The Voices — monthly interviews3 voicesOne voice.
Per month.
No grand story.
Once a month, the editor records an interview with a working trader, under a pseudonym. No numbers, no promises: what changes their session, what they noted one morning, what they stopped doing.
Recording pending — excerpts published below.
- 01
« In the early years, I wrote my trades on a napkin. That was probably the decision that saved me: no screen, no dashboard, just a napkin. When I lost it one morning, I understood I cared about the record more than the result. »
- 02
« My best month came after my worst week. It took me four days to understand the week was over; those four days are what cost, not the losses. »
— The craft is to write before opening.
Recording pending — excerpts published below.
- 01
« I do not have a strategy in the usual sense. I have three handwritten pages, one per market condition, and I reread them every morning. The “system” is the rereading — not the content of the pages. »
- 02
« When I see a trader post their equity curve on social media, I know they have not yet reached the craft. The craft is too quiet to display itself. »
— You cannot shout patience.
Recording pending — excerpts published below.
- 01
« I learned discipline by accident: for six months my broker crashed every two hours and I had to stop. When the bug was fixed, I kept the pause. My best risk-management tool was an unstable system. »
— The best session is the one you cut short.