{"id":80883,"date":"2026-10-26T14:36:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T18:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/?p=80883"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T18:55:11","slug":"jr-romero-why-youre-failing-as-a-trader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/2026\/10\/26\/jr-romero-why-youre-failing-as-a-trader\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You&#8217;re Failing as a Trader"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"thrv_wrapper thrv_text_element\">\n<p>Before you place your next trade, listen to this hard-hitting talk from JR.<\/p>\n<p>ESPECIALLY if you have been struggling in the volatility.<\/p>\n<p>Because he's going to teach you the psychological shift you need to win big in the market.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"How to Trade Like a Merchant\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C6hbHc8_sVA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"thrv_wrapper thrv_text_element\">\n<p>You can spend 10,000 hours learning every chart pattern on Earth and still fail.<\/p>\n<p>You can even spend $100,000 on courses and books, and turn around and lose $100,000 trading SanDisk (SNDK) and Nvidia (NVDA).<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because you will get fooled into thinking that making money is about three simple things:<\/p>\n<p>-Candlesticks<br \/>\n-Patterns<br \/>\n-Indicators<\/p>\n<p>Reality: making money is about probability.<\/p>\n<p>It's about knowing <em>all<\/em> the factors that increase your probability of cashing in.<\/p>\n<p>Candlesticks, Patterns, and Indicators are simply the vocabulary of trading. They help us explain what's going on.<\/p>\n<p>But not how to buy at $50 and sell at $100.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, an 8-year old can learn to read music. That won't make him John Coltrane.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\">Why You Must Trade Like a Merchant<\/h2>\n<p>I don't Candlesticks, Patterns, and Indicators.<\/p>\n<p>But they are just three parts of the equation.<\/p>\n<p>You also have to think about:<\/p>\n<p>-Catalysts<br \/>\n-Tape Reading<br \/>\n-Order Flow<br \/>\n-Market Structure<br \/>\n-Options Flow<br \/>\n-News<br \/>\n-Sentiment<\/p>\n<p>At all the factors that impact supply and demand for a stock, index, or ETF.<\/p>\n<p>That's what a merchant does.<\/p>\n<p>If you're running a bodega in downtown NYC and it starts raining, what do you start selling?<\/p>\n<p>Flip flops?<\/p>\n<p>Or umbrellas?<\/p>\n<p>Get it?<\/p>\n<p>So if you spend all your time on technicals, you are missing 90% of the picture.<\/p>\n<p>That's why 1,000 people can read a trading book and 950 of them will fail.<\/p>\n<p>Because they never filled in the gaps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before you place your next trade, listen to this hard-hitting talk from JR. 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