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  • Jan 26, 2026 2:01am Jan 26, 2026 2:01am
For the past 2–3 weeks, I’ve been watching traders—including my own boys—make the same dumb move. Trying to short the highs and praying for a crash. That’s straight-up insanity.
When the world’s on edge and global shit is blowing up, don’t expect gold to just roll over because your chart told you so. That weak technical fantasy will wipe you out.
If you don’t know the market’s direction and you don’t understand fundamentals, stay the hell away from swing and intraday trading.
Unless you’re a scalper like me—I don’t care about direction. I care about execution. Hard stop loss. Clean take profit. No emotions.

-SJMR
  • #2,229
  • Jan 26, 2026 2:55am Jan 26, 2026 2:55am
Quoting senjamerah
For the past 2–3 weeks, I’ve been watching traders—including my own boys—make the same dumb move. Trying to short the highs and praying for a crash. That’s straight-up insanity. When the world’s on edge and global shit is blowing up, don’t expect gold to just roll over because your chart told you so. That weak technical fantasy will wipe you out. If you don’t know the market’s direction and you don’t understand fundamentals, stay the hell away from swing and intraday trading. Unless you’re a scalper like me—I don’t care about direction. I care about...
Market needs people who make dumb moves. Or politely - people who have different opinions and act accordingly.
If everybody is smart and trying to make same thing then the market cannot exist.
But you are right - people should not try to short every new all time high.
I might be wrong , I have been wrong before
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  • Jan 26, 2026 3:00am Jan 26, 2026 3:00am
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  • Jan 26, 2026 3:01am Jan 26, 2026 3:01am
Quoting senjamerah
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  • Jan 26, 2026 8:37pm Jan 26, 2026 8:37pm
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  • Jan 29, 2026 12:06am Jan 29, 2026 12:06am
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Today I couldn’t trade at all. The market was extremely volatile, and the setups I found required large stop losses exceeding 40 pips.
Sometimes, the real skill is knowing when to act and when to step aside. Don’t try to fight a raging current with a small boat and no engine — that’s not bravery, that’s stupidity.
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  • Jan 29, 2026 3:01am Jan 29, 2026 3:01am
Quoting senjamerah
{image} Today I couldn’t trade at all. The market was extremely volatile, and the setups I found required large stop losses exceeding 40 pips. Sometimes, the real skill is knowing when to act and when to step aside. Don’t try to fight a raging current with a small boat and no engine — that’s not bravery, that’s stupidity.
Hi Sjmr,
Spot on, Volatility is the First thing we should be aware of when looking to Trade.
Like you say, forcing our Trade Parameters onto Price is Insanity.
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  • Jan 29, 2026 3:12am Jan 29, 2026 3:12am
Quoting senjamerah
{image} Today I couldn’t trade at all. The market was extremely volatile, and the setups I found required large stop losses exceeding 40 pips. Sometimes, the real skill is knowing when to act and when to step aside. Don’t try to fight a raging current with a small boat and no engine — that’s not bravery, that’s stupidity.
Yes this thing is parabolic. There might be big drop soon. Stairs up and elevator down.
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I might be wrong , I have been wrong before
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  • Jan 29, 2026 3:22am Jan 29, 2026 3:22am
Quoting senjamerah
{image} Today I couldn’t trade at all. The market was extremely volatile, and the setups I found required large stop losses exceeding 40 pips. Sometimes, the real skill is knowing when to act and when to step aside. Don’t try to fight a raging current with a small boat and no engine — that’s not bravery, that’s stupidity.
How about lowering your trading TF such as 30 seconds....?
Or just lowering your leverage by half....? Bigger SL means bigger TP in general....
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - Leonardo da Vinci
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  • Jan 30, 2026 1:07am Jan 30, 2026 1:07am
Quoting heispark
{quote} How about lowering your trading TF such as 30 seconds....? Or just lowering your leverage by half....? Bigger SL means bigger TP in general....
Using a bigger SL is possible, but the lot size must be adjusted accordingly to manage risk properly. Lowering the TF, even to 30 seconds, becomes more challenging in this kind of market, and I don’t think it’s necessary. For now, it’s better for me to step aside and observe until market conditions return to normal.
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  • Jan 30, 2026 1:34am Jan 30, 2026 1:34am
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  • Jan 30, 2026 1:36am Jan 30, 2026 1:36am
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Okay, that’s enough — this was crazy, and I won’t be doing it again
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  • Feb 4, 2026 9:17pm Feb 4, 2026 9:17pm
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Today I executed a scalping session under intense pressure. This is not a style to emulate unless you have strong emotional control and disciplined risk management.
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