Series 9 | Change your life with trading #5

Count backward from your future self one year ahead

Hello, this is THE DAYTRADE.

In #4 we talked about setting goals not by amount but by actions.

So how should we decide those actions? This time the theme is,Count backward from your future self one year ahead.

1. If you only decide “what to do today,” you’ll get lost

Open the chart every day, recognize the environment, and trade. That in itself is important.

But if you don’t have a destination, something like this happens.

• You don’t know what today’s actions lead to
• You quickly get distracted by new methods or indicators
• When a week goes poorly, you don’t know what to fix

It’s like walking without a map. You walk every day, but you keep circling the same place.

2. Write your future self one year ahead as a “state”

The starting point for reverse planning is your self one year ahead. Here, as in #4, the important thing isto write the “state,” not the amount.

For example, write it like this.

• When you open the chart, you can recognize the environment in the order 4H → 1H → 5M without hesitation
• You can explain the basis of every entry in one sentence
• You can calmly accept a stop loss without moving it
• You have a year’s worth of records and know your losing patterns

Please explicitly write what kind of trader you want to become.

3. Break the year into 1 year → 3 months → 1 month → this week

Once the one-year image is decided, break it down into smaller steps.

When you divide it like this, what you will do this week becomes clear. And because you can see that what you do this week leads to your future self in one year, even small tasks become easier to continue.

※The division above is an example. Please write according to your current stage.

4. Build reverse planning with the assumption of “reviewing”

Your year-ahead plan will not progress exactly as planned. Sometimes you master it sooner than you thought, and sometimes you’ll pause at the same point for several months.

Therefore, base reverse planning onreviewing once a month.

• Did you achieve this month’s goal?
• If not, was the goal too big or was the method wrong?
• How should you change next month’s goal?

Reviewing is not a failure. Rewriting the map as you progress is the most important aspect of reverse planning.

5. What to do today

In your phone notes, write only these two things.

1. Your state one year from now(2–3 lines)
2. The action for this week that leads to it(one)

First, commit to one thing this week. That is the first step toward your future self a year from now.

Summary

Even if you work hard every day, you’ll get lost without a destination.

Draw your future self one year ahead as a state, break it into 3 months, 1 month, and this week. Then review once a month. In doing so, today’s small actions will directly connect to your future self a year from now.

Pursue accuracy, not win rate. Let today be decided by your correct self one year from now.

※Trading carries the risk of losses. Results vary by individual and do not guarantee profits.