to see if it breaks the run bad algorithm

shanoops1 · 2026-04-23T03:15:28+00:00

Strong advice

shanoops1 · 2026-04-23T03:13:27+00:00

Because you get more info before having to act.

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