Most people don’t realize trading is an infinite game. The goal isn’t to win, the goal is to continue playing.
John Papa
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John Papa
@SublimeTrades
Husband. Father. Climber. Seeker.
Principal quantitative software engineer.
Degenerate gambler.
“If code were Valium, I’d be comfortably numb.”
- My first job out of college paid me $50k a year. I made $50k this month trading. My best month ever. I made so many mistakes and left so much on the table… Gotta keep it in perspective. #Forward🐢 Massive thanks to @timothysykes @RoIandWolf86 @Jackaroo_Trades @MikeHuddie
- $90k in the last 4 months. In March when I posted my monthly calendar I said I needed a few more months to believe it was real… Now I believe.
- A few months ago my biggest months were in the $17k range. May 2020 was a new biggest month at $22k. June was $30k. In the last 3 days I’ve made $21k. Exponential growth is truly amazing.
- New best month at $41k On Monday I was aiming for $1k a day the rest of the week to hit my second best month around $30k. Didn’t expect to finish this strong. I think this puts me around a quarter million on the year! Huge thanks to @timothysykes #Forward🐢
- New best month $40.5k! Extremely consistent too. Something really interesting is I switched my focus completely from what was working earlier this year as the market shifted noticeably. I adapted and made it work! #Forward🐢
- I owe you a debt of gratitude @timothysykes 1.5 years into the journey I took my first $30k of profits to use as a downpayment on a home for my family. Every dollar put into the house since then has come from trading…
- Broke through $300k total profits this week! The consistency is really starting to pay off. Just gotta keep taking it one trade at a time. #Forward🐢 @timothysykes
- Ending the month on a very high note. Best month ever with $22.5k total profits! It’s finally starting to feel like this is real, and I can actually do this for a living.
- Officially crossed over $200k total trading profits now. 3 years to the month to make my first $100k profits. 3 months to the day to make my second $100k profits. On to the next! #Forward🐢
I started day trading in May of 2017, 3 years later I’ve crossed $100k in total profits! Huge shout out to @timothysykes and @kroyrunner89 who I’ve learned so much from and modeled my trading after. Also @goodetrades @thehonestcroock and @tbohen for all the great webinars. - Trading is the best! On vacation in a killer mansion on a lake, made $5k this morning on $ALF. Feels great to take care of vacation expenses and more when you are on the trip. #LaptopLifestyle #Forward🐢
- I’ve paid off $30k of credit card debt in the last 3 weeks alone just from my daily winnings. This is where trading is becoming life changing. Last year was my first year trading full time and was all about surviving. This year it’s time to thrive.
GIF - New personal best +$17,856. Better than the pnl though was the consistency and loss cutting. This was by far my most consistent, disciplined month ever. Keeping that discipline with slightly larger size will be my main goal next month. #Forward🐢
- Replying to @team3dstocksMost people don’t realize trading is an infinite game. The goal isn’t to win, the goal is to continue playing.