@travis.woo.trades: Bro said, “I did 102% in a day. Imagine what I could do in a year.” Exactly. **Imagine.** Because that’s fantasy. Let’s use basic math. If you started with one penny and doubled it every day for a year, you would end up with a number so absurd it would be larger than the wealth of the world many times over. That’s the point. When people talk about doing 100% in a day, or 5% a day, or 10% a day, they are usually not talking about real portfolio-level returns over a long period of time. They are talking about one position. One lucky hit. One insane risk event. One day before the blow-up. That is not skill. That is not sustainable. That is just out-of-control risk. If you double your account in one day, most of the time it means you were basically risking the whole thing. That’s not impressive. That means your risk management is broken. This is why I keep saying people are delusional about returns. Even my 500% year was one year. Not every year. Not a promise. Not some infinite money printer. You have to think within the realm of what is actually possible. A lot of people start with: “How much do I want to make per day?” Wrong question. The real question is: What process am I following? What edge do I actually have? What is realistic over time? How do I survive long enough to compound anything at all? That’s the game. Not fantasy. Not screenshots. Not one lucky options play. Not one crypto moonshot. Reality. Risk control. Process. Time. That’s how real money gets made. What do you think? Am I wrong? #trading #investing #riskmanagement #finance #mindset