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On today’s menu:

• How to Prepare for 2025 Like a Pro Trader 🚀 

• LIVE WEBINAR: How To Make Your First $1,000 With Prop Firms 📸 

• Is Vancouver About To Adopt Bitcoin? 🇨🇦 

• Elon Musk will make you feel poor… 😂 

Stop Trading Like a Rookie. Here’s How the Pros Get Ahead.

2025 is right around the corner, and if you want to crush it, you’ve got to do more than set some half-hearted goals and call it a day.

This isn’t about tweaking your RSI settings or finding the next big prop firm. This is about leveling up your entire approach to trading and life.

Here’s how I’m preparing for 2025—and how you can follow the same blueprint.

1️⃣ Think Like an Investor, Trade Like a Surgeon 🧠

The biggest mistake I made early on? Treating every trade like it was going to change my life.

What I’ve learned is that traders and investors aren’t all that different.

• Investors focus on the long-term: systems, sustainability, and strategy.

• Traders? Too often, they chase every tiny movement on the chart.

What changed for me was starting to treat my trading like a business. I built a playbook for every scenario I could think of—news events, stop hunts, trend changes—you name it. That gave me clarity and confidence.

Action Step: Take a weekend to build your own trading playbook. Write down your setups, how you manage risk, and what you do when things go wrong. This will be your map for the year.

2️⃣ Optimize for Energy, Not Just Execution ⚡

For years, I thought trading success came down to finding the perfect strategy. But I was dead wrong.

Your energy is your most valuable resource. If you’re tired, distracted, or stressed, you’ll fumble even the best trade setups.

Here’s what worked for me:

• I started trading only during my sharpest hours of the day (for me, that’s mornings).

• I cut out distractions—I stopped scrolling through endless forums and just stuck to my plan.

• And yeah, I finally started taking sleep seriously. Trading on 4 hours of sleep is like trading drunk—it’s a bad idea.

Action Step: Audit your routine. Figure out when you’re most alert, and block that time for trading. Treat it like an appointment you can’t miss.

3️⃣ Forget Goals—Focus on Systems 🛠️

Every January, I used to write goals like, “I want to pass two prop firm challenges” or “I want to make $50,000 this year.” And guess what? Most of the time, I didn’t hit them.

The breakthrough came when I stopped obsessing over outcomes and started obsessing over systems.

• Goals are outside your control. Systems? That’s where the magic happens.

• Instead of saying, “I want to pass a challenge,” I focused on reviewing 10 setups a day, journaling every trade, and refining my process.

Action Step: Pick one system you can commit to daily in 2025. For me, it was journaling every trade. Small actions compound over time.

4️⃣ Learn to Love Boredom 😴

The best traders I know (and I’ve learned this the hard way) don’t trade all the time. They spend most of their time waiting.

That’s the difference between pros and rookies:

• The rookies chase every shiny thing on the chart.

• The pros sit on their hands, waiting for the perfect setup.

What’s worked for me? I set an alert for my key levels and literally walk away from the screen. If the alert doesn’t trigger, I don’t trade. It’s that simple.

Action Step: Start setting alerts for your key setups. When they trigger, trade. When they don’t, do something else.

5️⃣ Play Infinite Games ♾️

When I first started trading, I thought the goal was to win every trade or hit my monthly target. But the truth is, trading is an infinite game.

What I’ve realized is that the real goal is staying in the game for decades. That means:

• Protecting your capital like it’s sacred—because it is.

• Thinking beyond this week or month. Build skills and habits that will serve you for years.

Action Step: Before every trade, ask yourself: “If this goes wrong, will I still be in the game?” If the answer is no, skip it.

6️⃣ Invest in Your Mindset 🧘‍♂️

Trading isn’t just technical—it’s emotional. And what separates the best traders from the rest is how they handle their mindset.

Here’s what worked for me:

• Detaching from outcomes: I stopped judging myself based on wins or losses and focused on execution.

• Embracing uncertainty: I stopped trying to predict every move and started reacting to what the market gave me.

• Journaling everything: The market is a great teacher if you actually pay attention.

Action Step: Start journaling your trades and emotions daily. You’ll be shocked at how much clarity it brings.

7️⃣ Bet on Trends, Not Noise 🚀

When I started trading, I wasted so much time chasing every short-term move. Now? I focus on the big trends.

For 2025, here’s what I’m watching:

• Crypto adoption: Bitcoin breaking $100K is just the beginning. Institutional interest is surging. Altcoin season is still upon us.

• AI in trading: Tools are evolving fast—don’t get left behind.

• Macro trends: Fed rate cuts, inflation, and global politics will set the tone.

Action Step: Pick one macro trend to follow closely in 2025. Use it to guide your trading decisions. Fundamentals are everything.

The Bottom Line

2025 isn’t just another year—it’s your next big opportunity to grow as a trader.

Here’s how I’m preparing:

• Building systems that make success inevitable.

• Optimizing my energy and staying disciplined.

• Thinking long-term and investing in my mindset.

The markets won’t wait for you to catch up. So start preparing now, and let’s make 2025 your best trading year yet.

Cheers,
Mr.Pip 📈

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