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What are your goals in trading?

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Good post.

Let me offer a counterpoint on the subject of happiness.

I proactively pursue happiness as part of my daily practice. Happiness or contentedness.

Trading is becoming part of that, as I get better at it.

Here are some of the things I do daily that impact happiness:
-- get enough sleep
-- make the bed right away (a common characteristic of all happy people)
-- walk a lot
-- exercise
-- socialize with people on my A-list and family
-- learn something
-- write something

Great post by Scott Adams on the subject of engineering happiness:

Happiness Engineering | Scott Adams' Blog

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-- socialize with people on my A-list and family

Mind defining A-list?

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My first serious goal developed around 2013. To develop human immortality, for philosophical and spiritual reasons. In early 2015, my secondary goal developed. To become one of the best traders in the world so I could independently fund my vision without investors.

As for current trading goals, I aim to make a minimum of 750% per month until it becomes impractical or unnecessary to do so.

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Mind defining A-list?

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I should asterisk that by saying, "socialize with A-list and promising A-list recruits," as I do have a goal of trying to cultivate one new person for my A-list each year. That means cutting the oxygen off entirely to the D-list, and cutting the amount of time given to, or demoting people on the B-list.

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If the System is the Goal, then perhaps the goal should be to continually improve your systems, refine your processes.

To have the best systems possible and use them effectively.

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As a new trader I have many goals, but my main goal is to focus on long-term growth and not short term profits

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Then I would take a much needed break, enjoy life a little, learn other stuff on the side besides trading.

Then after the break, I would fully optimize my trading plan again and get back to doing what I love=trading.
Continue to learn and adapt to the ever changing market, keep evolving, keep learning, keep pushing.

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If the System is the Goal, then perhaps the goal should be to continually improve your systems, refine your processes.

To have the best systems possible and use them effectively.

I think your goals should be definable and be measurable.

"The days when I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, I have really good days" RW Hubbard
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As a new trader I have many goals, but my main goal is to focus on long-term growth and not short term profits

How are you planning to accomplish this goal?

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