Hey, Traders,

I get a lot of DMs asking me the same thing: 

“Jack, why do you sell so early?”

Or, “Don’t you see the stock went way higher after you got out?”

Yeah, I saw it. 

I’m staring at the same charts you are, and I know when a stock rips after I’ve sold. 

But that doesn’t bother me the way people think it should.

I’m not in this game to be perfect — I’m in it to survive and continue scaling up slowly. 

When I was newer at trading, I thought the goal was to catch the entire move, but instead I’d give back everything.

That’s when I realized green is good. Enough is better than taking on too much risk and losing everything. 

I may not be getting the top of each trade, but I shave off just enough to keep building my account in a relatively stress-free way. 

And sometimes those “just-enough” trades are pretty sweet anyway. 

So, how do you know when enough’s enough? 

This is how. 

A Matter of Perspective 

A lot of people look at a stock that goes from $1 per share to $5 and say, “Why didn’t you ride it all the way?” 

But what they don’t see is how many times that same setup fails after $1.50, or dumps hard on the first red candle … or gets crushed by dilution right in the middle of the run.

The only reason I’ve been able to grow as a trader is because I’ve learned to focus on the most predictable part of the move. 

I just want to take the clean trade, lock in the win, and live to trade another day.

Sometimes that means I leave money on the table. 

But when I look back at my biggest red days, almost all of them have one thing in common: I was holding too long, hoping for more.

That’s a habit I had to break.

Watching My Six 

Selling too soon is a trade-off I’m willing to make. 

It protects me from the emotional rollercoaster and keeps me disciplined. And it helps me stay focused on setups that fit me.

There’s always another trade. There’s always another opportunity. But there’s not always another account if you blow up chasing the top.

For me, consistency beats perfection every time. 

I’d rather be the guy who stacks small wins daily than the one who waits weeks hoping to nail a giant move that rarely works out.

So, yeah … I sell too soon.

And I’m good with that.

Stay focused,

Jack