Technical analysis by King_BennyBag about Symbol BTC on 11/27/2025

Welcome back everyone to another post. In today’s article we will dive deeper into the 3 keys of Trading success! As attached below. Today we will be reviewing the Key “DISCIPLINE” Just like risk management and Psychology this is also a difficult skill to maintain. In the modern world it’s considered a skill now, because most of society doesn’t have any discipline in any field. Let’s get started. Definition: When it comes to Trading Discipline. Trading Discipline means one user has the mental ability ( strength ) to follow their system. Their Trading Plan, risk management and maintain their psychology regardless of what events happen. Trading Discipline separates profitable traders from the gamblers. (Below I have attached the article Trader or Gambler as it relates to this post, make sure to give it a read!) Discipline ensures that the user makes the right decisions based on strategy and logic instead of FOMO, ego and greed. It is not just about following rules though. Discipline relates to the outside world of cultivating habits, mindsets and self-control too. 1) Understanding Trading Discipline Firstly, you must truly grasp what it actually means. Most individual traders confuse it with stubbornness. They think it’s about holding on to trades or forcing a system. In reality, it’s only about consistency and self-control! Simple right? Example: Imagine, you have a system. A trading plan. It has the 1% rule where you don’t risk more than 1% of your account per trade. Understanding discipline means you must know why that rule is in place. It’s too protected your capital! Not breaking it after a few losses just to catch up. Real Life Analogy: A professional runner trains every day. They do it even when they are sad, tired, unhappy and unmotivated. This is discipline. Discipline drives long term results. Discipline is continuing it no matter what the current situation is. 2) Implementing Trading Discipline The process of implementation is nothing complicated. It’s only turning knowledge into action. Knowing about it won’t do anything, you must maintain the effort of consistently applying it to each step in your system. How to implement it: - Follow your plan: Before each trading day starts, read out your system and tell yourself you will follow it. Even if no set ups appear, you will still succeed because you followed your plan. - Set risk rules: Apply proper risk management and lot management so you don’t cave into fear. Apply the 1:3 Rule or 1:4 Rule. - JOURNAL your TRADES Damn it: Record every trade, your reasoning, and whether you actually followed your rules. Don’t just add a screen shot and nothing else. YOU won’t succeed if you don’t journal your trades properly. Example: A novice trader may plan to place an entry when price is at $50 and exit at $55 with a 2% risk per trade. Even if it dips to price $48, they hold to the stop loss accepting the loss instead of moving it and hoping it “recovers” Real Life analogy: Think of it as budgeting every day, or for a holiday, or your next maccas run. You set a weekly budget plan and stick to it. Even when tempted by special deals, sticking to your budget allows for long term financial health to take place. Just like risk management but with real life. 3) Maintaining Trading Discipline Discipline can’t act overnight, it’s the process of small steps working your way up to solid consistency over time. Even when feelings run high – discipline isn’t one time. It’s daily practice. Some strategies are: - Reviewing your previous trades daily or at the end of each week during a market close. Assess your wins and losses. - Build up emotional awareness, be aware of what fear, greed and overconfident emotions take place. - Reward yourself to the rules of your system, not just profitable outcomes. If you reward yourself for not trading in one day because not a single set up appeared, you were still successful because you didn’t “force” a set up and take a gamble. Example: A trader might experience 3 losses in the first hour of the day, even if they were all A++ set ups. Instead of revenge trading, he sticks to his plan, accepts the L and leaves the charts for the rest of the day to reset mentally and gain a win in another field, eg – Gym. Real-life analogy: By maintaining a healthy lifestyle, you must apply the same approach. You don’t stop exercising after a few days off. Discipline keeps you aligned even when your motivation and mental strength fades. 4) Adapting without breaking your Discipline Long story short, Markets move, Markets change, Markets can and WILL evolve. Traders must adapt. Not just allows their system to adapt, but their psychological mindset of discipline. Adapting can be confusing but it can be done by: - Don’t switch up new strategies, adjust your current system slightly then back test and forward test it on demo accounts. Eg Paper trading. - Update your trading system based on data and monthly results, not emotions. - Avoid making sudden changes right after losses. Example: Let’s say a forex strat no longer works due to low volume and volatility. A strict trader tests adjustments in their demo accounts, then incorporates them into the plan after they have received positive data from tests. Real-life analogy: A chef might change his recipe based on a specific ingredient availability but will not ignore the core cooking principles. It’s about adapting strategically, not impulsively. 5) Reinforcing Discipline Through mindset and daily life. Discipline in the trading field is just amplified by the discipline process outside of trading. It follows the exact same process. Daily habits and mindset directly impact one’s trading performance. To reinforce discipline, you can: - Maintain routines: Wake up at consistent times. Don’t wake up at 3:00am to “grind” if you do that, you’re stupid – you’ll burn yourself out and make the process harder. Plan your day and review goals. Eg do a brain dump every morning, write down or type out all ideas, thoughts and emotions and sort it out. - Practice mental training: People suggest doing personal journaling or meditation. Just go for a walk in the morning for 5 minutes. First thing in the morning, feel the fresh breeze, air, sunlight and nature. You simulate the mind and body in a natural way allowing for you to think clearly and train your mind. - Change your environment: surround yourself with work dogs, people who are strict on routines, self-improvement, self-development, individuals who don’t slack off. Example: Traders who can control their time well, exercise, eat healthy can maintain their stress in trading better than one who does not focus on outside habits. Real-life analogy: A school student who studies consistently every day and night rather than squishing it all in before exams perform better. Just like a trader who can maintain structured habits inside and outside of the market. Conclusion: Trading discipline is more than following rules, it’s a mindset and a lifestyle, it relates to the world outside of trading. Just like psychology, if you can’t master it outside, you won’t master it inside. It's about understanding your own weaknesses and adjusting the system to hold structured rules that will allow it to be more easily achievable for yourself. Remember, trading is not sunshine and rainbows. It’s about building a system and following it. It is the hardest way to make “ easy ” money. To find out what the other 2 keys are, review the 3 posts below where I explain the 3 keys to trading success, and go deeper into each of them!