When I realized discipline beats any “perfect”

I totally get what you mean — I’ve been there too, tweaking strategies, adding indicators, and thinking I’d finally cracked the code… only to mess up by breaking my own rules. It’s funny how discipline matters more than tools. When I need to clear my head after a bad trading day, I play Eggy Car. Balancing that fragile egg somehow reminds me to stay patient — one bump, and everything can fall apart.

Sometimes I think trading is just a long game of managing boredom. The more you sit and wait, the less dramatic it feels — but that’s exactly when good decisions happen. It’s weird how doing “nothing” can end up being the smartest move in the room.

Totally feel that. I’ve been through the same “strategy hopping” phase where I thought if I just found the ultimate formula, I’d never lose again. But then I came across something that hit me hard — https://medium.com/@rul.a/why-discipline-is-more-important-than-strategy-in-trading-43924c4ebb5a. The author explains how even the best setups mean nothing if your emotions run the show. I started testing that idea, and it’s true — I had a system that worked fine statistically, but the moment I got greedy or scared, I broke it. What helped me was adding structure outside the charts: fixed trading hours, a stop time after two losses, and no trading on Fridays. Also, I started rating my discipline daily in my notes — just a number from 1 to 10. Funny enough, when I looked back, the days with higher “discipline scores” had better results, even if the setups were mediocre. It’s not about being a robot either; it’s about sticking to the plan when your brain screams to do the opposite. The market punishes impatience way faster than it rewards cleverness.